Neophyllobius Berlese

Khanjani, Mohammad, Fayaz, Bahman Asali & Ghanbalani, Gadir Nori, 2010, Two new species of the genus Neophyllobius Berlese (Acari: Camerobiidae) from Iran, Zootaxa 2521, pp. 53-64 : 53

Genus Neophyllobius Berlese

Type species: Neophyllobius elegans Berlese, 1886: 19 .

Diagnosis. The members of this genus can easily be recognized by following combinations of characters: Legs stilt-like, longer than idiosoma; genu less than one-fourth the length of the tibia; trochanters visible from the dorsal view. Idiosoma ovoid with seven pairs of dorsocentral setae (vi, pdx, c1, d1, e1, f1 and h1) and eight pairs of dorsolateral setae (ve, sci, sce, c2, d2, e2, f2 and h2). Dorsal setae long, stout, serrated and often set on tubercles. Chelicerae fused and palp five-segmented. Two pairs of eyes present. Genual setae usually very long and whip-like. Setal formula of tibiae: 9-9 or 8-8-7. Each tibia of female with a solenidion but tibia I of male with two solenidia (φ); tarsi III and IV of female without solenidia. All tarsi decorated with two claws and empodium with tenent hairs.