Dactyloscirus trifidus Corpuz-Raros, 2008

Corpuz-Raros, Leonila A., Naredo, Jeremy C. B. & Garcia, Rufino C., 2019, Additional contributions to the knowledge of Philippine predatory mites mainly of the subfamilies Cunaxinae and Cunaxoidinae (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae), Acarologia 59 (1), pp. 134-151 : 142

Dactyloscirus trifidus Corpuz-Raros ( Figures 5 – 6 )

Dactyloscirus trifidus Corpuz-Raros, 2008: 83 [Type: Female, Mudspring area, Mt. Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna, Luzon Is., Philippines, ex woody part of decomposing log].

Diagnosis — The possession of a trifid palp tarsal claw distinguishes this species from its congeners and among cunaxids in general. The presence of a flat, plowshare-like (uncinated as originally described) apophysis on inner margin of palp telofemur ( Figure 5a ), dorsoapical spls on palp basi- and telofemur, three spls on palp genu, and one spls on palp tibiotarsus are also distinctive.

Figures

Figure 5 Dactyloscirus trifidus Corpuz-Raros, male idiosoma – a. dorsum; b. venter. Scale bar 100 µm.

Figure 6 Dactyloscirus trifidus Corpuz-Raros, male: a – palp; b – chelicera; c – leg I, genu to tarsus; d – leg II, genu to tarsus. Female, genu to tarsus of all legs: e – leg I; f – leg II; g – leg III, h – leg IV. Scale bar 50 µm.