The genus Salfacarus (Acari: Opilioacarida) in Madagascar
Ma. Magdalena Vázquez G.
Hans Klompen
Zootaxa
2010
2010-05-24
2482
1
21
643MV
Van der Hammen
1979
[402,532,1637,1663]
Arachnida
Opilioacaridae
Salfacarus
Animalia
Opilioacarida
18
19
Arthropoda
genus
1 Ratio of dorsolateral setae on tibia IV to width of tibia IV distinctly exceeding 1.0; legs IV in female may be longer than legs I ............................................................................................................ S. robustipesVan der Hammen 1977 - Ratio less than 1.0; legs IV always shorter than legs I ................................................................................................ 2 2 Ovipositor with one or more distinct pairs of spinose structures near its base ( Figs. 12, 13) ..................................... 3 - Ovipositor with trachea-like structures, patches of differentiated cuticle or no specific structures ( Figs. 26, 27) ..... 4 3 Palp femur with a very large (15–19) number of papilliform setae; movable digit of male chelicera with 3–5 ventral denticles .................................................................................................................................. S. antsirananensis n. sp. - Palp femur with a much smaller (6–12) number of papilliform setae; movable digit of male chelicera with very few ventral denticles (1–2) .................................................................................................................. S. kirindiensis n. sp. 4 Pregenital setae in the female tapering; ovipositor with a pair of trachea-like structures ( Fig. 27) .............................. ........................................................................................................................................................ S. ranobensis n. sp. - Pregenital setae in female papilliform; ovipositor with patches of differentiated cuticle, but without large basal structures.............................................................................................................................................................................. 5 5 Ovipositor with one large basal, and two much smaller distal patches of differentiated cuticle.................................... .............................................................................................................................. S. legendreiVan der Hammen 1977 - Ovipositor with all three patches of differentiated cuticle of similar size ( Fig. 26) .................. S. mahafaliensis n. sp.