Laelaspisella tonsilis (Karg, 1989) Karg, 1989

Joharchi, Omid, Babaeian, Esmaeil & Jalalizand, Alireza, 2016, Review of the genus Laelaspisella Marais & Loots, with the description of a new species from Iran (Acari, Laelapidae), ZooKeys 549, pp. 13-22 : 16

Taxon classification Animalia Mesostigmata Laelapidae

Laelaspisella tonsilis (Karg, 1989) comb. n.

Pseudoparasitus (Gymnolaelaps) tonsilis Karg, 1989a: 335.

Specimens examined.

The paratype specimen of Karg’s collection was examined by the first author and this information is as follows: Slide ZMB Kat. Nr. 41473, labeled Pseudoparasitus tonsilis Karg, 1989a, Nr. 3942♀, paratypus, St. Lucia, Antillen, Castries, Vigie point, Eins.: Dr. Mahunka, Budapest, 11.7.80.

Remarks.

Pseudoparasitus (Gymnolaelaps) tonsilis shares all important character states with the genus Laelaspisella : dorsal shield hypertrichous, two ventral setae on genu IV (2 2/1 3/1 1), genu I (2 3/2 3/1 2) seta pd3 present, lacks metasternal setae st4, seta Jv5 long ( Karg 1989a in his description named this seta as Z5). Therefore we consider Pseudoparasitus (Gymnolaelaps) tonsilis as a member of Laelaspisella .