Penthalodes Murray, 1877

Jesionowska, Katarzyna, 2010, A morphological study of the genus Penthalodes (Acari, Prostigmata, Eupodoidea, Penthalodidae) with description of a new species, Zootaxa 2672, pp. 29-49 : 30

Genus Penthalodes Murray, 1877

Type species: Megamerus ovalis Dugés, 1834 Synonym : Penthalodes ovalis: Murray (1877)

Diagnosis. Adults with characteristic epirostrum overhanging the gnathosoma. Epirostrum without connection with naso. Naso smooth, spherical, half hidden in a small cavity of prodorsal wall. Setae ro on naso, tiny, nude, not branched. Idiosoma angular, with moderate sclerotization of integument and characteristic reticulate ornamentation formed mainly by pentagons or pentagons and hexagons. Dorsum with two furrows in the form of the letter “V”. Idiosoma (excluding podosoma and genital region) with 13 pairs of setae, of which nine pairs belong to the opisthosoma. One pair of anal setae (an) flank anal cleft only. Legs shorter than idiosoma. All tibiae and genua with solenidia. Tibia I and II each with two solenidia, proximal solenidion erect, distal solenidion recumbent in depression. Genua with one erect solenidion each. Genua I and II each with one famulus inserted near distal margin. Hypostome consists of a proximal rectangular and distal triangular part.