Copidognathides Bartsch, 1976

Bartsch, Ilse, 2015, The genital area of Halacaridae (Acari), life stages and development of morphological characters and implication on the classification, Zootaxa 3919 (2), pp. 201-259 : 215-216

Copidognathides Bartsch, 1976

(Fig. 36)

Type species. Copidognathides minutirostris Bartsch, 1976 .

Adults. Both female and male with GA. Female GA with three pairs of slender pgs and one pair of sgs ( Bartsch 1976b: fig. 8). Single pair of internal gac at about level of mid-GO. Ovipositor short, anteriad hardly extending beyond GO. Genital spines palmate, number not known. Male GA with 10–15 pairs of slender pgs, each genital sclerite with four (to five) sgs ( Bartsch 1976b: fig. 10). Single pair of internal gac situated near end of GO (Fig. 36). No marked difference in size of gac between female and male. AE of females and males with epimeral pores.

Juveniles. With a single nymphal stage, the protonymph, and a larval stage. In protonymph genital and anal plate plate separated. GP without pgs but with pair of internal gac. Protonymphal and larval AE with pair of epimeral pores.

Remarks. The three species described have been collected in shallow water areas of the northeastern Atlantic and southeastern Pacific Ocean ( Bartsch 2009a).