Spinibdella

Theron, Elizabeth Omukunda Pieter D & Ueckermann, E A, 2012, Spinibdella Thor (Acari: Bdellidae) from southern Africa: descriptions of five new species and the redescription of S. thori (Meyer & Ryke), Zootaxa 3304, pp. 1-24 : 22

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.293434

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6168971

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FCB14B-FFAF-FFE9-E2D2-FA58FA04F831

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Spinibdella
status

 

SPinibdella : key to species of Southern Africa

1. Centre of prodorsum with longitudinal striations...................................................... S. cronini

- Centre of prodorsum with transverse striations............................................................... 2

2. Two detectable eyes.................................................................................... 3

- Four or detectable eyes................................................................................. 4

3. Median eye present pair probably represents second pair of lateral eyes; tibia I with 2 attenuate solenidia and genu I with duplex setae, tibia II with one blunt completely recessed solenidion..................................... S. trinomma

- Median eye absent; genu I and tibia I each with 13 attenuate solenidia, tibia II with a long slender attenuate and one blunt and partially recessed solenidia..................................................................S. polyattenuata

4. Palp shorter than hypostome; cheliceral setae minute, inserted in distal half............................. S. ankylotricha

- Palp longer than hypostome; cheliceral setae normal.......................................................... 5

5. Genua I–III without duplex setae.............................................................. S. pongolensis

- At least genua I and II with duplex setae................................................................... 6

6. Genu III with only an attenuate solenidion; prodorsum with broken striae medially....................... S. namibiensis

- Genu III with a normal duplex seta; prodorsum with solid striae medially.................................... S. thori

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Prostigmata

Family

Bdellidae

GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF