Proctogastrolaelaps McGraw & Farrier, 1969

Joharchi, Omid, Marchenko, Irina I., Döker, Ismail & Khaustov, Vladimir A., 2021, A new species of the genus Proctogastrolaelaps McGraw & Farrier (Acari: Melicharidae) from the Far East of Russia, and contributions to knowledge of this genus, Zootaxa 5072 (4), pp. 380-388 : 381

Genus Proctogastrolaelaps McGraw & Farrier, 1969

Proctogastrolaelaps McGraw & Farrier, 1969: 64 .

Proctogastrolaelaps .— Farrier & Hennessey, 1993: 42; Moraes et al., 2016: 203 .

Type species: Proctogastrolaelaps libris McGraw & Farrier, 1969 , by original designation.

Diagnosis (adult female) (modified after McGraw & Farrier (1969) and Moraes et al. (2016)).

(1) dorsal shield with 42 pairs of setae to increased number of 44 pairs (R5 & R6 may be present), seta r3 is slightly longer than neighbouring setae, and Z5 longest on shield; (2) sternal shield with three pairs of setae of similar lengths (st1–st3), poroids iv1–2 slit-like, iv1 aligned transversely, iv2 oblique, poroids iv3 ovoid and together with st4 inserted on metasternal plates, (3) endopodal element between coxae I–II fused to sternal shield, bearing gland pore gvb, and fused anteriorly to exopodal strip that flanks coxae I–IV; endopodal platelets between coxae III–IV well-developed, partly overlapped by anterior margin of genital shield and obviously free from sternal shield; parapodal element behind coxae IV relatively thick and bearing gland pore gv2, fused to exopodals flanks coxae I–IV, (4) ventral shield somewhat trapezoid, bearing four pairs of smooth setae of similar lengths (Jv1–2, Zv1–2) and a pair of poroids (ivo) at anterior corners of shield, (5) epistome semi-triangular and anterior margin denticulate, (6) smooth internal malae and acuminate labrum obviously shorter than corniculi, (7) hypostomal groove with normal seven rows of denticles, rows 1–5 connected by lateral lines, 6 th and 7 th rows free, (8) fixed cheliceral digit with reduced dentition (fewer than five teeth) (9) all legs shorter than length of body.