Debsacarus Habeeb, 1974

O'Neill, Joseph C., Fisher, J. Ray, Nelson, Whitney A., Skvarla, Micheal J., Fisher, Danielle M. & Dowling, Ashley P. G., 2016, Systematics of testudacarine torrent mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) with descriptions of 13 new species from North America, ZooKeys 582, pp. 13-110 : 22

Taxon classification Animalia Trombidiformes Torrenticolidae

Debsacarus Habeeb, 1974

Debsacarus Habeeb 1974b: 1; Viets 1987: 222, 724; Zhang and Guo 2010: 117.

Type species.

Debsacarus oribatoides (Habeeb, 1961).

Generic diagnosis.

Debsacarus differ from all other Testudacarinae in having four-segmented pedipalps (instead of five) and projections on the anterio-tips of coxae-I. With the exception of Testudacarus hyporhynchus , Debsacarus differ from all other Testudacarinae in having an elongate gnathosoma and an extremely narrow gnathosomal bay that is covered dorsally and ends anterior to the leg-I insertion ventrally.

Distribution.

Known from only two counties (Los Angeles and Monterey) in California.