Revision of the Fedrizziidae (Acari: Mesostigmata: Fedrizzioidea)
Author
Seeman, Owen D.
text
Zootaxa
2007
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journal article
49656
10.5281/zenodo.176844
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176844
Parafedrizzia
Womersley 1959
Parafedrizzia
Womersley, 1959
: 51
.
Type
species:
Parafedrizzia buloloensis
Womersley, 1959
, by original designation.
Diagnosis.
Both sexes: dorsal shield without large dorsal pores; with ventral and ventrianal shields fused medially, separate laterally; lateral setae on ventrianal shield 20–25 long; exopodal region with spotted pattern; 1–2 pores laterad CxIV, not clustered or in line; seta
pv1
on femur III–IV unmodified; spur on palp trochanter without accessory spine; seta
av1
on palp trochanter pilose; seta
h1
smooth, straight; corniculi on hypostomal tubercles; both non-filamentous cheliceral excrescences ribbon-like with crenate and serrated edges. Female: sternogynial shield an inverted bell-shape, curving outwards anteriorly and bluntly pointed posteriorly. Male: base of tritosternum same form as female; with separate presternal shield bearing setae
st1
; anterior valve of genital opening smaller than posterior valve, not flanked by pores; CxI same form as female.