Stratiolaelaps—Key feature pages

Gnathotectum

In Stratiolaelaps, the gnathotectumgnathotectum:
(= epistome, tectum) an often membranous dorsal projection of the anterior margin of the basis capitulum in Mesostigmata; often diagnostic at family-, genus- or species-levels; also often difficult to see without high magnification and good optics.
(also called epistomegnathotectum:
(= epistome, tectum) an often membranous dorsal projection of the anterior margin of the basis capitulum in Mesostigmata; often diagnostic at family-, genus- or species-levels; also often difficult to see without high magnification and good optics.
), i.e., the part of the dorsal capitulumgnathosoma:
(= capitulum) the anteriormost part of a mite or ricinuleid, composed of the cheliceral and pedipalpal segments and separated from the body (idiosoma) by a ring of soft cuticle.
that projects over the chelicerae, is denticulatedenticulate:
bearing small, sharp processes, e.g., the hypostome of ticks.
and in addition has either a single median point or a median and a pair of lateral points.

Feature pages

• Gnathotectum
• Fixed digit dentition
• Posterior margin of sternal shield
• Posterior marginal-submarginal setation
• Dorsal shield setation
• Dorsal shield taper
• Palp apotele
• Setal form