Many uropodine mites have a strong overbite—a distaldistal:
towards the free end of an appendage.
extension of the fixed digitfixed digit:
the distal extension of the middle article of the chelicera; usually bearing teeth and a distal hook and opposed to the movable digit in chelate-dentate forms, but often regressed; in Mesostigmata the fixed digit may bear the pilus dentilis.
of the middle article (sometimes divided in Uropodoidea) that may come to a point or be variously rounded, crenulate, mushroom-shaped, or flower-like. Additionally, in some gamasine groups a membranous extension of the fixed digitfixed digit:
the distal extension of the middle article of the chelicera; usually bearing teeth and a distal hook and opposed to the movable digit in chelate-dentate forms, but often regressed; in Mesostigmata the fixed digit may bear the pilus dentilis. or a finger-like lobe on the lateral aspect may be present.
Author: David E. Walter
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