Terminalichus


           Fig. 1.   Terminalichus karachiensis  female   dorsum (after Anwarullah & Khan 1973).

Fig. 1. Terminalichus karachiensis female dorsum (after Anwarullah & Khan 1973).


           Fig. 2.   Terminalichus  sp. female dorsum.

Fig. 2. Terminalichus sp. female dorsum.


           Fig. 3.   Terminalichus  sp. female posterior   dorsum.

Fig. 3. Terminalichus sp. female posterior dorsum.


           Fig. 4.   Terminalichus  sp. female   prodorsum.

Fig. 4. Terminalichus sp. female prodorsum.


           Fig. 5.   Terminalichus karachiensis  female   venter (after Anwarullah & Khan 1973).

Fig. 5. Terminalichus karachiensis female venter (after Anwarullah & Khan 1973).


           Fig. 6.   Terminalichus  sp. female posterior   venter.

Fig. 6. Terminalichus sp. female posterior venter.


           Fig. 7.   Terminalichus  sp. female gnathosoma   with palps.

Fig. 7. Terminalichus sp. female gnathosoma with palps.


Key characters

  • c1, c2, d1, d2, e1, e2, f2, f3 absent (c1 present in T. panajiensis) (Fig. 1)
  • h2 not elongate
  • no dorsal central setae present (c1 present in T. panajiensis)
  • no setae in f series present (Figs. 1-3)
  • anterior margin of prodorsum with forked projection (Fig. 4)
  • ventral and genital plates weaklyl developed, apparently fused (Figs. 5, 6)
  • 2 pairs of ps setae (Fig. 5)
  • 3 segmented palp (Fig. 7)
  • dorsal setae long (except h1, h2)

Number of species

Six - T. delhiensis, T. dehlonensis, T. karachiensis, T. panajiensis, T. psidi, T.serratus

Authority

Anwarullah and Khan

Distribution

India, Pakistan

Hosts

Combretaceae, Myrtaceae