Endeostigmata

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Taxonomy

Alicorhagiidae Grandjean, 1939Grandjean, 1939:
Grandjean F. 1939. Quelques genres d’acariens appartenant au groupe des Endeostigmata. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 11 (ser. 2): 1–122.

Diagnosis

Prodorsum with 1 pair of filiform trichobothria (sci) and 5 pairs of setae; naso well developed and bearing setae vi; median and lateral eyes absent. Subcapitulum with 6 pairs of setae; rutella slender, bilobed distally; chelicerae chelate-dentate, each with one seta.  Opisthosomal setal rows C–D–E–F–H–PS–AD–AN with 4–2–2–3–3–3–4–4 pairs of setae, respectively; PA absent; constricted posteriad legs IV.  Genital flaps with 7–10 pairs of setae in 2 rows; 3 pairs of genital papillae in adult. All pretarsi with a simple, claw-like empodium; lateral claws absent. Gut boluses composed of fungal hyphae, spores, and bits of small, soft-bodied invertebrates.

Remarks

Little is known about species in this genus.

Similar taxa

Species of Alicorhagia have dentate rutella, are not constricted behind legs IV, and have only 2 pairs of genital papillae in the adults.

References

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