Protolichus brachiatus

Mironov, Sergey V. & Dabert, Jacek, 2010, Systematic revision of the feather mite genus Protolichus Trouessart, 1884 (Astigmata, Pterolichidae), Zootaxa 2526, pp. 1-36 : 7

Group brachiatus

Males. Opisthosomal lobes without transverse crest posterior to bases of setae h3. Setae e2 represented by macrosetae extending far beyond lobar apices (except P. magnificus ). In heteromorph males, opisthosomal lobes acute, idiosoma elongated. In homemomorph males, tarsus I without rounded ventral extension ( Fig. 4 A).

Females: setae e2 flattened and enlarged, saber-shaped ( Fig. 2 A).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Protolichus brachiatus, female. A—dorsal view, B—ventral view.

FIGURE 4. Protolichus brachiatus. A—leg I of homeomorph male, dorsal view, B—leg II of homeomorph male, dorsal view, C—gnathosoma of homeomorph male, ventral view, D—leg I of female, dorsal view, E—leg II of female, dorsal view, F—tarsus III of female, dorsal view, G—tarsus IV of female, dorsal view.