Alliphis Halbert, 1923

Lee, Sue Yeon, Yoo, Jung Sun & Kim, Seung Tae, 2017, A new genus and species record for Mongolia and Republic of Korea, Alliphis necrophilus Christie, 1983 (Parasitiformes: Eviphididae), Journal of Species Research 6, pp. 148-151 : 149

Genus Alliphis Halbert

Alliphis Halbert, 1923: 369 . Type species Gamasus halleri G. & R. Canestrini, 1881, by monotype.

Diagnosis. Dorsal idiosoma. Idiosoma dorso-ventrally flattened. Dorsal shield entrire, suboval, almost completely covering dorsal idiosoma, never expanded ventrally, with simple rounded vertex, with fine reticulation at least on marginal area of shield. Dorsal shield with 30 pairs of subequal, uniform, needle-like setae, only j 1 sometimes slightly thickened, lanceolate; j 1 and z 1 in dorsal position on vertex. Sexual dimorphism of dorsal chaetotaxy absent. Some dorsal pore-like structures conspicuous hypertrophied, elongate.

Ventral idiosoma. Presternal platelets present, small, paired, weakly sclerotised and transversely striate. Ventral shield with weak sculptural ornamentation on surface. Sternal shield well sclerotised, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures, first pair small, oriented obliquely to longitudinal axis. Anal shield usually subtriangular, with three subequal circum-anal setae. Gnathosoma. Palptarsus without paired macroeupathidia. Epistome with elongate central projection and wing-like lateral elements usually densely serrated on distal margin.