Pseudoparasitus Oudemans, 1902

Nemati, Alireza, Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J., 2019, A review of the genus Reticulolaelaps Costa and redescription of R. elsae (Joharchi, Babaeian & Jalalizand) comb. nov., Persian Journal of Acarology 8 (2), pp. 77-99 : 91

Genus Pseudoparasitus Oudemans, 1902

Pseudoparasitus Oudemans, 1902: 29 . Type species Laelaps meridionalis G. & R. Canestrini, 1882, by original designation.

Hoplolaelaps Berlese, 1903 , Zool. Anz. 27:14.

Laelapsoides Willmann, 1952 , Verrof. Inst. Meersforsch. Bremerhaven 1: 150.

Austrogamasellus Domrow, 1957 , Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 81: 204.

Definition

Dorsal shield covering whole dorsum of idiosoma and may be extended to the ventral surface laterally; idiosomal setae smooth and pointed; distinct presternal plates present; sternal shield well sclerotized, with three pairs of setae (four pairs in P. indicus Bhattacharrya, 1977 ), and two pairs of poroids; genitoventral shield reticulate and large, expanded behind coxa IV, and extending to anal shield, at least two pairs of setae (ZV1 and JV1) on the surface of the shield well inside the edges of it, without strong Λ-shaped lines; anal shield free; palp tarsal claw with three tines; epistome deeply denticulate in anterior margin; podal plate behind coxa IV usually large and variable in shape, not fused with peritrematal and genitoventral shields; chelicera of female chelate-dentate; genu and tibia I normally with three ventral setae, genu II with two ventral setae, genu IV with one ventral (av) seta. Internal malae complex, with three pairs of lobes; inner lobes narrow, with serrated edges; medial lobes slightly shorter than inner lobes, with strongly serrated edges; outer lobes long, narrow, pointed, with some serration at base of medial margin.