Protolichus crassior

Mironov, Sergey V. & Dabert, Jacek, 2010, Systematic revision of the feather mite genus Protolichus Trouessart, 1884 (Astigmata, Pterolichidae), Zootaxa 2526, pp. 1-36 : 22

Group crassior

Male. Opisthosomal lobes with small transverse crest posterior to bases of setae h3 ( Figs 15 C, D). Setae e2 thickened, extending to or slightly beyond lobar apices. In all forms of males opisthosomal lobes obliquely cut or truncate. In heteromorph male, idiosoma roughly rhomboid. In homeomorph male, tarsi I with rounded ventral extensions ( Fig. 14 G).

Female. Setae e2 setiform, not flattened ( Fig. 12 B).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Protolichus females, dorsal view. A— Protolichus sigillator, B— P. crassior.

FIGURE 14. Protolichus crassior, details of males. A—leg I of heteromorph male, dorsal view, B—leg I of heteromorph male, ventral view, C—leg II of heteromorph male, dorsal view, D—leg II of heteromorph male, ventral view, E—tibia and tarsus IV of heteromorph male, dorsal view, F—gnathosoma of heteromorph male, ventral view, Gleg I of homeomorph male, dorsal view, H—leg II of homeomorph male, dorsal view, I—gnathosoma of homeomorph male, ventral view.

FIGURE 15. Dorsal view of male opisthosoma of Protolichus magnificus (A, B) and P. crassior (C, D). A, Cheteromorph male, B, D—homeomorph male.