Agauopsis Viets, 1927

Pepato, Almir R. & Tiago, Cláudio G., 2005, Two new species of Agauopsis (Halacaridae, Acari) from Southeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 994, pp. 1-12 : 2

Genus Agauopsis Viets, 1927

Idiosoma flattened, wide. Adanal setae in dorsal position. AE with three pairs of setae and generally with a pair of epimeral pores. Female typically with three pairs of pgs, male with 20–100 pgs close around the GO plus 0–2 pairs of outlying setae. Gnathosomal base rectangular; rostrum parallel­sided. Basal pair of maxillary setae generally on base of gnathosoma, apical pair on rostrum. Palps four­segmented, attached laterally to base of gnathosoma. P­2 with one (rarely two) dorsal setae, P3 with median spine or bristle. Leg I much wider than succeeding legs, bearing conspicuous spines. Tarsus I with three dorsal setae, dorsolateral solenidion, ventromedial spine, two ventral setae and lateral and medial eupathid parambulacral setae. Tarsus II with solenidion in dorsomedial position. Paired claws on tarsus I smaller than those on succeeding tarsi. One larval and two nymphal stages ( Bartsch, 1996).