Storchia Oudemans, 1923

Bagheri, M., Shirinbeik Mohajer, S., Saboori, A., Asadeh, G. A. & Ueckermann, E. A., 2011, Storchia Yazdaniani N. Sp., A New Species Of The Genus Storchia Oudemans, 1923 (Acari: Prostigmata: Stigmaeidae) From Northern Iran, Acarologia 51 (1), pp. 87-91 : 89

Storchia Oudemans, 1923

Type species: Caligonella robustus Berlese, 1885

Diagnosis — Idiosoma elongate to broadly oval; chelicera separated; palptarsus with 4 simple setae + 1 ω + 2 subterminal spine-like eupathidia + 2 terminal eupathidia, palptibia with 2 simple setae + 1 claw + 1 accessory claw, palpgenu with 2 setae, palpfemur with 3 setae and palptrochanter without setae; prodorsum with an elongate shield, smooth or reticulated, bearing 2 pairs of setae (vi and ve); sci and sce on platelets; eyes and postocular bodies (pob) absent; dorsal hysterosomal area C – F mainly striated, without prominent shield, bearing 6 pairs of setae (c1, d1, d2, e1, e2 and f1); with or without intercalary shields; suranal shield divided, with 2 or 3 pairs of setae (h1, h2 and h3); setae h 3 in ventrolateral position; humeral shield small or vestigial, dorsolateral, with setae c2; endopodal shields absent; aggenital area with 4 pairs of aggenital setae; genital and anal valves separated, with 2 – 4 pairs of genital setae and 3 pairs of pseudanal setae ( Fan and Zhang 2005; Safasadati et al. 2010).