Crinitodiscus Sellnick, 1931

Bal, Durmuş Ali, 2005, Crinitodiscus ozkani sp. n., a new uropodid mite from Turkey (Acari, Mesostigmata, Uropodidae), Zootaxa 1069, pp. 47-60 : 48-49

Crinitodiscus Sellnick, 1931

Redescription: Idiosoma with cuticular idiosomal spines and long idiosomal setae, and a distinct pygidial plate. Femur III with seven setae, tibia I with six setae, tibia II with five setae, and tibia III and IV with five to six setae. Dorsal setae on trochanter III and IV typically serrate.

Chelicera rounded apically; movable digit with one tooth, fixed digit longer than movable digit; cavicula fixi and sensillum ventrale present; condilus short, ratio of middle part to fixed digit: 2.8 2. Corniculi horn­like, and laciniae of hypostome triangular and finely haired laterally. Protosternum narrow and generally smooth; deutosternum fused at level of hypostomal setae h3–h4, and superficially denticulate. Setae h1 long and bifurcate, short branch denticulate; h2–h4 denticulate. Epistome apically bifurcate, with lateral and superficial denticulation. Tritosternum column­, bowl­ or vase­shaped, surface smooth, its laciniae generally 4­branched, lateral branches shorter than middle ones, and variously denticulate.