Nidilaelaps lisae

Shaw, Matthew D., 2012, Re-evaluation of Pseudoparasitus (Gymnolaelaps) annectans (Womersley): a new genus and two new species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae), Zootaxa 3453, pp. 25-42 : 27

Key to males of Nidilaelaps n.g. ( N. lisae males unknown)

1. Holoventral fused to peritrematal plate ( Fig 6 ), corniculi longer>23....................... N. annectans (Womersley)

- Holoventral separate to peritematal plate ( Fig 14 ), corniculi shorter <23....................... N. holdsworthi sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 6 – 8. Male Nidilaelaps annectans (Womersley). 6, Ventral idiosoma, paratype (SAM J 9437), scale = 100 μm; 7, Chelicera, paratype (SAM J 9440), scale = 100 μm; 8, Femur II, paratype (SAM J 9440), scale = 50 μm.

FIGURES 14 – 16. Male Nidilaelaps holdsworthi sp. nov. 14, Ventral idiosoma, paratype (QM S 90165), scale = 100 μm; 15, Chelicera, paratype (QM S 90162), scale = 50 μm, 16, Femur II, ventral view, paratype (QM S 90164), scale = 25 μm.