Halolaspis Mašán & Halliday, 2009

Mašán, Peter & Halliday, Bruce, 2010, Review of the European genera of Eviphididae (Acari: Mesostigmata) and the species occurring in Slovakia 2585, Zootaxa 2585, pp. 1-122 : 60-61

Genus Halolaspis Mašán & Halliday

Halolaspis Mašán & Halliday, 2009a: 50 . Type species Halolaspis hypedon Mašán & Halliday, 2009a , by original designation.

Diagnosis (female). Dorsal idiosoma ( Fig. 107). Idiosoma subglobular to hemispherical, with a caudal projection bearing a pair of marginal setae. Dorsal shield entire, subrectangular, not completely covering dorsal surface, exposing strips of lateral and postdorsal opisthosomal soft integument. Shield fused with anterior ends of peritrematal shields to level of seta r2, to enclose deep wedge-shaped areas of lateral integument. Shield with coarse rugose-verrucose pattern of ornamentation and 30 pairs of setae; pore-like structures small, barely visible. Vertical setae j1 short, columnar, with rounded tips; z1 short, fine and pointed; J5 short, subcolumnar; other dorsal setae smooth and needle-like. Lateral and posterior integument with coarse rugose-verrucose surface sculpture.

Ventral idiosoma ( Fig. 108). Presternal platelets absent. Sternal shield well sclerotised, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of pores. First pair of sternal pores small and slit-like. Endopodal platelets II–III subtriangular, free, well separated from sternal shield. Endopodal platelets III–IV free, narrow, elongate, not connected with endopodals II–III. Exopodal platelets IV narrow, curved. Metasternal platelets absent, metasternal setae st4 and associated pores inserted on soft integument between sternal and epigynal shields. Epigynal shield with a pair of posterior genital setae, adjacent genital pores situated on soft integument beside genital setae. Peritrematal shields well developed, narrow close to stigmata. Dorsolateral and opisthogastric soft integument with ten pairs of setae.

Gnathosoma . Palptarsus without paired macroeupathidia. Movable digit of chelicerae bidentate. Epistome with elongate serrate central projection and short, simple lateral prongs ( Fig. 106).

Legs. Setation of legs I-II-III-IV: coxae 2-2-2-1, trochanters 6-5-5-5, femora 13-11-6-6, genua 11-11-8-7 and tibiae 11-10-7-7 (see Table 3).