Werthelloides Bartsch, 1986

Bartsch, Ilse, 2015, The genital area of Halacaridae (Acari), life stages and development of morphological characters and implication on the classification, Zootaxa 3919 (2), pp. 201-259 : 234

Werthelloides Bartsch, 1986

(Fig. 85)

Type species. Werthelloides bathyalis Bartsch, 1986 .

Adults. Genital and anal plate fused. Female with eight to ten pairs of slender pgs, zero to one sgs and three pairs of rather large internal gac (Fig. 85), the latter in posterior two-third of GO. Ovipositor at rest short, shape and number of genital spines not known. Male genital plate much larger than that of female; small GO surrounded by approximately 90 slender pgs, genital sclerites with four to five pairs of spur-like sgs ( Bartsch 1986e: fig. 38). Epimeral pores lacking.

Juveniles. A single nymphal stage (deutonymph) seen. Genital and anal plate separated. GP with three pairs of pgs, a pair of sgs and two pairs of large internal gac ( Bartsch 1986e: fig. 45). Protonymph and larva not known.

Remarks. The single species was collected off the Island Réunion, western Indian Ocean, in 1050–1240 m depth ( Bartsch 1986e).