Tectodamaeus Aoki, 1984

Xie, Lixia & Yang, Maofa, 2009, A taxonomic study on the genus Tectodamaeus Aoki (Acari, Oribatida, Damaeidae), with description of two new species from China, ZooKeys 21 (2), pp. 73-82 : 74

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.21.200

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3791159

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scientific name

Tectodamaeus Aoki
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Genus Tectodamaeus Aoki View in CoL

Tectodamaeus Aoki, 1984: 110–111 View in CoL ; Enami and Aoki 1988:33–36

Damaeus (Tectodamaeus) Wang and Cui, 1994: 62–63 ; Lu and Wang, 1995: 81–82; Lu and Wang, 1995:59–62

Type species: Tectodamaeus armatus Aoki, 1984 .

Description. Large, dark-colored damaeid mites with long legs. Three pairs of tubercles (Da, Ba and Bp) on prodorsum and 4 paris of tubercles (E2a, E2p, Va and Vp) on ventral side well developed. Propodolateral apophysis (P) always present, Discidium present. Epimeral setation: 3–1–3–4. Leg IV always longer than total body length. Genu IV bearing only 2 setae. Setae d of genu present on legs I-III. Solenidion of tibia has no protecting seta d on legs I-IV.

Diagnosis. Tectodamaeus resembles Damaeus Koch, 1836 in general appearance, but can be distinguished from latter by having only 2 setae on genu IV and Setae d of genu present on legs I-III.

Distribution. Oriental Region, Palaearctic region.

Aoki J (1984) New and unrecorded oribatid mites from Kanagawa, central Japan (I). Bull. Inst. Environ. Sci. Technol., Yokohama Natn. Univ. 11: 110 - 113.

Enami Y, Aoki J (1988) A new species of the Genus Tectodamaeus (Acari: Damaeidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnol. 37: 33 - 36.

Wang HF, Cui YQ (1994) Note on the genus Damaeus from South china, with descriptions of five new species (Acari: Oribaeida: Damaeidae). Acta Zootaxon. Sin. 19 (1): 51 - 66.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Sarcoptiformes

SubOrder

Oribatida

Family

Damaeidae