Mixonychus Ryke and Meyer 1960

Toroitich, Faith J., Ueckermann, Edward A., Theron, Pieter D. & Knapp, Markus, 2009, The tetranychid mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) of Kenya and a redescription of the species Peltanobia erasmusi Meyer (Acari: Tetranychidae) based on males, Zootaxa 2176, pp. 33-47 : 41

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.189364

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6218674

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ED3C65-AC11-6143-FF28-F2DFB444FD69

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Plazi

scientific name

Mixonychus Ryke and Meyer 1960
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Mixonychus Ryke and Meyer 1960 (Tetranychinae: Tetranychini)

This genus has a claw-like empodium which is devoid of proximoventral hairs and much longer than pads of true claws, dorsal integument in this genus appears reticulate due to clustering of striae, has ten pairs or opisthosomal setae present on dorsum, has two pairs of para-anal setae, peritreme ends in a simple bulb, true claws padlike provided with tenent hairs, empodium claw-like and devoid of proximoventral hairs, duplex seta on tarsus I distal and approximate.

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