Duplanychus Meyer 1974

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 : 38

Duplanychus Meyer 1974 (Tetranychinae: Eurytetranychini)

True claws pad-like with tenent hairs, empodium rudimentary. Prodorsum has three pairs of setae, opisthosoma with ten pairs of setae, two pairs of anals and two pairs of para-anals. All setae set on strong tubercles. First pair of dorsocentral setae (c1) contiguous, fourth pair of dorsocentrals (f1) more widely spaced than other dorsocentrals; f2 conspicuously smaller and shorter than rest of dorsal setae; dorsum is punctulate.