Laelaspis Berlese

Joharchi, Omid, Halliday, Bruce & Saboori, Alireza, 2012, Three new species of Laelaspis Berlese from Iran (Acari: Laelapidae), with a review of the species occurring in the Western Palaearctic Region, Journal of Natural History 46 (31 - 32), pp. 1999-2018 : 2000-2001

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2012.707240

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0F0A8627-2D99-4B2C-8DF0-F23F429F0D9F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10536865

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F787B5-6522-5F0F-88A9-FB4AFD84FD14

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Laelaspis Berlese
status

 

Genus Laelaspis Berlese

Laelaps (Laelaspis) Berlese, 1903: 13 .

Type species Laelaps astronomicus Koch, 1839 , by original designation.

Diagnosis

Laelapidae with a two-tined palp tarsal claw; genital shield wide, strongly expanded posterior to coxae IV, with characteristic ornamentation including two distinct Λ- shaped lines. Pre-sternal shield usually absent. Genu IV with nine setae including

one ventral seta. Dorsal shield setae smooth or slightly serrated, sometimes with paired Zx setae between J and Z series setae, and sometimes also with unpaired Jx setae.

Notes on the genus

Laelaspis belongs to a group of genera of Laelapidae in which the genital shield of the female is greatly expanded, so that its posterior margin abuts the anal shield and its lateral margins extend outward behind coxae IV. The expanded genito-ventral shield in these genera captures at least two pairs of ventral setae in addition to the genital setae. Laelaspis is distinguished from Gymnolaelaps by its two-tined palp tarsal claw, the absence of pre-sternal shields, and the presence of two distinct Λ- shaped lines on the genital shield. Laelaspis differs from Pseudoparasitus because Pseudoparasitus has at least two pairs of setae on the surface of the genital shield, well separated from the edges of the shield, whereas all the genital setae of Laelaspis and Gymnolaelaps are on the extreme edges of the shield.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Mesostigmata

Family

Laelapidae

Loc

Laelaspis Berlese

Joharchi, Omid, Halliday, Bruce & Saboori, Alireza 2012
2012
Loc

Laelaps (Laelaspis)

Berlese A 1903: 13
1903
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