Oplitis Berlese, 1884

Babaeian, Esmaeil, Saboori, Alireza, Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J. & Etemad, Vahid, 2016, Redescription of two species of Oplitis Berlese (Acari, Mesostigmata, Oplitidae) from Iran, ZooKeys 610, pp. 13-22 : 14

Taxon classification Animalia Mesostigmata Oplitidae

Genus Oplitis Berlese, 1884

Type species.

Uropoda paradoxa Canestrini and Berlese, 1884 by monotypy.

Diagnosis.

The most detailed diagnosis of Oplitis was provided by Hunter and Farrier (1975, 1976). Species of this genus have dorsal setae spatulate, cuneiform, scimitar-shaped and setiform, but usually have one (sometimes more) basal asymmetric protuberance. Corniculi relatively short; female genital shield free, oval and without setae, located between coxae II–IV; usually with perigenital ring; palp apotele three-tined. Cheliceral digits nearly of similar length; ventral shield with 4-10 pairs of setae; with or without pre-anal line, anal shield bearing two pairs of circumanal setae (Ad1, Ad 2) and a post-anal seta; epistome 3-5 partite and with denticulate margins. Deutosternum moderately wide, smooth and deliminated posteriorly, bearing 3-4 transverse lines of fine denticles between hypostomal setae h3 and pc and behind pc.