Chelonuropoda Sellnick, 1954

Kontschán, J., 2006, Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) Species From Angola, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52 (1), pp. 1-20 : 9

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5731774

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6907795

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4A611843-8124-FF8C-2D02-FC4A0439FA48

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Chelonuropoda Sellnick, 1954
status

 

Chelonuropoda Sellnick, 1954

Idiosoma: large and oval. Marginal shield on anterior part very wide. Several phylliform setae under coxae 4 on well-sclerotised lines. Gnathosoma: Corniculi short and horn-like. Laciniae with some branches and covered by long hairs. 3–5 serrated branches on the base of epistome. Tritosternum with serrated margin. Chelicerae with nodus.

The gnathosoma of species of genus Chelonuropoda similar to the genus Oplitis . In HIRSCHMANN’ s works (1993) was presented as one of Oplitis species group (bispirata -group).

The Chelonuropoda species are known from Brazil, Bolivia and Chad (WIŚNIEWSKI 1993).

Type species: Chelonuropoda bispirata SELLNICK, 1954

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Mesostigmata

InfraOrder

Uropodina

Family

Trachyuropodidae

GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF