Stratiolaelaps glaber Trägårdh, 1952

Nemati, Alireza & Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J., 2016, Description of a new species of Cosmolaelaps Berlese and the male of C. brevipedestra (Karg) from Iran, with notes on some other species of Cosmolaelaps Berlese (Acari: Laelapidae), Zootaxa 4066 (5), pp. 535-551 : 548

Stratiolaelaps glaber Trägårdh, 1952

Stratiolaelaps glaber Trägårdh, 1952: 66 .

Notes. The species of Stratiolaelaps Berlese have leaf-like dorsal setae, the dorsal shield tapers posteriorly, they lack px and unpaired accessory setae on the opisthonotal ( S. lamington Walter & Campbell has px2–3), the chelae of chelicerae and corniculi are long, the latter is slender, extending almost to the level of the anterior margin of the palp femur, while the dorsal shield of Cosmolaelaps species is nearly rounded, not tapered ( C. acutiscutus has tapered dorsal shield, but see the explanation under its name), they have px setae on the opisthonotal shield and usually have unpaired accessory setae or extra setae on the podonotal or opisthonotal parts, and the chelae of chelicerae and corniculi are normal. This species lacks the all main characters of Stratiolaelaps and we excluded it from this genus, but due to the poor information about detailed morphological characters in original description, a study of the type material is needed to assign it to the proper genus.