Pachyseiulus Moraza & Johnston, 1990

MAŠÁN, PETER & HALLIDAY, BRUCE, 2014, Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), Zootaxa 3776 (1), pp. 1-66 : 43-44

Genus Pachyseiulus Moraza & Johnston, 1990

Pachyseiulus Moraza & Johnston, 1990: 213 .

Type species Pachyseiulus hispanicus Moraza & Johnston, 1990 (= Pachylaelaps singularis Schweizer, 1961 ), by original designation.

The monotypic genus Pachyseiulus was placed in the family Pachylaelapidae by Moraza & Johnston (1990), and their description needs no amendment. The genus is based mainly on the following character states: (1) dorsal shield with 37 pairs of setae, including a full complement of J, Z and S opisthonotal setae; (2) tarsus II in female with distal setae al1 and pl1 spur-like; (3) palp apotele 2-tined; (4) epistome nearly truncate, without anterior projection; (5) genitiventral shield bearing four pairs of setae; (6) male chelicera with fixed digit distally truncate. The type species of the genus, Pachyseiulus hispanicus , described from Northern Spain, was synonymised with Pachylaelaps singularis Schweizer, 1961 by Mašán (2007a), who examined Schweizer’s original type material.