Digamasellus punctum, (Berlese, 1904)

Hosseini, Leila, Maroufpoor, Mostafa & Kazemi, Shahrooz, 2019, Supplementary description of Digamasellus punctum (Berlese) (Mesostigmata, Digamasellidae), and a key to the world species of Digamasellus Berlese, Acarologia 59 (3), pp. 395-405 : 397

DIGamasellus punctum ( Berlese, 1904)

Cyrtolaelaps punctum Berlese, 1904: 262 .

Gamasellus (Digamasellus) perpusillus Berlese, 1905: 234 .

Redescription

Female ( Figures 1-5 )

Figures

Figure 1 Digamasellus punctum, female. A – Dorsal idiosoma; B – Details of some dorsal shield setae.

Figure 2 Digamasellus punctum, female. A – Ventral idiosoma; B – Peritrematal shield; C– Details of some ventral shields setae (pa = paranal seta; po = post-anal seta).

Figure 3 Digamasellus punctum, female. A – Tritosternum; B – Anterior margin of epistome; C. Subcapitulum; D – Chelicera, lateral view (pd = pilus dentilis); E – Palp.

Figure 4 Digamasellus punctum, female. A – Leg I, trochanter-genu, dorsal view; B – Leg I, tibia, anterolateral view; C-E – Legs II-IV, trochanter-tibia, dorsal view, except leg IV, posterolateral view.

Figure 5 Digamasellus punctum, female. A – C – Legs II-IV, tarsus, ventral view.