Linotetranus Berlese, 1910

Bagheri, Mohammad, Irani-Nejad, Karim Haddad, Kamali, Karim, Khanjani, Mohammad, Saboori, Alireza & Lotfollahi, Parisa, 2008, A new species of Linotetranus (Acari: Prostigmata: Linotetranidae) from Iran, Zootaxa 1914, pp. 65-68 : 65

Genus Linotetranus Berlese, 1910

Type species: Linotetranus cylindricus Berlese, 1910 Diagnosis. Members of Linotetranus can be separated from those of other genera ( Afrolinotus , Anoplopalpus and Australinus) by the following features: palpus five-segmented, palptarsus with six phaners; palptibia with a strong claw, forming a thumb-claw complex, also bearing 1 or 2 setae dorsodistally; palpgenu with or without setae; femur with 1 seta and trochanter globrous; coxae I each with two setae and opisthosomal dorsum with 17 or 18 pairs of setae, dorsal setae d1, e1 and f1 present, tibiae II and IV with 4 setae; tarsi without forked setae.