Tenuipalpoides Reck & Bagdasarian, 1948

Latifi, Malihe, 2017, A new species of Tenuipalpoides (Acari: Tetranychidae) from Astragalus (Leguminoseae) in Iran, Zootaxa 4329 (2), pp. 150-158 : 151

Genus Tenuipalpoides Reck & Bagdasarian, 1948

Tenuipalpoides Reck & Bagdasarian, 1948: 183 ; Pritchard & Baker, 1955: 97; Meyer, 1974: 159. Type species: Tenuipalpoides zizyphus Reck & Bagdasarian, 1948 by original designation

Diagnosis. Dorsum with 13 pairs of setae, comprising three pairs on prodorsum and ten pairs on opisthosoma; opisthosomal f1 setae in marginal position; tarsus II with distal member of duplex setae a short peg-like solenidion; empodium a simple claw, pretarsal claws pad-like; peritreme hooked or with irregular pectinate branches; female with one pair of aggenital setae (ag), two pairs each of genital setae (g1–2) and pseudanal setae (ps1–2); genitoanal region flanked by opisthosomal setae h2-3.