A review of the family Alycidae (Acari, Acariformes) from South Africa
Uusitalo, Matti
Ueckermann, Edward A.
Theron, Pieter D.
Zootaxa
2020
2020-10-01
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3
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Grandjean, 1943
Grandjean
1943
[151,496,1466,1493]
Arachnida
Alycidae
Petralycus
GBIF
Animalia
Acariformes
34
335
Arthropoda
genus
Typespecies: Petralycus unicornisGrandjean, 1943from Périgueux, France; by original designation.
Differential diagnosis.The genus can be segregated from the other genera of Alycidaeand most of the Endeostigmata by their prodorsum with less than six pairs of fundamental setae i.e. the pair of setae expis absent, the anterior pair of prodorsal sensilla being globular, and the tapering naso.
Remark. Petralycus longicornis Theron, 1977and Petralycus brevicornis Theron, 1977from South Africaare redescribed in accordance with other species diagnoses herein.
3034037314
[151,1176,1535,1559]
France
Perigueux
34
335
1
holotype