Chelomideopsis Romijn, 1920

Martin, Peter, 2006, On the morphology and classification of larval water mites (Hydrachnidia, Acari) from springs in Luxembourg, Zootaxa 1138, pp. 1-44 : 35

Genus Chelomideopsis Romijn, 1920

Diagnosis (no family diagnosis available, for the genus see Smith 1978, 1992): Idiosoma nearly round and extremely flattened dorsoventrally. Dp nearly round, broadly convex anteriorly and bearing 4 pairs of seta (setae Mp2 located near midlength). Coxal plates on each side separated by complete suture lines, but plates CX­II and CX­III may be partially fused medially. Setae C1­C4 often obviously lamellate, basally. Expp subtriangular, with lateral edges slightly sinuate. Gnathosoma with cheliceral bases separate from one another. Gnathosoma recessed beneath anterior edge of dorsal plate such that (in undissected specimens) tips of chelicerae and palps exposed in dorsal view.