Onchodellini Mašán, 2007

MAŠÁN, PETER & HALLIDAY, BRUCE, 2014, Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), Zootaxa 3776 (1), pp. 1-66 : 11

Tribe: Onchodellini Mašán, 2007

Genus Chaetodellus Mašán & Halliday, 2013

Chaetodellus Mašán & Halliday, 2013 .

Type species Chaetodellus comatus Mašán & Halliday, 2013 , by original designation.

We described the new genus Chaetodellus to accommodate two species that have some character states that are not consistent with Pachylaelaps , namely (1) vertical setae j1 reduced and minute; (2) genitiventral shield with three instead of two pairs of ventral setae; (3) tarsus II without setae modified into a spur; (4) sperm access system associated with coxae III; (5) genu I with 12 (2-5/3-2) instead of 11 or 13 setae (2-5/2-2 or 2-6/3-2); (6) dorsal setae heterogeneous in length, some with unusual positions on the dorsal shield, for example setae J1 antiaxial to J2; (7) strong reduction in the number of R setae inserted in the lateral soft integument.