Hypoaspis Canestrini, 1884 : 1569

Joharchi, Omid, Ostovan, Hadi & Babaeian, Esmaeil, 2014, A new species of Hypoaspis Canestrini from Iran (Acari: Laelapidae), with a key to the species occurring in the Western Palaearctic Region, Zootaxa 3846 (4), pp. 569-576 : 570

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.4.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6143331
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scientific name	Hypoaspis Canestrini, 1884 : 1569
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Hypoaspis Canestrini, 1884: 1569 .

Type species: Gamasus krameri G. & R. Canestrini, 1881, designated by Berlese (1904).

Diagnosis. Dorsal shield oval, without lateral incisions, bearing 35–40 pairs of setae including one or more pairs of Zx setae; some opisthonotal setae greatly elongated, especially Z4 (at least three times as long as J4); postanal seta distinctly shorter than para-anals; hypostomal setae h3 distinctly longer than other hypostomal setae; tarsus II with two subterminal blunt spines (setae al1 and pl1).

This diagnosis will distinguish Hypoaspis from related genera. Coleolaelaps Berlese, 1914 has lateral incisions in the dorsal shield (except Coleolaelaps abnormalis Costa & Hunter, 1971 and C. ferdowsi Joharchi, 2012 ), 28 pairs of dorsal shield setae, Z4 not elongated, tarsus II without subterminal spines, and seta h3 of normal length. Mumulaelaps Clark, 2012 has 22 pairs of dorsal shield setae and Z4 not elongated; and Promacrolaelaps Costa, 1971 has 30-31 pairs of dorsal shield setae, and tarsus II without subterminal spines.