Alloptes Sternalloptes Mironov, 1992

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Subgenus Alloptes Sternalloptes Mironov, 1992

Notes.

The subgenus Alloptes Sternalloptes includes about 20 species and is characterized by the following features ( Kivganov and Mironov 1992; Mironov 1996): in both sexes, seta mG of genu II is shortspine-like with widely rounded apex; in males, the opisthosoma is triangular, gradually narrowed posteriorly and with noticeable terminal enlargement, idiosomal setae h3 are present or absent, setae ps2 are strongly reduced; in females, the opisthosoma with well-developed opisthosomal lobes, idiosomal setae ps1 and f2 are absent. Common hosts of the subgenus Alloptes Sternalloptes are birds of the families Laridae and Stercorariidae in the order Charadriiformes ( Gaud 1976; Vasyukova and Mironov 1991; Kivganov and Mironov 1992; Mironov and Kivganov 1993).