Hypoaspis Canestrini

Joharchi, Omid & Shahedi, Alireza, 2016, A new species of Hypoaspis Canestrini (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) associated with Oryctes sp. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) in Iran, ZooKeys 574, pp. 105-112 : 107

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Scarabaeidae

Genus Hypoaspis Canestrini

Hypoaspis Canestrini, 1884: 1569.

Type species.

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

The short diagnosis below is summarised from the detailed diagnosis in Joharchi and Halliday (2011).

Short 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); post-anal 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).