Published August 20, 2004 | Version v1
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Davacarus Hunter 1970

Description

Genus Davacarus Hunter

Type species. Davacarus gressetti Hunter, 1970.

Diagnosis. With the characteristics of the family and genital opening/ ovipore of female covered by three shields: mesogynial shield well developed, subtriangular to subtrapezoidal in shape; latigynial shields large, indistinct, covering pregenital region and bearing two pairs of setae; pregenital shield absent. Endogynial complex with pair of elongate-oval punctate regions. Dorsal setae acuminate, simple to barbed. Four pairs of large, sessile lateral opisthosomal glands present. Male genital valve subcircular, with or without setae.

Notes

Published as part of Walter, David Evans, 2004, From the subantarctic to the subtropics: a revision of the Davacaridae Kethley, 1977 (Acari: Trigynaspida: Mesostigmata) with the description of a new genus and three new species, pp. 2033-2049 in Journal of Natural History 38 (16) on page 2044, DOI: 10.1080/00222930310001617733, http://zenodo.org/record/4676074

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Davacaridae
Genus
Davacarus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mesostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hunter
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Davacarus Hunter, 1970 sec. Walter, 2004

References

  • HUNTER, P. E., 1970, Acarina: Mesostigmata: free-living mites of South Georgia and Heard Island, Pacific Insects Monograph, 23, 43 - 70.