Table 1. Measurements of some morphological characters of juvenile stages and adult of Galumna flagellata (mean measurements of 10 specimens in μm); Nd – not developed.
Morphological characters Larva Protonymph Deutonymph Tritonymph Adult
Body length 297 345 364 455 520
Body width 160 231 241 320 345
Length of prodorsum 99 105 112 128 148
Length of: seta ro 40 46 56 60 74
seta le 37 54 59 62 60
seta in 29 35 47 50 72
seta ex 17 24 34 37 17
seta bs 46 50 56 63 96
seta c 1 17 17 25 33 Lost
seta c 2 29 35 39 40 0
seta c 3 33 40 45 47 Lost
seta da 16 3 9 11 Lost
seta dp 27 3 8 9 Lost
seta la 24 5 13 15 0
seta lp 23 4 10 10 0
seta h 1 20 3 9 10 0
seta h 3 2 3 8 9 0
seta p 1 Nd 3 8 9 0
genital opening Nd 29 37 45 49
anal opening 49 75 99 101 81