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Cheladonta Lipovsky, Crossley & Loomis 1955

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya embankment 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia.

Description

Cheladonta Lipovsky, Crossley & Loomis, 1955

Diagnosis

SIF = 4B-N(B)-(3-12)-2110.0000; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = 1.1.1; Ip = 595–806. Cheliceral blade with tricuspid cap and sometimes with ventral row of small teeth; galeal setae nude or branched; palpal claw divided by 3–12 prongs; palpal tarsus with 4 branched setae. Scutum trapezoidal, with straight, concave or slightly convex posterior margin, with 1 AM, 2 AL and 2 PL setae; sensilla clavate to globose, covered with setules. Eyes 2 + 2, 1 + 1 or absent, always two pairs of humeral setae. Legs 7-segmented, 2 genualae I, 1 genuala II, 1 genuala III, tibiala III and mastisetae always absent, all leg coxae unisetose.

Notes

Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae), pp. 1-233 in European Journal of Taxonomy 395 on page 52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.395, http://zenodo.org/record/3829724

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Lipovsky, Crossley & Loomis
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Trombidiformes
Family
Trombiculidae
Genus
Cheladonta
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Cheladonta Lipovsky, 1955 sec. Stekolnikov, 2018

References

  • Crossley D. A. & Loomis R. B. 1955. A new Neoschoengastia (Acarina: Trombiculidae) from Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado. Entomological News 66 (5): 113 - 118.