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Cyrthydrolaelaps
Taxonomic Position
Cohort Gamasina
Subcohort Dermanyssiae
Family: Veigaiidae Oudemans
Cyrthydrolaelaps Berlese
Diagnostic characters:
Moustache-like internal malae
Scale above 3-tined palp apotele
Separate dorsal shields
Acuminate ambulacral pads on legs II-IV.
Similar taxa. Parasitidae are superficially similar to Veigaiidae, but have ventrianal shields and lack characters such as the scale-like process above the palp apotele and moustache-like internal malae.
Key to Genera of Veigaiidae
1. Tarsi II-IV with 1-2 broad ambulacral pads................................................... 2
- Tarsi II-IV with 2 narrow, acuminate ambulacra........ Cyrthydrolaelaps Berlese
2. Ambulacral pad entire............... Gamasolaelaps Berlese
- Ambulacra divided into 2 lobes................... Veigaia Oudemans
References
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Hurlbutt HW. 1983. The systematics and geographic distribution of east African Veigaiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Acarologia 24(2): 129-143.
Hurlbutt HW. 1984. A study of North American Veigaia (Acarina: Mesostigmata) with comparisons of habitats of unisexual and bisexual forms. Acarologia 25: 207-222.
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