Davacarus Hunter 1970

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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walter, David Evans
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2004
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Davacaridae
Davacarus
Heard Island
Pacific
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4675933
https://zenodo.org/record/4675933
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Summary: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. : 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 : {"references": ["HUNTER, P. E., 1970, Acarina: Mesostigmata: free-living mites of South Georgia and Heard Island, Pacific Insects Monograph, 23, 43 - 70."]}

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