Armascirus Den Heyer, 1978

Kalúz, Stanislav, 2009, Two new Palearctic mite species of the family Cunaxidae (Acari: Prostigmata), Zootaxa 2198, pp. 27-40 : 28

Genus Armascirus Den Heyer, 1978

The description of the genus Armascirus given by Den Heyer (1978) presents the detailed diagnostic features of this genus within the family Cunaxidae . The main features separating the genus Armascirus from the other genera of subfamily Cunaxinae ( Den Heyer 1978) are: Palpal segment II (basifemur) with a simple dorsal seta; palpal segment III (telofemur) bears a spine–like dorsal seta; apophysis present on palpal segment IV (genu); the female palp with a median spine–like apophysis on segment III, which is lacking in the males. Dorsal plates reticulated, the dorsal chaetotaxy includes two pairs of fine setose sensillae ( vi and sce), with the posterior pair ( sce) the longer, six pairs of tactile setae in dorsocentral and three pairs of dorsolateral series. Anal region with one pair of anal setae and one pair of para-anal setae. Chaetotaxy of telofemora I–IV: 4 sts (simple tactile setae) - 4 sts - 3 sts, 1 ms (microseta) - 3 sts, 1 ms. The proximal sensory complex on dorsal aspect of tarsus I with a small pe organ (peo). The chaetotaxy of telofemora I–IV is 4 sts - 4 sts - 3 sts, 1 ms - 3 sts, 1ms and the chaetotaxy of coxal plates I–IV is 3 sts, 1 peg - 1 (in Ƥ) or 2 (in 3) sts - 3 sts - 3 sts.