Laminamichaelia arbusculosa ( Grandjean, 1943 )

Uusitalo, Matti, 2025, A review of the family Alycidae (Acari, Acariformes) from North America, Zootaxa 5602 (1), pp. 1-92 : 69

Laminamichaelia arbusculosa ( Grandjean, 1943)

( Figs. 42A–E, 43A–J, 44A, B)

Bimichaelia arbusculosa Grandjean, 1943: 19 , 35, figs.11A–E, 12A–J, 13A, B; Grandjean, 1942: 103, figs. 1A–C, 2A–C, 3A–D.

Laminamichaelia arbusculosa .— Uusitalo 2010: 73, figs. 130–139; Vázquez Rojas 2002: 20.

Bimichaelia stellaris Womersley, 1944: 138 , fig. 2F, G.

Bimichaelia ramosa Mihelčič, 1956: 19 , fig. 13: Mihelčič 1958: 277.

Laminamichaelia sp.1 .— Vázquez-Rojas et al. 2016: 21.

Description. Dorsum (n= 1 female, Figs. 42A, B, 44A). Length 510 µm female, 400 µm male; primary pattern comprising stellate rosettes of about 8 often trigonal cells around a seta, and 5–6 setae at the orbit; secondary pattern of densely packed small lamellae in rows inside cells, tens of cilia per seta; on prodorsum: 10–15 pairs of additional setae on soft part, 5–8 setae on sclerotised in -area, posterior part of crista clearly tripartite: midline with polygons flanked by narrow strips of lamellae, which continue reaching the setae vi, anterior sensilla ve densely barbed and with 3–6 branches distally.