Cenopalpus pterinus (Pritchard and Baker, 1958)

Giosa, Marcello De, Tassi, Aline Daniele, McDonald, Eric M. & Ochoa, Ron, 2021, First record of Cenopalpus officinalis Papaioannou-Souliotis (Tenuipalpidae) for Israel, Italy and Mexico and a redescription, Acarologia 61 (4), pp. 978-995 : 979-980

Cenopalpus pterinus species group, Hatzinikolis et al. (1999)

Adult female

Six dorsolateral setae on opisthosoma ( c3, d3, e3, f3, h2, h1). Palps four segmented. Setal formula: 0-1-2-2: palp trochanter without setae, palp femur with 1 dorsal seta, palp genu-tibia from Italy.

with 2 setae and palp tarsus with 2 sensory setae. Leg setal formula (coxae to tarsi): I 2-1- 4-3-5-8(1ω), II 2-1-4-3-5-8(1ω), III 1-2-2-1-3-5, IV 1-1-1-0-3-5. Leg chaetotaxy as follows:

coxae I-II each with two setae ( 1b, 1c and 2b, 2c respectively); coxae III-IV each with one seta

( 3b and 4b). Trochanters I-II-IV each with one seta ( v′); trochanter III with two setae ( l′, v′). Femora I-II with four setae ( d, l′, v′, bv″); femur III with two setae ( d, ev′); femur IV with one seta ( ev′). Genua I-II with three setae ( d, l′, l″); genu III with one seta ( l′); genu IV without setae. Tibia I-II with five setae ( d, v′, v″, l′, l″); tibia III-IV with three setae ( d, v′, v″). Tarsi I-II with eight setae and each with one long and tapering solenidion; tarsi III-IV with five setae ft′, ( tc′, tc″, u′, u″). Ventral plate with two setae ( ag-ag); genital plate with 2 pairs of setae ( g1 and g2); anal plate with 2 pairs of setae ( ps1 and ps2).