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Adult idiosomal setal patterns in the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Gamasina)

D. A. Chant, +1 more
- 01 Dec 1989 - 
- Vol. 15, Iss: 3, pp 177-193
TLDR
Comparisons of the setal patterns between different body areas show that there has been extensive homoplasy in the evolution of idiosomal setalpatterns of the Phytoseiidae.
Abstract
Forty-one pairs of setae and a single post-anal seta are known to occur on the idiosoma of adult Phytoseiidae. Twenty-one pairs and the post-anal seta are present on all known species in the family. Variations in the occurrence of the remaining 20 pairs produce different idiosomal setal patterns: 85 patterns for the adult females and 71 for the adult males. Comparisons of the setal patterns between different body areas show that there has been extensive homoplasy in the evolution of idiosomal setal patterns. Idiosomal chaetotaxy of the Phytoseiidae is compared to that of the Ascinae and the Otopheidomenidae.

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A review of the subfamily Amblyseiinae Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae): Part III. the tribe Amblyseiini Wainstein, subtribe Amblyseiina n. subtribe

TL;DR: A cladogram is proposed suggesting the relationships between the 3 subtribes in the Amblyseiini and between the constituent genera in theAmblyseiina.
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Taxonomic Concepts in the Ascidae, with a Modified Setal Nomenclature for the Idiosoma of the Gamasina (Acarina: Mesostigmata)

TL;DR: Modified systems of nomenclature based on holotrichous Gamasina are introduced and applied to setae on the dorsum of the idiosoma and on the venter of the opisthosoma.
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The determination of setal homologies and setal patterns on the dorsal shield in the family phytoseiidae (acarina: mesostigmata)

TL;DR: The determination of setal homologies and setal platterns on the dorsal shield in the family phytoseidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata) is determined.
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