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PAENECALYPTONOTUS FONTINALIS N. GEN., N. SP., WITH REMARKS ON THE FAMILY ACALYPTONOTIDAE (ACARI: PARASITENGONA: ARRENUROIDEA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Ian M. Smith
Ian M. Smith
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa
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Abstract

Male and female adults of Paenecalyptonotus fontinalis n. gen., n. sp., are described. This is the second known species of Acalyptonotidae, and is unique in that adults have the idiosomal dorsum nearly covered by a sclerotized plate rather than mostly membranous, have 3 pairs of genital acetabula rather than 7 to 16 pairs, and inhabit cold water seepage areas and springs rather than lakes. Discovery of this species contributes to the elucidation of the relationship of Acalyptonotidae to other Arrenuroidea.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 108 , Issue 9 , September 1976 , pp. 997 - 1000
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1976

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