Damaeus 57 



a chitinous projection carries leg 1. Psstg. on mamilliform projection, trumpet- 

 mouthed, ridged inside. Psstg. org. long, filiform; a projection between 

 legs 1 and 2 blunt-pointed anteriorly, rounded posteriorly. Legs thick for 

 genus; coxae of 2 hind pairs with projecting blades on post, edge; Femora 

 thicken gradually. Abd. sligthly pyriform; about 18 large black hairs 

 on dorsal surface. - - Nph. Pale yellowish, leathery; generally concealed 

 by dirt, legs pink. Psstg. org. S-shaped. Abd. usually concealed by mud, 

 but oval with 2 points posteriorly, bearing black hairs, 2 rows of similar 

 hairs on dors, surface. - - Im. L. ca. 1,5 mm, L. of leg 4 ca. 1,75 mm. 



All the earlier writers and Canestrini & Fanzago confuse this species with 

 D. clavipes. 



Belgium. England, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, 

 Port Clarence (Yega-Exp.). 



7. D. globipes (Can. & Berl.) 1884 Belba g., Canestrini & Berlese in: Atti 

 Soc. Veneto-Trent., v. 9 fasc.l p. 177 t.5 f.3 5 | 1886 B. g., Berlese, A. M.S., fasc. 33 

 nr. 4. 



Im. Chestnut-brown, smooth. Psstg. org. very long, much longer 

 than Cephth. flagelliform; projections which cany legs 1 and 2 only 

 moderately developed. Abd. globular, with a curved row of 5 long, thick, 

 curved hairs near each lat. margin, and 2 pairs on post, margin. Femora 

 with thin peduncle and suddenly clavate head, other joints globose 

 (moniliform), each joint with a whorl of very strong, almost straight hairs. 

 Often carries cast skins on Dors, of Abd. excentrically, earliest posteriorly. 

 L. 550 |u. 



In moss etc. Algeria, Italy. 



8. D. nigro-femoratus (L. Koch) 1879 Nothrus n., L. Koch in: Svenska Ak. 

 Handl., r. 16 p. 112 t. 3 f. 23. 



Im. Body Coxae and Femora black; remainder of legs yellow; smooth 

 not polished, Cephth. and Abd. covered with short fine hairs distant 

 from each other about their own length. Psstg. org. short, very clavate. 

 Abd. oval, widest and rounded posteriorly. L. 1 mm. 



Yugor-Straits, North Russia. 



9. D. nitens (C. L. Koch) 1835 Oppia n., C.L.Koch, C.M.A., fasc. 3 t.10 | 1888 

 Damaeus n., Michael, Brit. Orib., v. 2 p. 409 t. 34 f. 1 8 |j non 1896 Dameosoma 

 concolor, Berlese, A. M. S., Crypt. II p. 38 (C. L. Koch, C. M. A., fasc. 30 t. 6, although 

 said to be so by Berlese). 



Im. Yellow-brown to chestnut-brown polished, oval. Psstg. org. with 

 long slender peduncle and slightly lanceolate head. Legs not so 

 long nor the joints so clavate as usual in genus. Abd. oval, rounded 

 anteriorly almost pointed posteriorly, no markings. 2 rows and 2 inner 

 pairs of longish filiform white hairs on Dors, of Abd. and 1 or 2 shorter 

 pairs on post, margin, all slightly imbricated if magnified 500 diam. - - Nph. 

 White, legs and Kost. pinkish; translucent. Psstg. org. long, rough, gradually 

 thickened. Intlam. hair slightly serrated ; Abd. truncated anteriorly, rounded 

 posteriorly; hairs on Dors, of Abd. long, serrated. - - Im. L. ca. 510 ju. 



In moss and dead wood. England, Germany. Sweden. 



