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Acarology 



right angle; in the anterior median angle of coxal plates iv is a gland 

 pore. Legs in and iv have swimming hairs and the tarsal claws of legs 

 I, II, and III have accessory teeth; tarsus iv is constricted distally and 

 lacks claws. 



Figure 214 Teutonia cometes (Koch). Figure 215 Teutonia cometes {Koch). 



Ventral plates of male. (After Viets Palpus (After Viets 1936) 



1936) 



Genus: 



Teutonia Koenike, 1889 



Type. Teutonia primaria Koenike, 1889 



Sperchonidae Thor, 1900 



Figures 216-218 



Diagnosis: The sperchonids have a weak or leather- 

 like skin, which occasionlly has shields, with rugose or 

 fine-pointed papillae in the striated area. Lateral eyes 

 lie in capsules but a median eye is seldom present. The 

 palpfemur has a spine-bearing peg on the inner side; 

 the palpal tibia lacks distal-dorsal elongation and the 

 inner side has two sensory spines. The coxal plates are 

 arranged in four groups; coxal plates iv are three- or 

 Figure 216 Sper- four-cornered; the legs have no swimming hairs and 

 Koenike^^Genital ^^^ tarsal claws as a rule have accessory teeth. With 

 plates of female, two lateral, movable plates and three pairs of genital 

 suckers, the genital organ is situated more or less 

 between the posterior coxal plates. 



( After 

 1943) 



Marshall 



Genera and subgenera: 



1. Sperchon Kramer, 1877 

 a. Sperchon s. str. 



Type. Sperchon squamosa Kramer, 1879 



