296 Acarology 



Neotorrenticolidae Lundblad, 1936 



Figures 225, 226 



Diagnosis: These mites have a soft skin and eyes which are sepa- 

 rated. The dorsum of the male is entirely armored while the dorsum 

 of the female has many small, sclerotized plates. The palpus has hair- 

 bearing protuberances on the tibia and a spine-bearing tooth on the 



Figure 225 Neotorrenticola violacea 

 Lundblad. Venter of young female. 

 (After Lundblad 1942) 



Figure 226 Neotorrenticola violacea 

 Lundblad. Palpus. (After Lundblad 

 1942) 



femur. In the male the coxal plates are united but in the mature female 

 they are separated into four groups. In the immature female the coxal 

 plates are approximate. The legs are long and strong without swim- 

 ming hairs but with strong and weak spines. The tarsal claws are large 

 and have ventral accessory teeth. Many genital suckers surround the 

 genital organ. 



Genus: 



Neotorrenticola Lundblad, 1936 



Type. Neotorrenticola violacea Lundblad, 1936 



References: 



Lundblad, O. 1936. Dritte Mitteilung uber Wassermilben aus Santa Catha- 



rina in Siidbrasilien, Zool. Anz. 116:200-211. 

 . 1942. Die Hydracarinenfauna Sudbrasiliens und Paraguays — II. K. 



Svenska Vetensk Akad. Handl. 20(3) :3-175. 



