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Acarology 



Carabodidae Willmann, 1931 



Figure 341 



Figure 341 Cepheiis mirabiloides 

 Jacot. Dorsum of female. 



Diagnosis: The lateral and poste- 

 rior margins of the hysterosoma 

 are not turned under ventrally. Usu- 

 ally the dorsum of the hysterosoma 

 is coarsely sculptured or at least dis- 

 tinctly punctate. Legs iii and iv are 

 articulated at the lateral margin 

 of the ventral surface or very close 

 to it. The legs are of normal struc- 

 ture and are shorter than the body. 

 Femora i and ii frequently have a 

 thin stalk and are greatly swollen 

 distally. The propodosoma has 

 lamellae-like protuberances, ledges, 

 or small leaves or shelves. 



Genera and subgenera: 



1. Carabodes Koch, 1836 



a. Carabodes s. sir. 



Type. Carabodes coriaceus Koch, 1836 



b. Carabocepheus Berlese, 1910 



Type. Carabodes {Carabocepheus) lounsburyi Berlese, 1910 



c. Otocepheus Berlese, 1904 



Type. Carabodes {Otocepheus) longior Berlese, 1904 



2. Carabodoides Jacot, 1937 



Type. Carabodoides saccharomycetoides Jacot, 1937 



3. Cepheus Koch, 1836 (= Tegeocranus Nicolet, 1855) 



a. Cepheus s. str. 



Type. Cepheus latus Koch, 1836 



b. Chaunoproctus Pearse, 1906 



Type. Chaunoproctus canceilatus Pearse, 1906 (poorly described 

 and position uncertain) 



c. Microtegeus Berlese, 1916 



Type. Tegeocranus {Microtegeus) undulatus Berlese, 1916 



d. Oribatodes "Qdinks, 1895 



Type. Oribatodes mirabilis Banks, 1895 



e. Protocepheus Jacot, 1928 



Type. Tegeocranus hericius Michael, 1887 



