416 

 Genera: 



Acarology 



1. 



3. 



Hermanniella Berlese, 1908 



Type. Hermannia granulata Nicolet, 1855 



Plasmobates Grandjean, 1929 



Type. Plasmobates pagoda Grandjean, 1929 



Solenozetes Grandjean, 1931 



Type. Plasmobates cribratiis Grandjean, 1929 



Figure 346 Platere- 

 maeiis vestitus Tra- 

 gardh. Showing articu- 

 lation between tibia 

 and tarsus iv, femur 

 and genu iii, and genu 

 and tibia iii. (After 

 Tragardh 1931) 



Plateremaeidae Tragardh, 1931 



Figures 346-348 



Diagnosis: The hysterosoma is flat and is cov- 

 ered with four concentrically arranged skins 

 (one larval and three nymphal exuviae). The 

 body and legs are covered with a thick secretion. 

 Terminal ends of the femur, genu, and tibia are 

 narrow, articulating in the sockets of the genu, 

 tibia, and tarsus respectively. Three claws ap- 

 pear on the tip of the small peduncle. 



Genus: 



P later emaeus Berlese, 1908 



Type. Damaeus ornatissimus Berlese, 1888 



Figure 347 Plateremaeus vestitus Tra- 

 gardh. Dorsum of female. (After Tra- 

 gardh 1931) 



Figure 348 Plateremaeus vestitus Tra- 

 gardh. Venter of female. (After Tra- 

 gardh 1931) 



Reference: 



Tragardh, I. 1931. Acarina from the Juan Fernandez Islands. The Natural 

 History of Juan Fernandez and Easter Islands, III. 553-628. 



