MITES OF FAMILY CHEYLETIDAE — BAKER 293 



Womersley placed this species in the genus Cheletophanes since the 

 palpal claw is toothed along the entire margin. It is included here 

 with GheletonelJa because of the single dorsal shield. 



Genus CHELETOMIMUS Oudemans 



Cheletomimus Oxjdemans, Ent. Ber. Nederl. Ver., vol. 1, fasc. 18, p. 163, 1904; 

 vol. 5, fasc. 120, p. 359, 1921. 

 Type, Cheletomimus trux Oudemans =6' AeZe^es herlesei Oudemans 

 (monotypic). 



CHELETOMIMUS BERLESEI (Oudemans), new combination 



Plate 11, Figuees 72-75 



Cheyletus omatus Canestrini and Fanzago, Berlese, Acari, Myriapoda et 



Scorpiones hucusque in Italia, reperta, Pi-ostigmata, fasc. 28, No. 6, 1886. 



(Misidentifled.) 

 Cheletes herlesei Oudemans, Ent. Ber. Nederl. Ver., vol. 1, fasc. 17, p. 154, 1904. 

 Cheletomimus trux Oudemans, Ent. Ber. Nederl. Ver., vol. 1, fasc. 18, p. 163, 1904. 

 Cheletomimus omatus (Berlese) Oudemans, M6m. Soc. Zool. France, vol. 19, 



pp. 136-139, figs. 84, 35, 1906.— Vitzthum, Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas, vol. 



3, No. 3, p. 55, 1929.— Bakek, Bull. California Dept. Agr., vol. 28, No. 4, 



p. 273, 1939. 

 Female. — A small, round mite with a short, broad gnathosoma. 

 Femur of palpus short, broad, rounded externally with a dorsal 

 squamiform serrate seta and a lanceolate serrate ventral seta; genu 

 with a squamiform serrate seta on posterior margin; tibial setae of 

 palpus lanceolate, serrate; palpal claw with 7 basal teeth; outer comb 

 as long as the claw and with 14 teeth ; inner comb smaller and with 

 27 teeth. Kostrum broad, covered with areoli; peritreme composed 

 of simple, strong segments. Propodosomatic shield trapezoidlike with 

 posterior margin convex ; single pair of eyes ; three pairs of lanceolate 

 serrate marginal setae and four pairs of similar dorsal submedian 

 setae. A pair of longer shoulder setae set in a minute plate as are 

 all the setae which are not on the anterior or posterior shields. Hys- 

 terosoma with two small shields, each with a single seta ; anterior to 

 shields is a transverse row of four setae ; behind the shield a row with 

 two setae ; then a row of four, and finally a posterior row of two setae. 

 Two pairs of simple genital setae ; three pairs of simple posterodorsal 

 anal setae. Legs short ; leg I reaches almost to tip of palpal claw ; legs 

 I and IV about 166^ long. Tarsus I with a rodlike sensory seta of 

 medium length and a short guard seta ; tibia I with a short clublike 

 sensory seta and two lanceolate setae. Femur of leg I with lanceolate 

 serrate dorsal seta ; other leg setae lanceolate, serrate ; those on tibia 

 I of equal length. Body 313/^ long, including rostrum 420fi; width 

 260jM. 



Type habitat. — Plants. 

 Type locality. — Italy. 



