MITES OF FAMILY CHEYLETIDAE — BAKER 305 



Genus CHELETOGENES Oudemans 



Cheletogenes Oudemans, Ent. Ber. Nederl. Ver., vol. 1, fasc. 21, p. 208, 1905. 

 Type, Cheyletus ornatus Canestrini and Fanzago (monotypic). 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF CHELETOGENES 



1. Palpal claw with teeth 2 



Palpal claw without teeth quadrisetosus Berlese 



2. Palpal claw not toothed along entire inner margin ; rostral pattern of areoli 



or tubercles 3 



Palpal claw with teeth along entire edge ; rostral shield pattern of 

 striations ornatus (Canestrini and Fanzago) 



3. Palpal femoral setae broadly clavate or squamiform; palpal tibial setae 



broadly clavate 4 



Palpal femoral setae strong, serrate, but not squamiform ; palpal tibial setae 

 simple ; gnathosoma with areoli only buckneri, new species 



4. Dorsal shields with areoli ; palpal femur about as long as wide. 



oaklandia, new species 



Dorsal shields punctate and with large tubercles ; palpal femur longer 



than wide traubi, new species 



CHELETOGENES QUADRISETOSUS Berlese 



Cheletogenes quadrisetosus Berilese, Redia, vol. 9, p. 79, pi. 1, fig. 6, 1913. 



Type habitat. — Not given. 



Type locality. — ^Java. 



In the figure by Berlese tlie single pair of eyes are located dorsally, 

 far in from the margin, and not in the usual marginal position between 

 the second and third pair of setae. 



CHELETOGENES ORNATUS (Canestrini and Fanzago) 



Plate 14, Figures 117-119 



Cheyletus ornatus Canestrini and Fanzago, Att. Soc. Veneto-Trentina, 1876, 



p. 106. 

 Cheyletus saccardianus Berlese, Acari, Myriapoda et Scorpiones hucusque in 



Italia, Prostigmata, fasc. 32, No. 2, 1886. 

 Cheletia ornatus (Canestrini and Fanzago) Oudemans, Ent. Ber. Nederl. Ver., vol. 



1, fasc. 154, 1904. 

 Cheletogenes ornatus (Canestrini and Fanzago) Oudemans, Ent. Ber. Nederl. Ver., 



vol, 1, fasc. 21, p. 208, 1905 ; M^m. Soc. Zool. France, vol. 19, pp. 153-159, figs, 



40, 41, 1906.— Womerslet, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Australia, vol. 66, No. 1, p, 



85, fig. 2, 1942— McGregor, California Citrograph, vol, 30, No, 2, p. 53, illus., 



1944. 

 Cheyletus cocciphilus Banks, Journ. Ent. and Zool., vol, 6, p, 56, fig. 10, 1914 



( new synonymy ) . 



Female. — A small round mite with short broad rostrum and palpi. 

 Femur of palpus strongly swollen on outer margin; femoral and 

 genual setae squamiform, serrate ; genual seta on posterior margin of 

 segment ; palpal claw of medium size, curved, with many teeth along 

 entire inner margin; outer comb about same length as claw, stout; 

 inner comb about same length as outer but finer; both combs with 



