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FIELDIANA: ZOOLOGY, VOLUME 42 



Holotype. Female, ex Thecurus pumilus. Palawan: Brooke's 

 Point, May 10, 1947 (D. S. Rabor). In the Chicago Natural His- 

 tory Museum collection. 



Paratypes. Four females, four males, same data as holotype. 

 One in the United States National Museum collection. 



Genus Neolaelaps Hirst, 1926 



Neolaelaps magnistigmatus (Vitzthum). Figure 42, A-C. 



Liponyssus magnistigmattis Vitzthum, 1918, Arch. Natg., 84, Abt. A, Heft 6, 

 p. 21 (female, ex Talpa europaea; illus.). 



The female of this species is readily distinguished by the unusually 

 large stigmata and swollen peritreme running forward onto the dor- 



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Fig. 42. Neolaelaps magnistigmatus, female: A, anterior portion of dorsal 

 plate; B, posterior portion of dorsal plate; C, venter. 



sum, by the spinelike setae on gnathosoma and coxae I, II and III, 

 and by the small epigynial plate bearing 3 pairs of setae. The dorsal 

 plate is strongly reticulate and nearly covers the entire dorsum, and 

 the posterior margin has a shallow median excavation. The sternal 

 plate is wider than long, deeply concave at the posterior margin, and 

 bears the usual 3 pairs of setae. The metapodal plates are small 

 and bean-shaped. The setae on the venter are short and slender, and 

 fairly numerous. 



