. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). BRITISH MITES —SUBFAMILY M ACROCHELI N AE TRAgARDH 33 metapodals are small and irregular in outline. The peritreme and peritrematal shields are normal. Ventrally, the gnathosoma carries the normal four pairs of setae. The external posterior rostrals are about one-third the length of the internals. The capitular k. Fig. 44. Macrocheles decoloraius (C. L. Koch), female. Dorsal shield. groove is provided with five transverse rows of denticles. The tectum (Text-fig. 45) has the three anterior processes separate. The movable digit of the chelicera
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). BRITISH MITES —SUBFAMILY M ACROCHELI N AE TRAgARDH 33 metapodals are small and irregular in outline. The peritreme and peritrematal shields are normal. Ventrally, the gnathosoma carries the normal four pairs of setae. The external posterior rostrals are about one-third the length of the internals. The capitular k. Fig. 44. Macrocheles decoloraius (C. L. Koch), female. Dorsal shield. groove is provided with five transverse rows of denticles. The tectum (Text-fig. 45) has the three anterior processes separate. The movable digit of the chelicera is tridentate and the fixed bi- or tridentate (Text-fig. 46). The dorsal seta is spatulate. Leg I (approx. 670/t) with plumose setae on femur, genu and tibia. Tarsus I (132-140/t) longer than tibia I (i2i/i). Leg II (680/*). Leg III (638/t) and Leg IV (990/t) with some plumose setae on trochanter and tarsus. Male. Unknown. ZOOL. 4, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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