Morphological ontogeny of Minunthozetes pseudofusiger (Acari, Oribatida, Punctoribatidae) and comments on Minunthozetes Hull

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Abstract
The morphological ontogeny of Minunthozetes pseudofusiger (Schweizer, 1922) is described and illustrated. The juveniles of this species have a humeral organ and a gastronotal shield which bears four pairs of setae in the larva (dm, dp, lp, h(1)) and 10 pairs in the nymphs (d-, l-, h-series, p(1)). The larva has 12 pairs of gastronotal setae, including h(3), whereas the nymphs have 15 pairs. Setae of c-series are inserted on unsclerotized integument in all juveniles. Solenidion omega(2) on tarsus I is longer than omega(1) and situated anteriorly to omega(1) in the nymphs and adult stage, as in most species of Melanozetes Hull, 1916.

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