A revision of the families Licnodamaeidae and Licnobelbidae (Acari, Oribatei) with a recharacterization of the genera Licnodamaeus and Licnobelba

Abstract

Family Licnodamaeidae GrandjeanLicrwdamaeidae Grandjean, 1954: 434; Balogh, 1961: 268; Balogh 1965: 57; Grandjean, 1965: 103; Perez-liiigo, 1969: 263: Type genus: Licnodamaeus Grandjean, 1931.Characteristics -Eupheredermes, i.e., nymphs retain exuviae of preceding instars; adults without exuviae. Tracheal system sub-normal, i.e., trachea I missing. Pycnonotics, i.e., without areae porosae on notogaster. Body and legs covered by an abundant polygonal reticulate cerotegument formed by large microtubercles. Notogastral, prodorsal, ventral and leg cuticle reticulate or smooth. Apo Ie absent;