Left - Fig. 216: Pyemotes ventricosus (Newport, 1850) (Pyemotidae), syn. Pediculoides ventricosus Newport, hay itch mite, grain itch mite, Gravid female (Adapted from Brucker.) Female mite showing Physogastrism.
Right - Fig. 217: Siteroptes carnea and claw detail (Original.)
Title: The Acarina or mites. A review of the group for the use of economic entomologists
Identifier: acarinaormitesre10bank (find matches)
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Banks, Nathan, b. 1868; United States. Department of Agriculture
Subjects: Mites
Publisher: Washington, D. C. : G. P. O.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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THE ACARIXA OR MITES. 105 becomes enormously swollen, so that it is 20 to 100 times greater than the rest of the body, the whole animal appearing as a white spherical grain, \vith a tiny scar on one side. The male of Pediculoides (fig. 215) has almost no abdomen at all, the body being very short, and angiilate behind. The head in this genus is almost a distinct portion of the body. Brucker has studied the anatomy of Pediculoides. There is a large stom- ach, connecting to the mouth by a slender oesophagus; to the latter is attached a blind pharynx. He found no anus (but I believe one exists in TarsoriemMs), the intestine ending blindly near the tip of the body. The genital opening is at the tip of the body; above it is a short spermatheca. In the females there are a pair of air reservoirs in the front part of the body; behind them are tufts of tracheae, wliich, when the female becomes swollen by eggs, extend into the swollen part. The Tarsonemidse have not long held any one position in the system of Acarina. They have been associated with Oribatidse by several writers, and Berlese has recently
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Fig. 2\%.—Pediculoides vcntricosus: Gravid female. ^i^. 217.—Siteroptes carnea and (Adapted from Brucker.) claw. (Original.) elevated the family into one of the principal groups (Heterostigmata) of the order. The dimorphism in certain forms seems to suggest affinity to the Tyroglypliidse. The family was united to the Cheyletidae by Trouessart, and some have followed him, but most later authors consider it distinct therefrom and more alUed to the Tyro- glyphidae. Oudemans has elevated it into an order under the name Trachelostig- mata, and a few other acarologists follow liim. In any location it is an isolated gi'oup. The family can be di\ided into two subfamilies, as follows:. 1. Hind legs of female end in claw and sucker, in male hind legs shorter than third pair Pediculoidin^. Hind legs of female end in long hairs, in male hind legs about as long as third pair Tarsonemin^, In the Pediculoidinse are two very distinct genera; others have been made by subdividing Pediculoides. 1. Mouth parts terminal and distinct Pediculoides. Mouth parts hidden by a cephalic process Pigmeophorus.

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