Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 97. (Budapest 2005)

Kontschán, J.: Two species of Julolaelaps Berlese, 1916 (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) associated with millipedes from Kenya

Julolaelaps pararotundaîus (RYKE, 1959) (Figs 1-2) Description - Female. Length of idiosoma 1180pm, width (in the middle of idiosoma) 770pm. Shape oval, posterior margin rounded. Dorsal side (Fig. 1 ): dorsal shield with several, smooth, short and setiform setae, one pair of these setae on apical part of idiosoma longer and thicker than other dorsal setae. Interscutellar membranes bear several smooth, short and setiform setae. Dorsal shield with squamose ornamentation. Ventral side (Fig. 2): sternal shield broader than long and bear three pairs of short, smooth and setiform sternal setae, its ornamentation reticulate. Metasternal setae situated on integument. Genital shield is broader than anal shield. Ornamentation of genital shield squamose. Genital setae similar to sternal setae. All ventral setae short, smooth and setiform. Metapodal plates are represented by a larger and a smaller one on each side. Their shape is oval. Stigmae situated between coxae 3 and 4. Peritrema long. Material examined - Eleven females: Kenya, near village Kilifi, from large Spirostreptida millipedes, S 3°37,47'; E 39°50,30'; 11.03. 2001. leg. J. KONTSCHÁN & G. GERE. Remarks - RYKE (1959) mentioned this species from "Pemba (West Africa)", but Pemba is an island off the coast of Kenya, which is not in West Africa! Figs 1-2. Julolaelaps pararotundatus RYKE, 1959: 1 = dorsal view, 2 = ventral view