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dimples and with the ano-genital field ridges. Clear areolae are present on the anal and genital plate surfaces (Fig. 9). Prodorsum

: The rostral tectum is rounded. Setae ro and le are strong, long and bent towards the sagittal plane. Their surface is rugged; they seem almost phylliform or at least slightly flattened (le in particular) (Figs. 1, 2, 4, 5). Setae in are missing in the three examined specimens. For this reason, I have been forced to accept BALOGH'

s description relative to this character. On the prodorsum of the holotypus there is a phylliform seta presumably belonging to the interlamellar pair. This fact probably confirms BALOGH'

s figure (Fig. 3). The bothridium seems similar to that of Carabodes minusculus (BERNINI, 1976); the superior border of the bothridial cup is not incised whilst the inferior one is indented. The sensillum is completely different from that of Carabodes coriaceus. It appears as a long tube slightly increasing in diameter towards the apex. The tip of this organ is open along a quarter of its length and the inner surface is clearly striped (Figs. 1, 2, 6). The exobothridial seta is long and slender. The das is very evident with two deep cervical holes (Figs. 1, 2). Notogaster: There are 10 notogastral pairs of long, spoon-shaped setae; their surface has numerous little barbs, best visible on the external side; position of the ta pair, placed laterally, is singular. There are no differences between the dorsal and the marginal setae (Figs. 1, 6, 7, 8). The lateral abdominal gland and the notogastral lyrifis

sures are not visible. Ventral characters: They are similar to those found in Carabodes minusculus. The epimeral grooves are deep and clear. As mentioned above, in a medial position along epimeral grooves 1 and 3, two sternal dimples are present (Fig. 9). The ventral chaetotaxy is normal: 3-1-3-3 (epimeral formula), 1 pair (aggenital), 4 pair (genital), 3 pair (adanal) and 2 pair (anal). The adanal setae are long and similar in morphology to those of the notogaster; aa\j pair, however, is smaller and narrower than the others. All the other ventral setae are long but slender (Figs. 9, 10, 11). Gnathosoma and legs: The conditions of the typical specimens do not consent the study of these characters. Discussion Carabodes hungaricus Balogh belongs to the "coriaceus group" of species owing to its large body size and microsculpture. Above all the dorsal microsculpture makes Carabodes hungaricus similar to Carabodes coriaceus Koch owing to the presence of irregular instead of regular longitudinal ridges, like in other species of this group such as Carabodes arduinü Valle. Nevertheless, there are several differences between CarabodeB hungaricus and Carabodes coriaceus

, as follows: a) in hungaricus all the spoon-shaped notogastral setae have the same morphology (in coriaceus the marginal setae are smaller); b) in hungaricus the ta pair of notogastral setae is placed laterally; c) the position and the morphology of the lamellar setae differs phylliform and longer in hungaricus than in coriaceus)

; d) the morphology of the sensilla differs (an apically open tube in hungaricus, a long axis apically covered with barbs In coriaceuB)

; e) in hungaricus the adanal setae are spoon-shaped whilst they are normal in coriaceus; f) the notogastral setae even if they have the same morphology, are wider in hungaricus than in coriaceus; g) the sagittal prodorsal microsculpture presents more areolae in hungaricus than in coriaceus. Another species that seems very near Carabodes hungaricus Balogh is Carabodes spinosus Storkan owing to its morphology and geographical distribution (Middle East-Europe). This is also a classical entity described in 1925 from Czechoslovakia in an abriged way. Nevertheless, the smaller size (760 fi against 880-990 u), the narrower phylliform notogastral setae in Carabodes spinosus §torkan, the different morphology of the le setae and of the sensilla are all characters which contribute to an easy separation of the two taxa. In this regard, the available data at our disposal do not consent to establish whether Cara bodes spinosus Storkán belongs to the "coriaceus" group as its original description (STORKAN, 1925) does not specify the kind of its dorsal micro sculpture. The morphology of the sensilla, all the body setae and the regular longitudinal pattern of the microsculptural ridges on the dorsum differentiate Carabodes hungaricus Balogh from other similar species, as Carabodes magnus Kunst, Carabodes reticulatus Berlese, CarabodeB arduinii Valle too. Considering to past quotations of Carabodes hungaricus Balogh, as far as I know, it has been mentioned only twice from Bulgaria