Cohort Gamasina - Royal Alberta Museum

Almanac of Alberta Acari Part II Version 2.0Collections: EMEND (56.46, -118.22)2 February 2012 draftDOC (5/2011): [+other] Distribution: AB, S. acutiens reported from YT, NU, NT, QC, NF; [AK,Holarctic]Images:Ecology:Literature: Marshall et al. (1987); Weigmann (2006); Gilyarov & Krivolutsky (1975); Lindo &Visser (2004)**Suctobelbella arcana Moritz, 1970Also Known As:ABMI code: SUCTARCDiagnostic characters:180-210 long; 3+2 genital setae; 8 pairs relatively long (20-30), simple notogastral setae; cristawith both tubercles well developed; bo short ~(40), stout, with strong, subfusiform head(~23), acuminate and strongly barbed on outer face, rim of bothridium weakly tuberculateand distinctly notched posterolaterally; interlamellar setae (~12) fine, interlamellar tubercleweakly tuberculate posteriorly, smooth dorsally; lamellar setae (~10) simple, tuberclesmooth, with antero-median tooth; ex (~11) simple; tectopedal fields obteardrop shaped,separated by a few large tubercles, with coarsely toothed, gear-like margin and extendingantero-ventrally to rim; lateral fields mostly smooth, with a few tubercles; ro geniculatewith barbed joint and simple (~15) process; rostrum weakly tuberculate and withsubreticulate areas posteriorly and marginally, with 3 marginal teeth: lateral cusp replacedby rounded to emarginate lobe and followed by 1 large tooth and 2 smaller teeth; chelicerae(~80) relatively stout.40