could you help me with this?
I work on Tetranychoidea superfamily and I have some species with three pairs of setae h1-3, empudium a single claw-like structure but appendand hairs present.
is it Sonotetranychus?
My species similar to Sonotetranychus kermanensis but my species can be distinguished from S. kermanensis by striae between dorsal opisthosomal setae e1 transverse (inverted V-shape in S. kermanensis)
Hi Sayed,
Providing you're sure that they are "appendent" hairs (i.e.tiny hairs dorsally on the empodium) and not proximoventral hairs, then Sonotetranychus is likely.
Those tiny dorsal hairs can be hard to see - they're a bit like the tiny spurs seen in some Tetranychus - so it might be worth checking S. kermanensis to be sure that they are absent.
Best wishes, Owen.
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