TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - The pretarsi of astigmatid mites VL - 20 IS - 2 SP - 244 EP - 269 PY - 1979 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Atyeo, W.T. UR - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=2950 DA - 1979-03-31 KW - Comparative study KW - pretarsus KW - astigmata AB - А comparative study of pretarsal modifications of approximately 350 supraspecific taxa of feather mites and representatives of ovet 50 genera of non-feather mites is presented; inter- and intragroup comparisons are made. А hypothetical pretarsus is developed and two major lines of ambulacral types are suggested; these lines indicate that certain historical divisions of the parasitic Astigmata based оп host preferences need re-examination. ER -