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Sexual dimorphism in deutonymphs of mites of the family Parasitidae (Acari: Mesostigmata)
By Dana L. Wrensch and Donald E. Johnston
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol. 76, No. 3: 473-474, 1983
Cite: 1185698 with citation markup [cite:1185698]
I post an image of a Parasitid deutonymph sternum which shows the subject "small, clear area surrounded by a raylike pattern in the posterior part of the sternal shield", identifying it as female, and a corresponding image of a male, showing that it lacks this feature.

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