Illustration of a female Psoroptes natalensis mite showing body configuration and distribution of body appendages and setae.

A: dorsal surface showing the propodosomal plate and propodosomal (si and se), metapodosomal (c1, c2, cp, d1 and d2) and opisthosomal setae (e1, e2 and ps1). B: ventral surface showing the vulva as a transverse slit with two lateral limbs and supported with three pairs of setae; two lateral pairs (4b and g) and one pair behind the vulvar flap (4a), propodosomal setae (1a), metapodosomal setae (3a and 3c) and five pairs of perianal setae (ps2, ps3, h2, h3 and f2) around the subterminal anus.