Published December 31, 2014 | Version v1
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Rotundabaloghia

Description

Key to the Rotundabaloghia species of Madagascar (females, modified from Kontschán 2010a)

1. Genital shield ornamented by oval pits........................................... R. (C.) hauseri Kontschán, 2010a

- Surface of genital shield smooth.......................................................................... 2

2. Sternal setae uniform in length.......................................................................... 3

- St2 and St3 longer than other sternal setae.................................................................. 4

3. Anterior margin of genital shield peaked, one pair of setae situated near end of pedofossae IV................................................................................................. R. (C.) benyovszkyi Kontschán, 2007

- Anterior margin of genital shield rounded, three pairs of setae situated near end of pedofossae IV... R. (C.) ermilovi sp. nov.

4. Two pairs of smooth setae situated near end of pedofossae IV................................ R. (C.) kaydani sp. nov.

- One pair of marginally pilose setae situated near end of pedofossae IV.......... R. (C.) madagascarensis Kontschán, 2007

Notes

Published as part of Kontschán, Jenő & Starý, Josef, 2014, New species of Uropodina from Madagascar (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 547-569 in Zootaxa 3895 (4) on page 567, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3895.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/231408

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Uropodidae
Genus
Rotundabaloghia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mesostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Kontschan, J. (2010 a) Rotundabaloghiid Mites of the World (Acari: Mesostigmata: Uropodina). AdLibrum Kiado, Budapest, 116 pp.
  • Kontschan, J. (2007) Two new Rotundabaloghia Hirschmann, 1975 species from Madagascar (Acari: Mesostigmata: Uropodina). Annales Historico - Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 99, 171 - 176.