First record of Metatarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from India with description of two new species Author Mondal, Priyankar 0000-0002-0142-5815 Department of Agricultural Entomology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur- 741252, West Bengal, India. priyankar. ento @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0142 - 5815 priyankar.ento@gmail.com Author Karmakar, Krishna 0000-0002-5582-3560 Department of Agricultural Entomology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur- 741252, West Bengal, India. Corresponding author. kkbckv 64 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5582 - 3560 kkbckv64@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2021 2021-03-12 4942 2 229 251 journal article 7601 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.2.6 5a39a6a3-b979-475b-acb6-ed87759c8629 1175-5326 4600517 D2E10DBD-847E-4BF5-9C57-10E9F7656CE2 Genus Metatarsonemus Attiah, 1970 The two new species described in this study fall within the definition of the genus Metatarsonemus as proposed by Lofego et al . (2019) , presenting the following characteristics: Adults and larvae: a subcircular gnathosomal capsule with fusiform and wide pharynx.Adult female: prodorsal shield extending over gnathosoma, stigmata located on the emarginate anterolateral margin of the former; dorsal setae sc2 inserted anteriad the level of sc1 ; dorsal idiosomal setae d , e and f thick and barbed; anterolateral ends of apodemes 1 forming prominent angular projections next to posterolateral corners of gnathosoma; a set of fissures at the venter of Idiosoma laterad of the bases of seta 1a and 2a and an unpaired fissure at the posterior end of poststernal apodeme; a pair of linear ridges flanking the tegula. Adult male: solenidion ω on tarsus II longer than that of tarsus I.