Two new species of Rykellus (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ologamasidae) from Brazil and a key to the world species of the genus
Author
Santos, Jandir C.
Author
Castilho, Raphael C.
Author
Silva, Edmilson S.
Author
De Moraes, Gilberto J.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3926
1
111
121
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3926.1.5
71045880-a3e6-4cbd-930c-fd33408f883f
1175-5326
239465
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Genus
Rykellus
Lee, 1970
Rykellus
Lee, 1970
: 126
.
Rykellus
.—
Karg & Schorlemmer, 2009
: 69
;
Karg & Schorlemmer, 2013
: 203
Type
species:
Cyrtolaelaps
(
Gamasellus
)
darglensis
Ryke, 1962
, by original designation.
Diagnosis (adult female)
. Within the
Ologamasidae
,
Rykellus
species are characterized by having podonotal and opisthonotal shields fused along a distinct, complete V-shaped line; holodorsal shield not fused to ventrianal shield; peritrematic shield fused posteriorly with exopodal shield near coxa IV, being the connection behind stigma wider than peritreme.