New eremaeozetid mites (Acari: Oribatida: Eremaeozetoidea) from the south-western Pacific region and the taxonomic status of the Eremaeozetidae and Idiozetidae
Author
Colloff, Matthew J.
text
Zootaxa
2012
3435
1
39
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.282079
13186f0a-7e29-45d1-9004-d7fd4851960b
1175-5326
282079
Key to species of
Retrozetes
1. Apices of lamellae S-shaped: curved posteriorly, then recurved anteriorly; median sclerotised bands of lamellar cuticle forming Y-shaped structure dorsally (
Fig. 15
)................................................
R. novaecaledoniae
sp. nov.
- Apices of lamellae not S-shaped: only curved posteriorly, not recurved anteriorly; median sclerotised bands of lamellar cuticle sub-parallel or forming V-shaped structure dorsally........................................................... 2
2. Apex of rostrum visible in dorsal orientation, with acute projection; stalk of bothridial seta recurved; apices of lamellae separated by drop-shaped fissure (
Fig. 17
).................................................
R. fernandezi
sp. nov.
- Apex of rostrum covered by lamellae in dorsal orientation, without acute projection; stalk of bothridial seta not recurved; apices of lamellae separated narrow slit or broad U-shaped or rectangular fissure................................... 3
3. Lamellar cuspides divided by broad rectangular or circular fissure; cerotegument thick, reticulate; lenticulus broader than long; notogastral margin scalloped in region of setae of
h
series; genital and anal plates separated by distance of half length of genital plate................................................................................................ 4
- Lamellar cuspides divided by narrow slit; cerotegument light, reticulate or amorphous; lenticulus longer than broad; notogastral margin smooth; genital and anal plates almost abutting (
Fig. 14
).......................
R. mirabilis
sp. nov.
4. Small species (≤155 μm long), rostral seta long, thick, curved, blunt apically covered in cerotegument; head of bothridial seta broad, club-shaped; setae of
ad
series spaced equidistantly............................
R. hanswursti
(
Mahunka, 1999
)
- Larger species (≥350 μm long), rostral setae short, thin, straight, without thick cerotegument; head of bothridial seta narrow, elongate, expanding apically; setae
ad
2-3 positioned close together lateral of anal plates (
Fig. 11
).....
R. koghisensis
sp. nov.