A new species of mite in the genus Nenteria (Uropodina, Trematuridae), with a key to the Egyptian species Author Abo-Shnaf, Reham 0000-0002-4033-9063 Vegetable and Aromatic Plant Mites Department, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, 12611 Dokii, Giza, Egypt. riamaboshnaf@yahoo.com Author Allam, Sally F. M. 0000-0001-8777-7418 Zoology and Agricultural Nematology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. sallyfmallam@gmail.com Author Othman, Nehal A. A. 0009-0000-0774-7260 Applied Centre of Entomonematodes, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. nahlan665@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2024 2024-06-18 5471 2 268 286 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.7 journal article 298732 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.7 c71f972c-d889-455e-a154-223a628a4b30 1175-5326 12190037 A6655F6A-A6FD-4717-919A-FF783C0E7838 Key to the Egyptian Nenteria species (female) 1. Pygidial shield with anterior projection, epistome with long bifid or trifid tip...................................... 2 - Pygidial shield without anterior projection, epistome with long sharp tip......................................................................................... Nenteria hypotrichus El-Borolossy & El-Banhawy , in Afia 1995 2. Dorsal setae short; opisthogastric region with seven pairs of setae ( JV2 , JV4 , JV5 and ZV1–ZV4 ), pygidial shield with curved sharp-tipped projection; epistome with trifid tip........... Nenteria egypticus ( Abo-Shnaf, El-Bishlawy & Allam, 2018 ) - Dorsal setae long; opisthogastric region with eight pairs of setae ( JV1–JV5 and ZV3–ZV5 ); pygidial shield with curved bifid projection; epistome with bifid tip............................... Nenteria bahariyaensis n. sp. Abo-Shnaf & Allam Nenteria hypotrichus El-Borolossy & El-Banhawy , in Afia 1995 is a nomen nudum . Nenteria hypotrichus was described in an unpublished Ph D thesis by Afia (1995) . Afia (1995) does not make the name N . hypotrichus available because the dissertation does not meet the criteria for publication (ICZN Article 8.1.3). El-Banhawy et al . (1997) also does not make the name available because they did not designate type specimens (ICZN Article 72.3), but it is included here because it represents a taxonomically useful concept.