The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species
Author
Smit, Harry
text
Zootaxa
2016
4158
4
523
543
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
560e4a43-69cb-46b4-99f7-40d583fe455e
1175-5326
257473
C904ADAE-1B46-4E42-8E43-186DE2A078BF
Genus
Albaxona
Szalay, 1944
The genus
Albaxona
is known from the Palaearctic, Afrotropical, Oriental and Nearctic regions. Two subgenera have been described, based on the fusion or separation of the genital field with the fourth coxae. However, according to
Peši & Gerecke (2003)
, this fusion is not suitable for discrimination of the subgenera. Consequently, the genus is now without subgeneric classification. From the
Afrotropical region
only one species is known from
Liberia
(
Cook 1966
).