Complementary description of three species of Steneotarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from rice agroecosystems of Eastern India with notes on their taxonomic status, spatial distribution, intraspecific variation and species composition Author Ganguly, Moumi 0000-0003-4101-3134 Department of Agricultural Entomology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur- 741252, West Bengal, India. moumi 1696 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4101 - 3134 moumi1696@gmail.com 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. kkbckv 64 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5582 - 3560 kkbckv64@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2022 2022-05-20 5138 5 501 532 journal article 55451 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.5.1 d6c358bf-ea4b-4a15-9317-d14388fb7364 1175-5326 6571817 3A4C7DE4-CC6E-4EC2-B8C4-B65B789F7BE1 Steneotarsonemus furcatus De Leon, 1956 Diagnosis: Adult female: Seta v1 positioned well anteriad stigmatal openings; atrium globular, often visible as crescent shaped when oriented laterally; dorsal seta smooth and subequal in length (9–12) except c2 (16–18); distance between bases setae sc2 more than its length; sejugal apodeme reduced to crescent shaped lateral remnants; prosternal apodeme not extended beyond level of apodemes 2; poststernal apodeme short, weakly fused with apodemes 4; seta v'Ti smooth about one third length of seta tc'' . Adult male: dorsal setae coarse except for v1 and c2 ; seta sc1 nearly twice the length sc2 ; setae c2 not reaching bases of c1 ; setae c1, d and f subequal in length; prosternal apodeme conspicuous only up to proximal ends of apodemes 4; sejugal apodeme diffused medially; poststernal apodeme weakly connected with apodemes 3 and 4 anteriorly; seta d of tibia I, l' of genu II and d of tibia II sparsely barbed; on femorogenu IV without flange; seta v'F bifurcated and dentate along the inner groove.