New Oppiidae (Acari: Oribatida) from the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in South Africa
Author
Hugo-Coetzee, Elizabeth A.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3884
6
533
552
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3884.6.2
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Subgenus:
Quattoppiella
subgen. nov.
Type
:
Oppiella
(
Quattoppiella
)
goldengatensis
sp. nov.
Diagnosis.
Rostrum smooth; prodorsum without costula; interbothridial tubercles present posterior to interlamellar setae; postbothridial tubercle present; sensillus fusiform or pectinate; notogastral crista present; anterior medial edge of notogaster straight, extending from setae
c
2
to
c
2
; ten pairs of notogastral setae,
c
2
with similar morphology as the other setae;
iad
paraanal; one pair of aggenital, two pairs of anal, three pairs of adanal, four pairs of genital setae.
Etymology.
The genus is named for the four pairs of genital setae (Latin:
quattuor
=English: four).