First record of the genus Bloszykiella in Kenya with the description of Bloszykiella tertia sp. n. (Acari: Uropodidae) from a Pinus radiata D. Don plantation
Author
Kontschán, Jenő
Author
Starý, Josef
text
African Invertebrates
2015
2015-12-18
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3
629
629
http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.5733/afin.056.0308
journal article
10.5733/afin.056.0308
2305-2562
Genus
Bloszykiella
KontschÁn, 2010
Diagnosis (based on females after
KontschÁn & Starý 2013
, but modified; for deutonymph see
KontschÁn 2010
): Idiosoma oval, dorsally domed, marginal and dorsal shields fused anteriorly. All dorsal setae short, with pilose or serrate distal margins. Submarginal shield reduced posteriorly, pygidial shield trapezoidal, bearing pilose or serrate setae. Five pairs of sternal setae present, all smooth and needle-like. Genital shield trapezoidal, its anterior margin situated between coxae III. Peritreme L-shaped. Hypostomal setae h
1 in
female pilose in the central one third, distally and basally smooth; h2 short and smooth, placed close to h1; h3–h4 smooth or marginally serrate. Corniculi small and horn-like, fixed digit of chelicera as long as movable digit, bearing several large and short teeth. Chelicera without internal sclerotised nodes. Leg I without ambulacral claws; with serrate setae on trochanter.
Type
species:
Bloszykiella africana
KontschÁn, 2010
, by original designation.