A new species Rotundabaloghia (Circobaloghia) olszanowskiisp. nov. is described based on females and males from Ivory Coast. The new species differs from the other Afrotropical rotundabaloghid mites in following character combination: the setae v7 and v8 smooth and wider than other ventral setae, female genital and ventral shields are ornamented by oval pits, setae st1 and st2 longer than st3 and st4 and a small, rounded depression is situated close to posterior end of pedofossae IV. This character combination is unknown within the African rotundabaloghids. On the other hand, the first report of R. (C.) ghanaensis Hirschmann, 1992 is presented from Togo, with the re-description of the male specimens and the first description of the females. This is the first record of this family in Togo.
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30 September 2020
Rotundabaloghid Mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from West-Africa
Jenő Kontschán
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Annales Zoologici
Vol. 70 • No. 3
September 2020
Vol. 70 • No. 3
September 2020
soil mites
taxonomy
Uropodina