Bloszykiella KontschÁn, 2010

Kontschán, Jenő & Starý, Josef, 2015, 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, African Invertebrates 56 (3), pp. 629-629 : 630

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.