Neoprothrix Reis and Navia, 2014

Reis, Aleuny Coutinho, Jr, Manoel Guedes Corrêa Gondim, Flechtmann, Carlos Holger Wenzel & Navia, Denise, 2014, New eriophyoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) from cultivated plants from northeastern Brazil, including the second taxon in the Prothricinae, Journal of Natural History 48 (19), pp. 1135-1152 : 1137

Neoprothrix Reis and Navia , gen. nov.

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Diagnosis

Neoprothrix gen. nov. is a Prothricinae with opisthosomal ventral setae I (d) and II (e) missing. This new genus is near Prothrix Keifer, 1965 in the presence of dorsal shield tubercles of vertical externa (ve) setae moved forward; in the absence of tibial seta (l'); in the presence of lateral solenidion knobbed (φ) on tibia I; and in the presence of dorsal seta (c 1). However, it differs from this genus mainly in the absence of opisthosomal ventral setae II (e) (present in Prothrix ); and dorsal annuli with pointed lateral projections (not pointed in Prothrix ).

Type species

Neoprothrix hibiscus sp. nov.

Etymology

Neo, from the Greek “ neos ”, meaning new, combined with “ prothrix ”, the name of the first and unique genus in the Prothricinae , subfamily to which the new genus belongs.

Figures

Figure 1. Neoprothrix hibiscus gen. nov., sp. nov. CGM, coxigenital region, male; D, dorsal habitus, female; em, empodium, leg I, female; IG, internal genital structures, female; L1, leg I, female; L2, leg II, female; V, ventral habitus, female.

Figure 2. Neoprothrix hibiscus gen. nov., sp. nov. (A) Dorsal habitus, female; (B) ventral habitus, female; (C) epigynum; (D) genitalia, male; (E) dorsal seta; (F) dorsal seta amplified; (G) internal seta; (H) leg I, female; (I). leg II, female.