Elegansovella Hirschmann, 1989

Kontschán, Jenő, Ermilov, Sergey G. & Friedrich, Stefan, 2024, Notes on the genus Elegansovella Hirschmann, 1989 (Acari, Mesostigmata, Urodinychidae), ZooKeys 1205, pp. 39-50 : 39-50

Genus Elegansovella Hirschmann, 1989

Elegansovella Hirschmann, 1989: 102.

Uroobovella elegans - group Hirschmann, 1989: 97.

Elegansovella — Halliday 2015: 113.

Type species.

Deraiophorus elegans Canestrini, 1897 , by original designation.

Diagnosis.

Idiosoma oval with vortex. One pair of anterolateral prolongations presented on idiosomal margin. Dorsal and marginal shields fused on anterior part of idiosoma. Dorsal setae tree-like, with a short stem and many long cross-bars. Three or four pairs of long and pilose setae situated close to posterior margin of dorsal shield. Marginal setae long and marginally pilose, situated on long marginal prolongations. Shape of female genital shield oval or scutiform, its surface smooth and situated between coxae II – IV. Male genital shield circular and situated between coxae IV. Ventral setae pilose. Tritosternum with vase-like base, its laciniae divided into three branches. Corniculi smooth, horn-like, internal malae serrate. Setae h 1 smooth and longer than other hypostomal setae, h 2 – h 4 serrate, but h 4 divided into two or three serrate branches. Pedofossae present, but without separated furrow for tarsi IV. Prestigmatid part of peritreme with five bends. Epistome serrate. Chelicerae with internal sclerotized node, fixed digit longer than movable digit. Movable digit with one or two large central teeth.

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