taxonID	type	description	language	source
B31C7F34FFB7FFF0FF73FFC66415FCEA.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Dorsal, ventral, genital shields of female and sternal shield of male ornamented by alveolar sculptural pattern. Dorsal setae pilose distally, brushlike, sternal setae smooth, st 2 and st 3 longer than st 1 and st 4. Ventral setae V 2, V 6 and ad smooth, V 7 and V 8 pilose apically. Peritreme V-form.	en	Introduction, Jenö Kontschán (2009): Rotundabaloghia broaeni spec. nov., a new uropodine mite from Ivory Coast. Spixiana 32 (1): 35-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16898612
B31C7F34FFB7FFF0FF73FFC66415FCEA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype: Female. Ivory Coast, Nzi Noua, N. of Ndouci, degradate forest, from decayed tree, 13.01.1977, leg. W. L. & D. E. Brown (HNHM). Paratypes: female (ZSM) and male (HNHM). Locality and date same as in holotype.	en	Introduction, Jenö Kontschán (2009): Rotundabaloghia broaeni spec. nov., a new uropodine mite from Ivory Coast. Spixiana 32 (1): 35-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16898612
B31C7F34FFB7FFF0FF73FFC66415FCEA.taxon	description	Description Female. Length of idiosoma 370 µm, width 310 µm (n = 2). Shape subcircular, posterior margin round- ed. Dorsal side (Fig. 1). All of dorsal setae bear short hairs on their margins and dorsal shield bear alveolar ornamentation (Fig. 2). Ventral side (Fig. 3). Sternal shield without ornamentation, all of sternal setae smooth and needle-like. St 1 and St 4 three times shorter than St 2 and St 3. St 1 placed near anterior margin of genital shield, St 2 can be seen near inner margin of coxae III. St 3 and St 4 can be found near inner margin of coxae IV. Ventral setae V 2 and V 6 smooth and needle-like, V 2 placed near the posterolateral corners of genital shield. Margins of V 7 and V 8 bear short hairs. V 7, V 8 and V 6 placed near the metapodal line. Setae ad long, as long as V 7 and V 8, and needle-like. Sculptural pattern of ventral shield alveolar. Stigmata situated at the level of coxae II-III. Peritreme V-shaped. Genital shield scutiform, with alveolar pattern on surface, and without process on its anterior margin. Base of tritosternum narrow, laciniae smooth and subdivided into three branches. Gnathosoma (Fig. 5). All part of gnathosoma not clearly visible. Observable structures (corniculi, internal malae and setae h 1) typical for the genus. Palp trochanter with two smooth setae, other setae of the palp smooth and simple. Legs. All legs with a pair of ambulacral claws and with smooth simple setae. Male. Length of idiosoma 370 µm, width 310 µm (n = 1). Shape subcircular, posterior margin round- ed. Dorsal side. Ornamentation and setation of dorsal shield as in female. Ventral side (Fig. 10). Sternal region with five pairs of smooth and needle-like setae, St 1 - St 4 with anterior position to genital operculum, and st 5 with posterior position to operculum. Position and form of setae V 2, V 6, V 7, V 8 and ad as for female. Genital operculum alveolar and placed between coxae IV. Gnathosoma and legs. Same as in the females. Larvae and nymphs are unknown.	en	Introduction, Jenö Kontschán (2009): Rotundabaloghia broaeni spec. nov., a new uropodine mite from Ivory Coast. Spixiana 32 (1): 35-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16898612
B31C7F34FFB7FFF0FF73FFC66415FCEA.taxon	etymology	Etymology. I dedicate the new species to W. L. & D. E. Brown, who collected the specimens in Ivory Coast. Notes. The new species belongs to the mahunkai - species group established by Hirschmann (1992 b). Only three species (Rotundabaloghia campanellae, R. ghanaensis and R. raeandae) occur in West and Central Africa from this group. The most important differences between the most similar species are shown in Table 1.	en	Introduction, Jenö Kontschán (2009): Rotundabaloghia broaeni spec. nov., a new uropodine mite from Ivory Coast. Spixiana 32 (1): 35-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16898612
