Africasejus, Lekveishvili & Klompen, 2006

Lekveishvili, Mariam & Klompen, Hans, 2006, New classification of the family Sejidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) based on morphological analyses, Journal of Natural History 40 (41 - 43), pp. 2317-2339 : 2324

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930601068950

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03278B40-FFAC-FFCB-425D-24A0FF3E58E4

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scientific name

Africasejus
status

gen. nov.

Africasejus n. gen.

Diagnosis

Female sternal setae st1 (character 48) inserted in soft cuticle; sides of tritosternal base with denticles (character 38).

Species included

Africasejus congoensis (Wisniewski and Hirschmann, 1991) , n. comb., type species, and A. solaris (Wisniewski and Hirschmann, 1991) , n. comb.

Remarks Africasejus occupies a basal position relative to Sejus + Epicroseius . Both species included were described from specimens discovered under the bark of tropical hardwood, imported into Poland. The OSAL collection includes an additional specimen of Africasejus congoensis (OSAL 14363) recovered from tropical hardwood imported from tropical Africa into a US harbour.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Mesostigmata

Family

Sejidae

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