Jacotella Banks, 1947

Walter, David Evans, 2009, Genera of Gymnodamaeidae (Acari: Oribatida: Plateremaeoidea) of Canada, with notes on some nomenclatorial problems, Zootaxa 2206, pp. 23-44 : 34

Jacotella Banks, 1947

Type species: Gymnodamaeus quadricaudiculus Jacot, 1937

Diagnosis: Gymnodamaeidae with ventral plate having anogenital bridge, but not lateral pits; genital plates with smooth median margin and bearing 7 pairs of setae, seta g 2 inserted laterad and somewhat posteriad g 1; 3 pairs of adanal setae. Distal segments of legs without retrotecta, femur IV with 2 setae. Prodorsal cerotegument forming rostral ridges and with bullet-shaped to mound-like pustules; sensillus (bo) with long stalk and broad, barbed head; bothridial rim simple, bothridial ridge absent; spine-like interlamellar setae (in) on short apophysis inserted between bothridia, directed dorsally; median prodorsal tubercle absent; exobothridial seta (ex) inserted anteriad in; prelamellar ridge poorly developed, without steep anterior margin; rostral seta (ro) well posteriad lamellar seta; lamellar seta (le) anterior on rostrum, curves ventrad. Notogaster flattened, but without raised rim or posterior nipple, anterior margin with a pair of weakly defined lateral tubercles, cerotegment with bullet-shaped to finger-like pustules and a raised ovoid cell with several branches, 4 pairs of notogastral setae (h 1, p 1-3), h 1 very long, whip-like; p 1 elongate, both on strong, closely grouped apophyses (Figs. 20–21); p 2-3 on short apophyses; sejugal tubercle poorly developed.