Hardybodes Balogh, 1970

Ermilov, Sergey G. & Corpuz-Raros, Leonila, 2018, Contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Hardybodes (Acari, Oribatida, Carabodidae) with description of a new species from the Philippines, Acarologia 58 (1), pp. 131-139 : 132

Genus Hardybodes Balogh, 1970

Type species: Hardybodes mirabilis Balogh, 1970, p. 298

Updated generic diagnosis (based on Balogh 1970; Mahunka 1986 a; Fernandez et al. 2013, 2015)

Adult — Carabodidae (e.g. Mahunka 1986 a; Norton and Behan-Pelletier 2009). Body elongated, ratio (length/width): ≈ 2.0. Body surface microgranulate, notogaster mostly tuberculate. Rostral margin rounded. Lamellae broad, well separated, located dorsolaterally. Translamella and interlamellar processes absent. Tutorium lineate or triangular distally. Rostral, lamellar and interlamellar setae short, setiform or slightly phylliform (exception: le bifurcate), ro inserted on prodorsal surface, near to the rostrum, in inserted on lamellae. Bothridial setae spathulate or thickened. Dorsosejugal region without deep concavities. Notogaster without large apophyses and ridges. Fifteen pairs of short, setiform or phylliform notogastral setae widely spaced, posterior part of notogaster with four pairs of setae h (3, p 1 – p 3). Humeral shoulders slightly developed, with two pairs of notogastral setae c 2, (c 3). Epimeral setal formula 3–1–3–3; setae minute, 1a inserted clearly anterior to 1b. Four pairs of simple or slightly phylliform genital setae. Adanal setae ad 1 and ad 2 postanal, ad 3 preanal. Leg setae u on tarsi I setiform, II–IV thorn-like.

Juvenile instars — Not known.