Sternoppia Balogh & Mahunka, 1968

Ermilov, Sergey G., Subías, Luis S., Shtanchaeva, Umukusum Ya. & Friedrich, Stefan, 2022, A new subgenus and three new species of Sternoppia (Acari, Oribatida, Sternoppiidae) from Peru, Zootaxa 5195 (4), pp. 373-384 : 374

Genus Sternoppia Balogh & Mahunka, 1968

Type species: Sternoppia mirabilis Balogh & Mahunka, 1968

Generic diagnosis. With character states of Sternoppiidae ( Balogh & Mahunka 1969b; Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2009). Distinct sexual dimorphism absent. Size. Length about 200–850. Integument. Surface basically without heavy sculpturing and ornamentation except numerous, dense tubercles on lateral side of body and partially on prodorsum; epimere I striate or reticulate in some species. Prodorsum. Rostrum rounded (sometimes with additional pair of lateral tubercles) or pointed. Costulae strong, parallel, located dorsally; transcostula absent. Interbothridial region usually with pair of postcostular tubercles. Rostral, lamellar and interlamellar setae long, setiform; exobothridial seta well developed; bothridial seta bacilliform, with slightly developed, not ciliated head, or setiform, unilaterally ciliated or with developed head (fusiform or clavate), unilaterally ciliated; cilia often furcate. Notogaster. With small humeral tubercle in some representatives. Ten pairs (exception: nine, if p 3 absent) of setiform setae but c sometimes represented by alveolus. Gnathosoma . Subcapitulum diarthric. Adoral seta present or absent. Palp setation: 0-2-1-3- 9(+1 solenidion). Palp solenidion long, bacilliform, located in mediodistal part of tarsus and protruding outside of it. Chelicera chelate-dentate. Epimeral and lateral podosomal regions. Epimeral border IV present. Epimeral setal formula: 3-1-3-3; seta 3a modified, thick, densely ciliated, located in depression between overlapping epimeral plates and genital aperture; other setae setiform. Ventrosejugal tubercle absent. Pedotectum I represented by medium-sized lamina. Discidium developed. Anogenital region. Six (exception: five) pairs of genital, one pair of aggenital, two pairs of anal, and three pairs of adanal setae, all setae setiform; adanal setae laterally to anal plate, distance ad 3 – ad 3 longer than ag–ag and ad 2 – ad 2. Adanal lyrifissure close and parallel/diagonal to anal aperture. Legs. Tarsus I with 20 setae (l” and v’ present); tarsus II with 16 setae (l” present); tarsus II with two solenidia.