Klinckowstroemia Baker & Wharton, 1952 : 135

Villegas-Guzman, Gabriel A., Pérez, Tila M. & Reyes-Castillo, Pedro, 2009, New species of the genus Klinckowstroemia Baker & Wharton from Mexico (Acari: Mesostigmata: Trigynaspida: Klinckowstroemiidae), Zootaxa 2248, pp. 1-46 : 4

Klinckowstroemia Baker & Wharton, 1952: 135 .

Type species Klinckowstroemia tragardhi Baker & Wharton by original designation.

Diagnosis (modified from Rosario & Hunter 1988)

Hyaline hood forming crescent above gnathosoma that may extend posteriorly along lateral margin of dorsal shield, but not surrounding idiosoma; only seta a 1 present on anterior dorsal portion of hood, or more than three pairs of a setae present. Dorsal shield with an even margin, without visible constrictions; posterior portion of dorsal shield without ridges. Anal shield separate from ventral shield. Fused metapodal-peritremalexopodal region separated from ventral shield by metapodal suture. Pedofossae III present. Anteroanal setae longer than other setae on anal shield. Female latigynial shield triangular with pointed, blunt or sinuous medial margins; sternogynial and mesogynial shield without setae. Sternoventral suture present in males.

In addition to the type species, the other known species are K. concava Hunter & Butler, 1966 , K. truncata Hunter & Butler, 1966 , K. grabowskii Chernoff & Pope, 1970 , K. tapachulensis Chernoff & Pope, 1970 , K. atramaculata Rosario & Hunter, 1988 , K. candidoi Rosario & Hunter, 1988 , K. multisetillosa Rosario & Hunter, 1988 , K. reyesi Rosario & Hunter, 1988 , K. schusteri Rosario & Hunter, 1988 , K. scotti Rosario & Hunter, 1988 , K. simplesetosa Rosario & Hunter, 1988 , K. starri Rosario & Hunter, 1988 , K. victoriae Rosario & Hunter, 1988 .