Balogheremaeus, Arillo & Subías, 2006

Arillo, A. & Subías, L., 2006, A New Oribatid Genus And Species, Balogheremaeus Chimaera From Southeastern Spain (Acariformes, Oribatida, Plateremaeidae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52 (4), pp. 353-357 : 354

Balogheremaeus gen. n.

Diagnosis: Plateremaeidae small sized, convex notogaster, bothridia dorsally opened and close to the notogastral edge, sensilla long, smooth. Three pair of anal setae instead of expected four to eight pairs. All the legs bareing well developed laminated excrescences or crests both dorsally and ventrally.

Derivatio nominis: The name of the genus is after the great Hungarian oribatologist Dr. JÁNOS BALOGH. Specific epithet is after the strange and “monstrous” look of the specimen.

Type species: Balogheremaeus chimaera sp. n.

Remarks: The new genus must be considered as a remnant of a relictual fauna as it belongs to a tropical family. This fauna appears preserved in several endogeous environments from southern Spain where another species of this family, Paralopheremaeus hispanicus ( RUIZ et al. 1990) was previously described.