Neopilizetes Balogh & Mahunka 1978

Amorim, Saulo S., Norton, Roy A. & Oliveira, Anibal R., 2018, The Neotropical mite genus Neopilizetes (Oribatida: Galumnidae): redescription of N. neotropicus, rediagnosis of the genus, and descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 4410 (3), pp. 567-599 : 568

Genus: Neopilizetes Balogh & Mahunka 1978

(type species Pilizetes neotropicus Balogh & Mahunka 1978 )

THE fOLLOWINg REDIAgNOSIS Of Neopilizetes IS A COMPILATION Of THE CHARACTERS PRESENTED IN THE ORIgINAL DIAgNOSIS (BALOgH & BALOgH 1990A), SUbSEqUENT ADDITIONS bY THE SAME AUTHORS ( BALOgH & BALOgH 1990b, 1992, 2002), THE DIAgNOSIS gIVEN bY ERMILOV & KLIMOV (2017), AND SHARED TRAITS Of THE NEW SPECIES PRESENTED IN THIS PAPER.

Diagnosis. Adult: WITH CHARACTERS Of GALUMNIDAE AS PRESENTED bY GRANDjEAN (1954) AND ERMILOV & KLIMOV (2017) . PRODORSUM WITH LAMELLAR (L) AND SUbLAMELLAR (S) LINES PRESENT, PARALLEL; LAMELLAR (le) SETA INSERTS MEDIAL TO LINE L. DORSOSEjUgAL SUTURE PRESENT, DISTINCT. WITH 10 PAIRS Of WELL-fORMED, EMERgENT NOTOgASTRAL SETAE, INCLUDINg c2 ON PTEROMORPH, LARgE TO SMALL ACCORDINg TO SPECIES, bUT ALL Of SIMILAR SIzE. OCTOTAXIC SYSTEM INCOMPLETE, REPRESENTED bY 2–3 PAIRS Of POROSE AREAS OR SACCULES; MEDIAL PORE AbSENT. PRODORSUM WITH RAISED LONgITUDINAL LINES (STRIAE) OR STRONgER CRESTS. NOTOgASTER WITH RAISED LONgITUDINAL, TRANSVERSE OR CURVED LINES (STRIAE) OR STRONgER CRESTS, AND WITH CENTRAL DEPRESSION Of VARIOUS fORMS AND EXTENT. PTEROMORPH WITH DEEP ROUNDED EMARgINATION ON VENTRAL EDgE. VENTRAL PLATE WITH RAISED SCULPTURINg Of VARIOUS fORMS, bUT NOT LONgITUDINALLY STRIATE. CIRCUMPEDAL CARINA (cp) DISTINCT POSTERIORLY AS THICK LOW RIDgE OR SHARP EDgE Of SECONDARY LEg CAVITY, gENERALLY DIRECTED TOWARD PEDOTECTUM I AND bECOMINg LESS DISTINCT ANTERIORLY, OfTEN bECOMINg CONfUSED WITH OTHER LONgITUDINAL RIDgES . SETA ad3 CLOSE TO ANAL APERTURE AND TO LYRIfISSURE iad. POSTANAL POROSE AREA AbSENT. TRIDACTYLOUS. SEXUAL SPECIES: bOTH gENDERS COMMON ( RATIO NOT ENUMERATED) AND WITHOUT NOTICEAbLE SEXUAL DIMORPHISM. Juveniles : UNKNOWN. Distribution: NEOTROPICAL ( BRAzIL) .