Neogovea Hinton, 1938

Jocqué, Merlijn & Jocqué, Rudy, 2011, An overview of Neogovea species (Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi: Neogoveidae) with the description of Neogovea virginie n. sp. from French Guiana, Zootaxa 2754, pp. 41-50 : 43

Neogovea Hinton, 1938

Type species: Neogovea immsi Hinton, 1938 (by original designation)

Diagnosis (amended from Shear 1977, 1980): In Neogovea species the adenostyle ends in a brush of true setae, an appearance duplicated in other cyphophthalmids only in Metasiro americanus ( Davis, 1933) . No adaptation of tergite eight, the anal plate. Tergite nine is fused in corona analis. No anal glands. Coxa I is fused with coxa II and coxa II is fused with coxa III. The shape of the spermatopositor is typical ( Figure 6 ). Neogovea species are most closely related to Metagovea species, but are easily distinguished by the shape of the spermatopositor with its extended ventral plate lacking apical setae, and the presence of a setose brush at the tip of the adenostyle.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Lateral view of the top of the spermatopositor of N. virginie n. sp. (a) and N. immsi (b) (after Martens 1969). Frontal view of the top of the spermatopositor of N. kamakusa (c) (after Shear 1977) and N. microphaga (d) (after Martens 1969).