Nesozetidae Hammer, 1971

Ermilov, Sergey G., Hugo-Coetzee, Elizabeth A., Theron, Pieter D. & Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M., 2017, Contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite family Nesozetidae (Acari, Oribatida), Zootaxa 4358 (2), pp. 311-327 : 312

Nesozetidae Hammer, 1971

Type genus: Nesozetes Hammer, 1971

Diagnosis. Adult. With characters of Oripodoidea ( Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2009). Lateral parts of body with one or two pairs of almost colorless, band-like membranes. Body surface without heaVy sculpture and ornamentation. Lamellae reduced to narrow carinae, longer than half the length of prodorsum, located dorsally and slightly conVergent distally, lamellar cusps absent. Prolamellae, sublamellae and porose areas Al present. Translamella and tutoria absent. Rostral, lamellar and interlamellar setae long, setiform, exobothridial setae minute, ro inserted on or slightly anterior of prolamellae, le on tip of lamellae, in slightly anteromedial of bothridia. Bothridial setae relatiVely short, setiform, tapered, or with slightly deVeloped heads. Bothridia not coVered by anterior margin of notogaster. Dorsophragmata and pleurophragmata present. Anterior notogastral margin clearly conVex medially, posterior notogastral margin rounded. Pteromorphs absent, humeral regions rounded. Lenticulus absent. Notogaster with two pairs of porose areas (Aa, A2) and ten pairs of setiform notogastral setae, p 1 distinctly longer than other setae. Pedotecta I, II represented by small laminae, dorsal margin of Pd I distinctly not reaching insertions of ex. Postanal porose area, and areas Ad, Am, Ah absent. MarginoVentral porose areas absent. Discidia present. Circumpedal carinae long, straight. Axillary saccules absent. Palp setation 0–2–1–3–9(+ω), double horn (solenidion and eupathidium acm) complete. Four pairs of genital, two pairs of anal and two pairs of adanal setae. Aggenital setae absent. Adanal setae ad 1 in postanal, ad 2 in paraanal positions. Adanal lyrifissures located close and parallel to anal plates. Preanal organ trapezoid, goblet-shaped. Monodactylous.

JuVenile instars. Unknown.