Mesotritia Forsslund, 1963

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 967

Mesotritia Forsslund, 1963

Mesotritia: Märkel 1964 , Aoki 1980a, Mahunka 1990 a, Niedbała 2008b

Mesotritia (Mesotritia) Märkel, 1964 : Balogh and Balogh 1992, Subías 2004

Mesotritia (Entomotritia) Märkel, 1964 : Aoki 1980a Mesotritia (Peutritia) Märkel, 1964 : Balogh and Balogh 1992

Type species: Mesotritia testacea Forsslund, 1963 .

Diagnosis — Prodorsum without median crista, lateral carinae present; posterior median apodeme present; bothridial scales situated below bothridia; rostral setae arising medially from rostrum, lamellar and interlamellar setae arising laterally. Notogaster with 14 pairs of setae, terminal sinus or fissure on posterior part; vestigial setae f 1 anteriorly of setae h 1; one pair of lateral opisthonotal glands openings (gla) and 5 pairs of lyrifissures ia, im, ip, ips, ih present. Ventral region; mentum with setae h considerably longer than distance between them; palps 3-segmented, usually with setal formula: 2-2-8 and one solenidion; epimeral formula usually: 3-1-2-2; genitoaggenital and anoadanal scissures well developed; anogenital cleft absent; genital setae never situated anteriorly of kag tectum of genitoaggenital plates. Legs heterotridactylous; neotrichy on tarsi I and II; famuli bifurcate; solenidia of tarsi II without coupled setae; genua IV without solenidia; seta d on tibiae IV long, not coupled with solenidion.

Distribution — Semicosmopolitan.