Minirhodacarellus Shcherbak, 1980

Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. & Halliday, Bruce, 2012, 3471, Zootaxa 3471, pp. 1-69 : 15

Minirhodacarellus Shcherbak (1 described species)

Movable and fixed cheliceral digits with three and 4–5 teeth, respectively. Cheliceral arthrodial process a short coronet-like fringe. Epistome with a smooth anteromedian extension of about uniform width along its length, flanked by a pair of serrate anterolateral extensions shorter than the anteromedian extension. Seta h 3 about in longitudinal line with h 1 and slightly posterior and mediad to h 2. Idiosoma elongate, 230–235 µm long and 85–90 µm wide at widest level. Ratios of width of podonotal and opisthonotal shields to maximum width of idiosoma 0.9 and 0.9, respectively. Dorsal idiosomal setae smooth. Podonotal shield 1.2 times longer than wide; smooth; with punctate band along posterior margin; with 22 pairs of setae, including three pairs (j 1, j 2 and z 1) near anterior margin; with transverse line between setae j 4 and j 5 and with four scleronoduli between setae j 5 and j 6. Soft integument along lateral margins of podonotal shield with a pair of setae. Opisthonotal shield 1.6 times longer than wide; smooth; without punctate band along anterior margin; with 15 pairs of setae. Soft integument along lateral margins of opisthonotal shield with four pairs of setae. Peritreme extending anteriorly to level of posterior margin of coxa II. Peritrematic shield indistinct. Presternal platelets absent. Sternal shield longer than wide, with anterior margin indistinct and posterior margin convex. Genital shield longer than posterior width; posterior margin convex. Opisthogaster without platelets between genital and ventrianal shields. Ventrianal shield longer than wide, smooth, with five pairs of preanal setae; anterior margin slightly concave. Soft integument around ventrianal shield with two pairs of setae. Without metapodal platelets. Pretarsus I present. Seta pl 4 of tarsus IV absent.