Pararhodacarus Jordaan, Loots & Theron, 1988

Castilho, Raphael C., De Moraes, Gilberto J. & Halliday, Bruce, 2012, 3471, Zootaxa 3471, pp. 1-69 : 16

Pararhodacarus Jordaan, Loots & Theron (1 described species)

Movable and fixed cheliceral digits with three and 4–5 teeth, respectively. Cheliceral arthrodial process shaped like a cylindrical brush. Epistome with anterior region triangular. Seta h 3 about in longitudinal line with h 1 and in transversal line and mediad to h 2. Idiosoma elongate, 325 µm long and 145 µm wide at widest level. Dorsal idiosomal setae smooth. Ratios of width of podonotal and opisthonotal shields to maximum width of idiosoma 0.9 and 0.7, respectively. Podonotal shield 1.3 times longer than wide; ornamented; without punctate band along posterior margin; with 21 pairs of setae, including three pairs (j 1, j 2 and z 1) near anterior margin; without 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 without setae. Opisthonotal shield 1.9 times longer than wide; ornamented; 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 middle of coxa III. Peritrematic shield not fused to podonotal shield. With a pair of presternal platelets. Sternal shield longer than wide, with anterior margin indistinct and posterior margin straight. Genital shield longer than posterior width; posterior margin convex. Opisthogaster with three lightly sclerotised platelets between genital and ventrianal shields. Ventrianal shield longer than wide, ornamented, with seven pairs of preanal setae; anterior margin straight. Soft integument around ventrianal shield without setae. With two pairs of rounded and one pair of elongate metapodal platelets. Pretarsus I absent. Seta pl 4 of tarsus IV present.