Joshuella Wallwork, 1972

Walter, David Evans, 2009, Genera of Gymnodamaeidae (Acari: Oribatida: Plateremaeoidea) of Canada, with notes on some nomenclatorial problems, Zootaxa 2206, pp. 23-44 : 35

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.189740

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6223026

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Joshuella Wallwork, 1972
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Type species: Joshuella striata Wallwork, 1972

Diagnosis: Gymnodamaeidae with ventral plate having anogenital bridge ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 22 – 31. J arrow), but not lateral pits ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 22 – 31. J ); genital plates with smooth median margin and bearing 6 pairs of setae, seta g 2 inserted posteriad g 1; 2–3 pairs of adanal setae. Distal segments of legs without retrotecta, femur IV with 2 setae. Prodorsal cerotegument with spherical pustules, without raised ridges ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 22 – 31. J arrow); sensillus (bo) with long stalk and broad, barbed head; bothridial rim simple, bothridial ridge absent; spine-like interlamellar setae (in) on short apophysis between bothridia, directed dorsally; median prodorsal tubercle absent; exobothridial seta (ex) inserted anteriad in; prelamellar ridge poorly developed, without steep anterior margin; rostral seta (ro) inserted posteriad lamellar seta (le) which curves ventrad. Notogaster flattened, without posterior nipple, cerotegument forming a series of parallel longitudinal ridges ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 22 – 31. J arrow), and with large (mostly 3–5 in diameter) spherical ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 22 – 31. J ) or bullet-shaped pustules, 4 pairs of relatively short notogastral setae (h 1, p 1-3) ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 22 – 31. J ); sejugal tubercle absent.

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