Rogerzetes elegans, Fernandez & Leiva & Vilchez, 2023

Fernandez, Nestor, Leiva, Sergio & Vilchez, Jorge, 2023, Validation of the names of six new species of Rogerzetes and a new genus of Eremaeozetidae (Acari: Oribatida), Zootaxa 5343 (1), pp. 98-100 : 98

Rogerzetes elegans sp. nov.

Rogerzetes elegans Fernandez, Leiva & Vilchez, 2021: 27 (unavailable name).

Diagnosis. Integument of notogaster and ventral region foveate, reticulo-foveate. Prodorsum ovoid, covered by large lamellae; fissure round to ovoid; complex prodorsal sensory structures present; no interlamellar setae. Notogaster with ten pairs of small setae: lm, lp, h 1, h 2, h 3, p 1, p 2, p 3, hyphenate shaped (with cerotegument), spiniform (without cerotegument); lenticulus, eye-shaped; surrounded by depressed areas. Genital and anal plates separated by distance little less than length of genital plate.

Type material. Holotype. Madagascar, Anjavidilava. RCP Mad.215. Summit area . Pic Boby. Rock slab, alt. 2600– 2650 m, 28 November 1970, coll. J.M. Betsch. Paratypes. Two, same data as holotype.

Etymology. The specific name ´elegans » refers to its elegant appearance.