Rotundabaloghia HIRSCHMANN, 1975

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Rotundabaloghia HIRSCHMANN, 1975

The identification key to the species group was prepared by HIRSCHMANN (1975 b).

The main characteristics of the genus Rotundabaloghia are the following ( HIRSCHMANN, 1993): Idiosoma: small, shape is oval or circular. h1 long, smooth and setiform, the other setae short and serrated. Corniculi horn-like. Laciniae short or long and covered by short hairs. Branches and the base of epistome serrated. Branches of tritosternum with serrated margin. Chelicerae with nodus.

Rotundabaloghia species have been mostly found in tropical countries, and several species are known from Cameroon, Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda (WIŚNIEWSKI 1993).

Type species: Rotundabaloghia baloghi HIRSCHMANN, 1975