Uropoda LATREILLE, 1806

Kontschán, J., 2006, Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) Species From Angola, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52 (1), pp. 1-20 : 11

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5731774

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6907799

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Uropoda LATREILLE, 1806
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Uropoda LATREILLE, 1806

This is one of the largest Uropodina genera.

The main characteristics of the genus Uropoda are the following (HIRSCHMANN 1993): Idiosoma: Shape oval or circular. Gnathosoma: h1 setiform, smooth and longer than the other setae. h4 short and with serrated margins. Corniculi horn-like. Laciniae smooth or covered by short hairs. Serrated margin on the epistome. Tritosternum with some branches. Chelicerae without nodus.

The species of the genus Uropoda are distributed all over the world, and they are known from Kenya, Chad, Tanzania, Zaire and the Republic of South Africa (WIŚNIEWSKI 1993), too.

Type species: Uropoda orbicularis (Müller, 1776)

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