Afrotrachytes, Kontschán, 2006

Kontschán, J., 2006, Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) Species From Angola, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52 (1), pp. 1-20 : 2

Afrotrachytes gen. n.

Diagnosis : Shape oval, posterior margin rounded. First and second legs with characteristic processes. Dorsum with trapezoid postdorsal shield. Corniculi short, horn-like, laciniae long. Hypostomal setae are the following: h1 and h3 long, smooth and setiform, h2 short with two branches, h4 short, with four branches. The ornamentation of the dorsal, postdorsal, ventral and marginal shield reticulate. Caudal region with four dorsal, and three ventral pairs of long, spiniform setae. Marginal setae bulbiform. Genital shield of females without ornamentation.

Type species: Afrotrachytes seticaudatus sp. n.

Etymology: The name of the new genus is referring to the continent where it was found and the name of the family ( Trachytidae ) where the new genus belongs.

Remarks: The other genera of the family of Trachytidae are distributed in the Holarctis and South America and Australia ( BŁOSZYK et al. 2005).