Asperaturus, Smit & Pešić, 2020

Smit, Harry & Pešić, Vladimir, 2020, New records of water mites from New Zealand, with the description of three new genera and ten new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Acarologia 60 (4), pp. 903-950 : 926

Asperaturus n. gen.

Zoobank: 49B9CA35-68FB-4483-8D00-39FBC82EF146

Diagnosis. Integument rugose. Dorsum with a pair of “free” glandularia, anterolateral platelets with a pair of glandularia, posterolateral platelets without glandularia. Frontal margin of dorsum concave, posterior margin with a petiole­like extension. Venter posteriorly with a triangular extension.

Type species: Asperaturus petiolatus n. sp.

Etymology. Named for the very rugose integument.

Remarks. The new genus shares the rugose integument with Evidaturus Cook, 1983 . The latter genus has no free glandularia (with the exception of one aberration), has the posteromedial dorsal plate with a tripartite ridge, the posterior extension of the dorsum is rugose and bearing the excretory pore, the acetabula are along the posterior margin of the venter, P2 is without denticles and P4 is without a ridge.