Ashieldophyes Mohanasundaram, 1984

Chakrabarti, Samiran, Pandit, Ramkrishna & Sur, Surajit, 2019, New genera, a new species, and a key to the genera of Ashieldophyinae (Acari, Eriophyoidea) from India, ZooKeys 843, pp. 39-49 : 40-41

Ashieldophyes Mohanasundaram, 1984

Diagnosis.

Prodorsal shield small and oval shaped; scapular tubercles absent but with very short scapular setae sc, placed on lateral margins, directed laterally; pedipalp genual setae d present and simple; femoral setae bv of leg I present; genual setae l″ of leg II present; coxae with setae 1b; female genitalia located between coxae II; genital cover flap lacks ridges.

Type species.

Ashieldophyes pennadamensis Mohanasundaram, 1984.

Remarks.

Ashieldophyes Mohanasundaram, 1984, Brevishieldophyes Chakrabarti & Pandit, gen. n., and Mesoshieldophyes Chakrabarti & Pandit, gen. n. belong to the subfamily Ashieldophyinae of family Eriophyidae in having small or moderately developed shield, lacking opisthosomal setae d and e, coxae widely separated anteriorly, female genitalia appressed to the coxae and with a triangular cover flap. These three genera can easily be separated by the characters given in Table 1 and in the key provided below. The genus is monotypic.