Maxiniini, Makarova & Marchenko & Lindquist, 2021

Makarova, Olga L., Marchenko, Irina I. & Lindquist, Evert E., 2021, Distribution, habitats, and redescription of the rare mite species Iphidonopsis sculptus Gwiazdowicz, 2004 (Mesostigmata: Ascidae), Zootaxa 4952 (3), pp. 448-464 : 451

Maxiniini tribe n.

Type genus: Maxinia Lindquist & Makarova, 2012 .

Diagnosis. Adult dorsal shield entire, robust, broad, without lateral incisions. Idiosomal setae simple. Female with sternal shield consolidated with endopodal sclerites between coxae I–II, and with free endopodal fragments between coxae II–III and free strongly developed strips between coxae III–IV; male sternitigenital shield fused with all endopodal sclerites beside coxae II–IV. Female with an apomorphically expansive ventrianal shield encompassing metapodal platelets anterolaterally and including setae JV 1 anteriorly. Male with sternitigenital shield abutting an expansive ventrianal shield that incorporates metapodal platelets. Peritreme slightly shortened, its margins smooth. Subcapitulum with narrow deutosternal groove; hypostomatic setae hp -1 and hp -3 not elongated and whip-like. Palp trochanter setae similar in size. Genu III with only seven setae (lacking pv -1). Male spermatodactyl short, tube-like. Tarsus I with claws. None of setae on tarsi II to IV conspicuously differentiated by shape or size. Genera included: Maxinia .