Provoliszetes, Fernandez & Leiva & Vilchez, 2023

Fernandez, Nestor, Leiva, Sergio & Vilchez, Jorge, 2023, Validation of the names of six new species of Rogerzetes and a new genus of Eremaeozetidae (Acari: Oribatida), Zootaxa 5343 (1), pp. 98-100 : 98

Provoliszetes gen. nov.

Provoliszetes Fernandez, Leiva & Vilchez, 2021: 13 (unavailable name).

Type species: Eremaeozetes chancanii Fernandez & Cleva, 2000 .

Diagnosis. Prodorsum: lamellae large, long, blade-like, curving down; anterior ovoid fissure and crest present; posterior plate-like structure curved upwards, not covering anterior bothridial area; lamellar setae situated on inner lamellar margins. Bothridium cup-shaped with anterior incision. No interlamellar setae. Dorsosejugal suture inverted U-shaped, with round apex and flat ledge. Notogaster globose; lenticulus large, cylindrical, protruding, directed forward, exceeding dorsosejugal suture; a polyedral anterior zone behind lenticulus delimited by folds; posterior zone formed by elevations and depressions; ten pairs of setae present, inserted on tubercles; three pairs of sacculi and four pairs of bean-shaped lyrifissures present. Legs heterotridactylous.

Etymology. The generic prefix provolis is derived from προβολής (Greek) = projection (English), because the lenticulus is projected anteriad into the prodorsal region.