Uropoda elegans ( MARAIS & THERON, 1986 )

Kontschán, J., 2006, Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) Species From Angola, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52 (1), pp. 1-20 : 11-12

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6907803
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scientific name	Uropoda elegans ( MARAIS & THERON, 1986 )
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Uropoda elegans ( MARAIS & THERON, 1986)

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Neodiscopoma elegans MARAIS & THERON : 1986

Description: Female. Length of idiosoma 2000 µm, width (in the middle of idiosoma) 1440 µm. Shape alveolar, posterior margin rounded.

Dorsal side ( Fig. 26 View Figs 26–27 ): Dorsal shield well-sclerotised. Marginal, dorsal and caudal setae long, setiform, the anterior part plumose.

Ventral side ( Fig. 27 View Figs 26–27 ): Sternal shield without ornamentation. Sternal setae short, smooth and filiform. Three pairs of ventral setae long, smooth and setiform, the other setae long, setiform, the anterior part plumose.

Genital shield between coxae 2 and 4, it is linguliform with a small process and without ornamentation.

This species was described from Angola ( MARAIS & THERON 1986 ). The specimens were collected from forest soil, near the Luachime River . New data are the following: three females Angola, Dundo, foret R. Casulo 25. January 1962. leg. MACHADO .