Two new Uropodina species (Acari: Uropodidae) from a Pinus radiata plantation in Kenya

Kontschán, J. (2015) Two new Uropodina species (Acari: Uropodidae) from a Pinus radiata plantation in Kenya. ACTA ZOOLOGICA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 61 (1). pp. 33-45. ISSN 1217-8837

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Abstract

Two new Uropodina mite species are described and illustrated on the basis of specimens collected in a Pinus radiata D. Don plantation in Kenya. The first species, Trichouropoda mahnerti sp. n. differs from the other species in this genus on the basis of the setae association with oval pits on dorsal and ventral surface, the surface of genital shield and the setae length on the marginal shield. The second species Rotundabaloghia (Circobaloghia) perreti sp. n. differs from the other East African members of the subgenus Circobaloghia in the shape and sculptural pattern of genital shield and the positions of the ventral setae. New keys to the Eastern Afrotropical species of the subgenus Circobaloghia and genus Trichouropoda are given.

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