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Issue: Vol. 2753 No. 1: 31 Jan. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-01-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2753.1.2
Page range: 42–52
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 2

Afrophilodana africana n. gen, n. sp. (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Kenya: the second species of the family Philodanidae

Systematic Zoology Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13. Hungary
Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, Australia
Acari Antennophorina trigynaspid mites new genus new species taxonomy

Abstract

A new monotypic genus, Afrophilodana africana n. gen, n. sp. (Trigynaspida: Parantennuloidea: Philodanidae) is described from two females found in soil samples from Kenya. The family Philodanidae Kethley, 1977 is redefined and the affinities of the new genus discussed. The leg chaetotaxy is also provided and compared with other members of the Parantennuloidea.

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