Abstract
Wetapolipus jamiesoni gen. nov., spec. nov. (Acari: Podapolipidae), ectoparasitic on Heimdeina maori (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae), is described from the Rock and Pillar and St. Mary's Ranges in New Zealand, and compared with other podapolipid mites. This unique genus shows no obvious relation with other genera and is distinguished from other genera by both apomorphic attributes (adult female with 3 pairs of legs, scaled idiosoma, no stigmata, no ambulacra II, III, no ambulacral claws, no idiosomal plates C, D or EF and male with 3 pairs of legs) and plesiomorphic attributes (adult females with prodorsal plate with a full complement of setae (3 pairs represented by sockets only), ventral gnathosomal setae, setae 3a present on coxae III, 3 femora I setae, 3 genua I setae, 2 femora II setae and males with a posterodorsal genital capsule and setae sc 1 ).References
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