Kongsbergia cyanea, Habeeb, 1981

Radwell, Andrea J. & Smith, Ian M., 2012, North American members of the reticulata-like species group of the water mite genus Kongsbergia (Acari: Hydrachnidiae: Aturidae), Zootaxa 3540, pp. 1-49 : 37-38

cyanea subgroup

Diagnosis of male. Character states of the reticulata -like species group. Dorsal shield with anterior edge nearly transverse or slightly convex and lacking a prominent nipple- or dome-shaped projection anteromedially; edge of shield linear or slightly convex in area between eyes and humeral region and not conspicuously indented posterior to humeral region, forming a modest humeral angle; bearing a moderately developed hump anteromedially forming apex of a well-developed arching, sinuous ridge extending posterior to hump, curving inward near midlength and then outward to meet lateral edges of shield posterolaterally to outline an elevated medial area extending posteriorly from anteromedial hump and surrounded by moderately depressed areas laterally and posteriorly; posterior edge convex and bearing three pairs of slender, short and straight setae. Ventral shield with posterior edge convex and bearing three pairs of slender, short and straight setae adjacent to genital field.

Species included. Kongsbergia cyanea Habeeb,1981 .