Afroleius deformatoides, Coetzee, 2013

Coetzee, L., 2013, New Species Of The Genus Afroleius Mahunka, 1984 (Acari, Oribatida, Mycobatidae) From South Africa, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 59 (4), pp. 307-319 : 308

Diagnosis of Afroleius Mahunka, 1984

Integumentdarklysclerotized, foveateorreticulate; lamellamarginal, rostralsetashorttomediumlength; lamellarsetamediumtolong; interlamellarsetaminute; pteromorphlarge, distaledgerounded, fullyhinged; lyrifissure ia situatedparaxiallyonpteromporph; octotaxicsystemconsistingoffour pairsofsacculiorporoseareas; tenpairsofminutenotogastralsetaepresent; undividedposteriornotogastraltectumpresent; genalnotchandbroadgenal toothusuallypresent; axillarysacculeofsubcapitulumpresent; numberof setaeonepimeresI–IV 2/3–1–2–2, epimeralseta 1c presentorabsent; epimeral setae 3c and 4c absent; custodiumabsent; darklysclerotizedbandrunning fromacetabulumIVononesideanteriorofgenitalplatestoacetabulumIVon otherside; genitalplateswithsixpairsofsetae, adanalsetaeinsertedcloseto eachotheronposterolateralborderofanalplates, ad 3 insertedposteriorto iad (exceptions: A. deformis Mahunka, 1984 and A. deformatoides sp. n.); post anal poroseareausuallypresent; tutoriumconsistingofdorsalridgewithdeep incurvationinbasalpart; pedotectumIbroad, coveringacetabulumI; alllegs heterotridactylous; dorsalintegumentoftibiaeandtarsioflegsI, II, andIV thick; tarsiIandIIwithdorsaldensproximaltotectalsetae, varyingfrom smallpointtolargewell-developedspur (exception: densontarsusIof A. deformis and A. deformatoides absent); distalendofgenuaIandIIantiaxiallywith prominentcusps; femurIVwithventralprojectionformingridgeonabaxial side; poroseareaspresentonfemoraI–IV, andtrochanteraIIIandIV.