Brevishieldophyes Chakrabarti & Pandit

Chakrabarti, Samiran, Pandit, Ramkrishna & Sur, Surajit, 2019, New genera, a new species, and a key to the genera of Ashieldophyinae (Acari, Eriophyoidea) from India, ZooKeys 843, pp. 39-49 : 42

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.843.29078

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/16667767-867C-4329-A2F9-CF791F511F0B

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Brevishieldophyes Chakrabarti & Pandit
status

gen. n.

Brevishieldophyes Chakrabarti & Pandit gen. n.

Diagnosis.

Body fusiform, dorso-ventrally flattened. Gnathosoma short, downwardly curved, cheliceral stylet short; prodorsal shield small and sickle-shaped; scapular tubercles and scapular setae sc lacking; pedipalp genual setae d present and simple; coxae without setae 1b; femoral setae bv of leg I present; genual setae l″ of leg II present; empodium simple; female genitalia appressed to the coxae, genital cover flap smooth, triangular, located between coxae II; apodeme normal in length.

Type species.

Ashieldophyes glochidionae Chakrabarti & Pandit, 2009.

The genus is monotypic.

Etymology.

Brevi derived from the adjective Latin word brevis meaning short (in relation to prodorsal shield) and ophyes derived from eriophyes meaning erion = wool + phyes = a grower/maker.

Gender.

Masculine.