Mesoshieldophyes 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 : 44

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scientific name	Mesoshieldophyes Chakrabarti & Pandit
status	gen. n.

Treatment

Mesoshieldophyes Chakrabarti & Pandit gen. n.

Diagnosis.

Body fusiform, dorso-ventrally flattened. Gnathosoma short, obliquely down-curved, cheliceral stylet short; pedipalp genual setae d absent; prodorsal shield semi-circular without any lobe, lacking scapular tubercles and scapular setae sc; femoral setae bv of leg I and genual setae l″ of leg II absent; coxae with setae 1b; dorsal and ventral semiannuli with granules; female genitalia appressed to the coxae; genital cover flap triangular and smooth; empodium simple; apodeme short in length.

Type species.

Mesoshieldophyes varecae Chakrabarti & Pandit, sp. n.

This genus is monotypic.

Etymology.

The genus name Mesoshieldophyes is derived from meso = middle, referring to the medium size of prodorsal shield and phyes derived from eriophyes meaning erion = wool + phyes, a grower/maker.

Gender.

Masculine.

Remarks.

The size of the prodorsal shield in this genus is larger than that in the other two genera of this subfamily.