Metatarsonemus Attiah, 1970

Mondal, Priyankar & Karmakar, Krishna, 2021, First record of Metatarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from India with description of two new species, Zootaxa 4942 (2), pp. 229-251 : 230

Genus Metatarsonemus Attiah, 1970

The two new species described in this study fall within the definition of the genus Metatarsonemus as proposed by Lofego et al. (2019), presenting the following characteristics: Adults and larvae: a subcircular gnathosomal capsule with fusiform and wide pharynx.Adult female: prodorsal shield extending over gnathosoma, stigmata located on the emarginate anterolateral margin of the former; dorsal setae sc2 inserted anteriad the level of sc1; dorsal idiosomal setae d, e and f thick and barbed; anterolateral ends of apodemes 1 forming prominent angular projections next to posterolateral corners of gnathosoma; a set of fissures at the venter of Idiosoma laterad of the bases of seta 1a and 2a and an unpaired fissure at the posterior end of poststernal apodeme; a pair of linear ridges flanking the tegula. Adult male: solenidion ω on tarsus II longer than that of tarsus I.