Transeius Chant & McMurtry

Transeius Chant & McMurtry, 2004: 181 .

Stable characters mentioned by Chant & McMurtry (2004) for species of this genus are: female idiosomal setal pattern 10A:9B/JV-3:ZV; ratio between the length of seta s4 and that of seta Z1 greater than 3.0:1.0; ratio between the length of seta s4 and that of seta S2 smaller than 2.7:1.0; setae S4, S5 and dorsocentral setae short/minute; ventrianal shield pentagonal, with 3 pairs of preanal setae and a pair of preanal pores; peritreme extending to level of j1; macrosetae always present on leg IV.

Five species of this genus are reported in this study. They all have 2 pairs of metapodal shields, except Transeius violini (Meyer & Rodrigues) in which those are not apparent, and caudoventral setae smooth and sharp-tipped.