Navinaxonopsis Cook, 1967

Smith, Ian M., Cook, David R. & Gerecke, Reinhard, 2015, Revision of the status of some genus-level water mite taxa in the families Pionidae Thor, 1900, Aturidae Thor, 1900, and Nudomideopsidae Smith, 1990 (Acari: Hydrachnidiae), Zootaxa 3919 (1), pp. 111-156 : 140

Subgenus Navinaxonopsis Cook, 1967

Axonopsis (Navinaxonopsis) : Cook, 1974a, p. 334, figs. 1393, 1397, 1398, 1400, 1406.

Diagnosis of adults. Character states of genus Brachypodopsis . Fourth leg of males with tibia slender proximally but greatly expanded distally, and with tarsus curved.

Type species. Axonopsis (Navinaxonopsis) abnormipes Cook.

Species included. Brachypodopsis (N.) abnormipes (Cook) ( India) , B. (N.) persica (Pešić) ( Iran, Turkey).

Distribution. India and western Asia.

Discussion. Cook (1974a) considered Navinaxonopsis to be a subgenus of Axonopsis and Pešić (2004) followed that treatment. Here we propose to transfer the taxon as a subgenus to the genus Brachypodopsis . As in the case of Kalobrachypoda , the species of Navinaxonopsis appear to represent a divergent offshoot of the species complex typified by Brachypodopsis baumi Halik and the status of this taxon will also need to be reevaluated when the phylogeny of the genus Brachypodopsis is more completely known.