Pomerantzia Baker , 1949

Fan, Qing-Hai & Chen, Yan, 2005, A review of the Pomerantziidae (Acari: Prostigmata: Pomerantzioidea), with the description of a new genus, Zootaxa 1037, pp. 1-22 : 8

Pomerantzia Baker, 1949

Pomerantzia Baker, 1949: 269 ; Price, 1975: 489.

Type species: Pomerantzia charlesi Baker, 1949 ; by original designation.

Diagnosis

Each peritreme with 3–5 chambers ( Fig. 1 A); c2 posterior to c1; ventrolateral shields apart from coxae III ( Fig. 2 A); genital valves with 5 pairs of setae; coxa I with 1 peg­like sensilla (elcp); genu IV with 5 setae ( Fig. 3 ); tarsi II with 2 solenidia. Two species were previously known worldwide. A new species is added here.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Pomerantzia subterranea sp. n. (adult female). A, dorsal view of idiosoma; B, dorsal view of gnathosoma; C, palp.

FIGURE 2. Pomerantzia subterranea sp. n. (adult female). A, ventral view of idiosoma; B, subcapitulum; C, genito­anal area; D, E, ovipositor.

FIGURE 3. Pomerantzia subterranea sp. n. (adult female). A, leg I; B, leg II; C, leg III; D, leg IV.