Rogerzetes tsiafajavonai, Fernandez & Leiva & Vilchez, 2023

Fernandez, Nestor, Leiva, Sergio & Vilchez, Jorge, 2023, Validation of the names of six new species of Rogerzetes and a new genus of Eremaeozetidae (Acari: Oribatida), Zootaxa 5343 (1), pp. 98-100 : 99

Rogerzetes tsiafajavonai sp. nov.

Rogerzetes tsiafajavonai Fernandez, Leiva & Vilchez, 2021: 35 (unavailable name).

Diagnosis. Prodorsum complex, triangular-polyhedral shaped; large lamellae long, broad, projecting far beyond anterior tip of rostrum; each lamellar end finger-shaped, crossing each other. Notogaster with lenticulus far from dorsosejugal suture; separated by depressed half-moon zone; rostral setae on small conical tubercles. Epimeral setae, 3-1-2-2 or 3-1- 1-3. Genital and anal plates separated by half length of genital plate; g 1, g 2 setae situated anteriorly, one lateral to other; g 3 -g 6 aligned. 6

Type material. Holotype. Madagascar. Station de l’Ankaratra. RCP. Mad.1001. Tsiafajavona, altitude 2640 m, in altimontane grassland: on stones, in crevices and under overhangs 7-12-I-1972, J.M. Betsch coll. Paratypes, two. Ankaratra, RCP. Mad 1035, Station forestiѐre de Manjakatompo. Forêt de pins. 6.1. 1972, coll. J.M. Betsch.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the type locality Tsiafajavona.