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Rotundabaloghia

Rotundabaloghia

Hirschmann

GBIF:119373583

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Diagnosis. Idisoma circular or rounded, dorsal part convex. Dorsal and marginal shields completely fused or fused along the anterior margin. Genital shield of female oblong, triangular, shield-shaped or linguliform. Genital shield of male circular, located between coxae IV. Number of ventral setae reduced, V 2 inserted near basal part of genital shield, V 7 and V 8 near the metapodal lines. Only one pair adanal setae is present, near the central part of the anal platelet. Setae V 7 and V 8 setae are smooth, pilose or bear short hairs or spines. Hypostomal setae h 1 smooth, longer than the other hypostomal setae. Corniculi horn-like, internal malae short or long with short apical hairs. Chelicerae with nodus. All legs with a pair of ambulacral claws and with smooth simple setae.
Kontschán, Jenõ (2008): Four new species of Rotundabaloghia Hirschmann, 1975 from East Africa (Acari: Uropodidae). Zootaxa 1853: 18-30, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.183457
Type species. Rotundabaloghia baloghi Hirschmann, 1975 a, by original designation.
Kontschán, Jenõ (2008): Four new species of Rotundabaloghia Hirschmann, 1975 from East Africa (Acari: Uropodidae). Zootaxa 1853: 18-30, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.183457

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Four new species of Rotundabaloghia Hirschmann, 1975 from East Africa (Acari: Uropodidae)

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Kontschán, Jenõ (2008): Four new species of Rotundabaloghia Hirschmann, 1975 from East Africa (Acari: Uropodidae). Zootaxa 1853: 18-30, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.183457

Abstract

Six species of Rotundabaloghia Hirschmann, 1975 (Acari: Uropodidae) are reported from East Africa. Rotundabaloghia splendida sp. nov., R. bukavuensis sp. nov., R. erinacea sp. nov. and R. lindqvistiformis sp. nov. are described as new, and R. ukoguruensis Hirschmann, 1992 and R. rwandae Hirschmann, 1984 are re-described from newly-collected specimens. A key is provided for the 21 species of Rotundabaloghia that are known from East Africa.

Key words: Acari, Rotundabaloghia, Uropodidae, new species, East Africa

Kontschán J, plazi (2008). Four new species of Rotundabaloghia Hirschmann, 1975 from East Africa (Acari: Uropodidae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.183457 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

CC0Published 12/31/2008View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
119373583
Dataset Key
000abe21-b031-424d-8e8b-20badc0b8ed1
Origin
source
Backbone Key
4655969
Taxon ID
F56487DF9D42FFE460DFFF544D01FD4F.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026