Rhodacarella, Moraza, Maria Lourdes, 2004

Rhodacarella View in CoL gen. nov. ( Figs 1–9 View FIGURES 1 – 2 View FIGURES 3 – 9 )

Type species: Rhodacarella cavernicola new species. Genus based on adult female material representing one species.

Diagnosis. Small weakly sclerotized mites with character states of the family. Three pairs of dorsal setae ( j1, j2, z1) on the anterior edge of podonotal shield; podonotum with 22 pairs of setae, including 16 pairs ( j1–j6, z1–z6, s3–s6) on podonotal shield, and six pairs on soft marginal cuticle ( s1–s2, r2–r5); on podonotal shield scleronoduli absent; opisthonotum with 23 pairs of setae, 15 pairs on opisthonotal shield ( J1–J5, Z1–Z5, S1–S5) and eight pairs on the soft marginal cuticle ( R1–R6, UR1, UR2); dorsal poroidotaxy and adenotaxy includes: idj4,idj6, idz1, idz6, ids4 ids5, ids6, idJ1–J5, idS1, idS3, idS4, idR3, gdZ3 and gdS4. Pre­endopodal shields present, anterior to presternal elements; with free endopodals between coxae I and II; ventrianal shield narrow, with one pair of ventral setae; eight pairs of ventral setae in the soft opistogastric cuticle ( Jv1, Jv3–Jv5, Zv1–Zv4); small metapodal shields present. Tectum with a medial pointed projection and serrate anterior margin; arthrodial process at the base of movable cheliceral digit is a simple coronet; subcapitulum with hypostomal seta 3 approximately level with hyp2. Pretarsus I present; legs I–IV with well­developed paired claws and lobulate pulvilli; coxa I with dorsal spine; setation of trochanters of legs, respectively, 5­5­5­5; that of femora, 12­11­6­6; that of genua, 13­10­8­9; that of tibia, 12­10­8­9. Sperminduction pore in trochanter III.