Rotundabaloghia
Creators: name: Kontschán, Jenõ
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Uropodidae
Rotundabaloghia

description: Key to the East African species of Rotundabaloghia
1. Ventral shield with strongly sclerotised transverse depression ....... R. magnafoveolata Hirschmann, 1992a
- Ventral shield without strongly sclerotised transverse depression...............................................................2
2. Ventral shield with ornamentation ...............................................................................................................3
- Ventral shield without ornamentation........................................................................................................10
3. Genital shield of female with anterior process ............................................................................................4
- Genital shield of female without anterior process .......................................................................................5
4. Sternal setae St2 and St3 equal in length to St1 (Fig. 3) ............................... R. rwandae Hirschmann, 1984
- Sternal setae St2 and St3 twice as long as St1 (Fig. 26) .......................................... R. bukavuensis sp. nov.
5. V7 and V8 setae smooth and pointed ..........................................................................................................6
- V7 and V8 setae modified, distally pilose or subdivided ............................................................................7
6. V6 shorter than V7 and V8, pattern of genital shield of female maculate .... R. spatulata Kontschán, 2004
- V6 as long as V7 and V8, pattern of genital shield of female alveolar ..... R. lupangae Hirschmann, 1992a
7. V6 setae with short pilosity ................................................................. R. uluguruensis Hirschmann, 1992a
- V6 setae smooth...........................................................................................................................................8
8. V7 trifurcate, V8 star-like (Fig. 21) .............................................................................. R. erinacea sp. nov.
- V7 and V8 setae distally pilose ...................................................................................................................9
9. Ventral shield with ornamentation near anal platelets; genital shield of female with alveolar ornamentation over whole surface .............................................................................. R. ukoguruensis Hirschmann, 1992a
- Ventral shield without ornamentation near anal platelets; central region of genital shield of female without ornamentation ............................................................................................ R. dodomae Hirschmann, 1992a
10. Sternal shield of male and genital shield of female ornamented ...............................................................11
- Sternal shield of male and genital shield of female without ornamentation (e.g. Fig. 10)........................17
11. Genital shield of female with small alveolar ornamentation .....................................................................12
- Genital shield of female with large alveolar ornamentation on.................................................................14
12. Genital shield of female scutiform.............................................................................................................13
- Genital shield of female linguliform ....................................................... R. nguruensis Hirschmann, 1992a
13. Setae V6, V7, V8 long; V6 long enough to reach past base of V8, V7 projecting well beyond margin of idiosoma ........................................................................................................... R. pocsi Hirschmann, 1992a
- Setae V6, V7, V8 short; V6 not reaching V8, V7 not reaching margin of idiosoma .................................... .................................................................................................................. R. tanzaniae Hirschmann, 1992a
14. Genital shield of female with small anterior process .......................................... R. kikuyu Kontschán, 2004
- Genital shield of female without anterior process .....................................................................................15
15. V6 setae inserted near V2 ......................................................................... R. meruensis Hirschmann, 1992a
- V6 setae well separated from V2 ...............................................................................................................16
16. Distance between V6 and V2 equal to distance between V6 and V7 ...... R. heterochaeta Kontschán, 2004
- Distance between V6 and V2 shorter than distance between V6 and V7 ... R. africana Hirschmann, 1992a
17. All ventral setae smooth ............................................................................................................................18
- Ventral setae V6 and V7 with short pilosity (Fig. 10) ................................................. R. splendida sp. nov.
18. Apical part of genital shield as wide as basal part ............................................ R. feherdii Kontschán, 2004
- Apical part of genital shield narrower than basal part (e.g. Fig. 15) .........................................................19
19. Distance between V6 and V8 equal to distance between V7 and V8 ........................................................20
- Distance between V6 and V8 shorter than distance between V7 and V8 .. R. kimbozae Hirschmann, 1992 a
20. V6 as long as V7 and V8 ............................................................................ R. lindqvisti Hirschmann, 1992a
- V6 shorter than V7 and V8 (Fig. 15) ................................................................. R. lindqvistiformis sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Kontschán, Jenõ, 2008, Four new species of Rotundabaloghia Hirschmann, 1975 from East Africa (Acari: Uropodidae), pp. 18-30 in Zootaxa 1853 on pages 28-29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.183457