@article{article_498229, title={First record of the rotundabaloghid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Sierra Leone with the description of a new species}, journal={Acarological Studies}, volume={1}, pages={20–22}, year={2019}, author={Kontschan, Jeno}, keywords={Soil mites,Uropodina,taxonomy,West-Africa}, abstract={<div style="text-align:justify;"> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:14px;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">The
first record of the </span> <span style="font-size:14px;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">rotundabaloghid </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"> <span style="font-size:14px;"> mites in Sierra Leone is
presented here. A new species, </span> <i> <span style="font-size:14px;">Rotundabaloghia </span> </i> <span style="font-size:14px;">( </span> <i> <span style="font-size:14px;">Circobaloghia </span> </i> <span style="font-size:14px;">) </span> <i> <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> </i> </span> <i> <span style="font-size:14px;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">leonensis </span> </i> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:14px;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"> sp </span> <span style="font-size:14px;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">. nov., </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:14px;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"> is described based on two
females and one male </span> <span style="font-size:14px;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">specimen </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:14px;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">. The new species differs
from the other Afrotropical </span> <span style="font-size:14px;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">roundabaloghid </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"> <span style="font-size:14px;"> mites in following
character combination: the setae </span> <i> <span style="font-size:14px;">V7 </span> </i> <span style="font-size:14px;">
and </span> <i> <span style="font-size:14px;">V8 </span> </i> <span style="font-size:14px;"> pilose, female genital shied
and the ventral shields are ornamented by irregular pits. This character
combination is unknown within the African </span> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">rotundabaloghids </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:14px;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">. </span> <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> <br /> <p> </p> </div>}, number={1}, publisher={Salih DOĞAN}