Revision of the family Carabodidae (Acari, Oribatida) VII. Redefinition of the genus Malgasodes; redescription of M. curvisetus Mahunka, 2000; and complementary description of M. hungarorum Mahunka, 2010. Phylogenetic relationships between Malgasodes, Bovicarabodes, Afticarabodes, Congocepheus and Cavaecarabodes are discussed | Zendy

Néstor Fernández | Zendy; Pieter Theron | Zendy; Christine Rollard | Zendy; Elio Castillo | Zendy

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Revision of the family Carabodidae (Acari, Oribatida) VII. Redefinition of the genus Malgasodes; redescription of M. curvisetus Mahunka, 2000; and complementary description of M. hungarorum Mahunka, 2010. Phylogenetic relationships between Malgasodes, Bovicarabodes, Afticarabodes, Congocepheus and Cavaecarabodes are discussed

Author(s) -

Néstor Fernández,

Pieter Theron,

Christine Rollard,

Elio Castillo

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

zookeys

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1313-2989

pISSN - 1313-2970

DOI - 10.3897/zookeys.435.8071

Subject(s) - genus , oribatida , zoology , acari , biology , phylogenetic tree , evolutionary biology , genetics , gene

The genus Malgasodes is redefined; the type species M. curvisetus Mahunka, 2000, is redescribed by means of studies using optic and Scanning Electron Microsopy (SEM), and a complementary description of M. hungarorum Mahunka, 2000 is included. Comparison of genera Malgasodes Mahunka, 2000, Bovicarabodes Fernandez, Theron, Rollard, 2013a, Cavaecarabodes Fernandez, Theron, Rollard, Rodriguez Castillo, 2014, Afticarabodes Fernandez, Theron, Rollard, 2013b, and Congocepheus Balogh, 1958 is made. Problems concerning chaetotaxy, regressive evolution and neotrichy are explained and phylogenetic relationships between Malgasodes, Bovicarabodes, Afticarabodes, Congocepheus and Cavaecarabodes are discussed.

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