Ljania Thor 1898

Genus Ljania Thor, 1898 Diagnosis. After Smit & Pe��ić (2014): Idiosoma with complete dorsal and ventral shield; dorsal furrow with one pair of lateroglandularia in shallow lateral indentations of the dorsal shield; three pairs of genital acetabula, Ac plates fused with the ventral shield in males but separate in females (Figs. 1B, 2B, 3B); a prominent ridge present on each side extending anterolaterally from insertions of IV-L; Posterolateral suture lines of Cx-IV maybe complete or completely absent; palp without projections or heavy ventral setae; Legs without sexual dimorphism, I-L obviously longer than II-L.
Published as part of Ao, Min, Yi, Tian-Ci & Guo, Jian-Jun, 2021, The first record of the water mite genus Ljania Thor, 1898 (Acari, Hydrachnidiae Aturidae) from China, with description of two new species, pp. 391-398 in Zootaxa 4970 (2) on page 392, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.2.11, http://zenodo.org/record/4761707
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