title: 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.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: National Council of Scientific and Technological Research, Argentina (CONICET). Subtropical Biological Institut (IBS). Evolutive Genetic Laboratory FCEQyN, Misiones National University. Felix de Azara 1552, 6°, (3300) Posadas Misiones Argentina ; Research Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2520, South Africa.
authors.forename: Nestor
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.affiliation: Research Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2520, South Africa.
authors.forename: Pieter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Theron
authors.affiliation: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, Unité OSEB, Section Arthropodes, 57 rue Cuvier. 75231, Paris cedex 05. France.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rollard
authors.affiliation: National Council of Scientific and Technological Research, Argentina (CONICET). Subtropical Biological Institut (IBS). Evolutive Genetic Laboratory FCEQyN, Misiones National University. Felix de Azara 1552, 6°, (3300) Posadas Misiones Argentina.
authors.forename: Elio Rodrigo
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Castillo
keywords: Acari; Carabodidae; Malgasodes; Oribatida; phylogenetic relationships; taxonomy