A new species of mite in the genus Nenteria (Uropodina, Trematuridae), with a key to the Egyptian species Author Abo-Shnaf, Reham 0000-0002-4033-9063 Vegetable and Aromatic Plant Mites Department, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, 12611 Dokii, Giza, Egypt. riamaboshnaf@yahoo.com Author Allam, Sally F. M. 0000-0001-8777-7418 Zoology and Agricultural Nematology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. sallyfmallam@gmail.com Author Othman, Nehal A. A. 0009-0000-0774-7260 Applied Centre of Entomonematodes, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. nahlan665@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2024 2024-06-18 5471 2 268 286 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.7 journal article 298732 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.7 c71f972c-d889-455e-a154-223a628a4b30 1175-5326 12190037 A6655F6A-A6FD-4717-919A-FF783C0E7838

TABLE 1. Differences between Nenteria bahariyaensis n. sp. and other most related species in Nenteria obesa -species group.

Character	N. bahariyaensis	N. baloghi	N. bellissima	N. crassa	N. lindquisti	N. magna	N. rotunda	N. schizostructura
Dorsal setae	Most long, smooth with transparent tips	Most short and aciculate	All long and pilose	Most long and smooth	Most median long and smooth	Most median long and smooth	Median long to long and pilose	Most are long and pilose
Anterior process on pygidial shield	Curved and bifid	With irregular tip	With irregular tip	With pointed tip	With V-shaped tip	With pointed tip	With curved pointed tip	With pointed tip
Pygidial shield	Smooth	With irregular pits	With rounded and irregular pits	With small rounded pits	With irregular pits	Smooth	With irregular pits	With rounded and small longitudinal pits
Seta h1	Pilose	Smooth	Smooth	Smooth	Smooth	Smooth	Smooth	Not indicated
Seta h2	Pilose	Short and slightly pilose	Stout and smooth	Short and pilose	Stout and smooth	Stout and smooth	Short and pilose	Not indicated
Seta h3	Pilose	Pilose	Pilose	Pilose	Pilose	Pilose	Pilose	Not indicated
Seta sc	Pilose	Pilose	Pilose	Pilose	Pilose	Pilose	Pilose	Not indicated
References	Current work	Hirschmann (1973)	Wiśniewski & Hirschmann (1988)	Hirschmann (1985)	Hirschmann (1978)	Hirschmann (1985)	Hirschmann (1985)	Hirschmann (1978)