A new species of Carabodes (Klapperiches) (Acari, Oribatida, Carabodidae) from Malawi, with a key to known species of the subgenus from the Afrotropical region Author Ermilov, Sergey G. . Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO), Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia; E-mail: ermilovacari @ yandex. ru ermilovacari@yandex.ru Author Kontschán, Jenő . Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary; E-mail: kontschan. jeno @ agrar. mta. hu kontschan.jeno@agrar.mta.hu text Persian Journal of Acarology 2022 2022-07-15 11 387 395 journal article 2251-8169 E8F079BC-EBE2-4980-B1B9-B3CE834B1C8C Carabodes ( Klapperiches ) dedzaensis sp. nov. ( Figs. 1–7 ) Diagnosis Body length: 480–540. Prodorsum, notogaster and anogenital region tuberculate. Lamella with long distal triangular projection. Translamella absent. Tutorium dentate dorsally. Rostral and lamellar setae setiform, curved and directed anteromedially, barbed. Interlamellar seta setiform, curved and directed anteriorly, barbed. Bothridial seta long, slightly fusiform, barbed. All notogastral setae thickened, erect, barbed; p 1 – p 3 , h 3 shorter than others. Epimeral setae 1a , 1c , 2a , and 3a minute; other epimeral setae as well as genital, aggenital and anal setae setiform, erect, slightly barbed. All adanal setae thickened, erect, barbed. Leg tarsus IV with 12 setae. Description Measurements – Species of comparatively large size. Body length: 525 ( holotype : male), 480, 540 ( two paratypes , both males); notogaster width: 300 ( holotype ), 270, 315 ( two paratypes ). Body ratio (length/width): 1.7. Integument – Body color brown. Body covered by thick layer of gel-like cerotegument including masses of natural dirt, forming a solid crust on the surface of prodorsum and notogaster. Body densely microtuberculate; in addition, prodorsum, notogaster and anogenital region tuberculate (diameter of tubercle up to 8). Tutorium and subcapitular mentum foveolate (diameter of foveola up to 6). Lateral (outer) side of pedotecta I and II slightly rugose. Genital plate with some indistinct longitudinal stria. Prodorsum – Rostrum broadly rounded. Lamella long and broad, with distal triangular projection reaching level of insertion of rostral seta (visible in lateral aspect). Translamella absent. Tutorium long, ridge-like, heavily dentate dorsally. With elongate depression between lamella and tutorium. Rostral and lamellar setae (26–30) setiform, curved and directed anteromedially, barbed; le inserted on dorsal side of lamella. Interlamellar seta (56–64) setiform, curved and directed anteriorly, barbed, inserted on tubercle. Bothridial seta (97–105) with long stalk and shorter, slightly developed, elongate, fusiform head, barbed. Bothridium interrupted ventrally. Exobothridial seta not observed. Notogaster – Anterior notogastral margin slightly convex medially. Humeral processes indistinct. Ten pairs of notogastral setae ( p 1 – p 3 , h 3 : 34–37; others: 49–56) thickened, erect, barbed. Opisthonotal gland opening and lyrifissures ia and im slightly visible; ip , ih and ips not observed. Gnathosoma – Typical for Carabodidae (e.g., Ermilov 2016 ; Ermilov and Starý 2020 ). Subcapitulum size: 120–131 × 86–94. All subcapitular setae ( a : 19–22; m : 11–13; h : 9–11) setiform, roughened; a thickest. Postpalpal setae (9) bacilliform, roughened. Palp (length: 63–67) setation: 0–2–1–3–9(+ω). Chelicera (131–139) with two setiform, barbed setae ( cha : 37; chb : 22). Epimeral and lateral podosomal regions – Epimeral setation: 3–1–3–3. Epimeral setae 1a , 1c , 2a , and 3a short (4–5), setiform, smooth; others (22–26) setiform, erect, slightly barbed. Discidium tubercle-like. Anogenital region – Genital (11–15), aggenital (11–15) and anal (19–22) setae setiform, erect, slightly barbed. Adanal setae ( ad 1 , ad 2 : 30–34; ad 3 : 19–22) thickened, erect, barbed. Adanal lyrifissure visible, removed from anal aperture and located lateral to adanal setae ad 3 . Legs – Claw of each leg strong, sparsely barbed dorsally. One porose area on all femora distinct, porose areas on trochanters III, IV not observed. Formulas of leg setation and solenidia: I (1–4–3–4–16) [1–2–2], II (1–4–3–3–15) [1–1–2], III (2–3–1–2–15) [1–1–0], IV (1–2–2–2–12) [0– 1–0]; homology of setae and solenidia indicated in Table 1 . Famulus of tarsus I short, erect, slightly swollen distally, located posterior to solenidion ω. Phylliform seta l” absent on femora and genua. Remarks In having tuberculate body surface, dorsally dentate tutorium and medium-sized, thickened, erect notogastral setae, Carabodes ( Klapperiches ) dedzaensis sp. nov. is most similar to C . ( K .) coronatus Mahunka, 1986 from South Africa . However, the new species can be distinguished from the later by the larger body size (480–540 × 270–315 versus 422 × 246), distinctly longer bothridial seta (as long as length of three notogastral setae versus as long as length of two notogastral setae) and fusiform bothridial seta having narrowed distally head (versus bothridial seta dilated distally, brush-shaped), flexible (versus erect) interlamellar seta, longer lamellar cusp (reaching insertion of rostral seta versus not reaching), and the absence (versus presence) of foveolae on genital and anal plates. Figures 1–3. Carabodes ( Klapperiches ) dedzaensis sp. nov. (adult, not shown: legs) – 1. Dorsal view; 2. Ventral view; 3. Right lateral view. Type material Holotype and two paratypes : Central Malawi , Dedza District , Dedza Mountain , 14° 21′ 13.4′′ S , 34° 19′ 36.3′′ E , 2032 m a.s.l. , sifted forest litter, Winkler extraction, 29.XI.2012 (leg. P. Baňař and P. Hlaváč ). Figures 4–7. Carabodes ( Klapperiches ) dedzaensis sp. nov. (adult) – 4. Leg I, right, antiaxial view; 5. Leg II, without tarsus, right, antiaxial view; 6. Leg III, without tarsus, left, antiaxial view; 7. Leg IV, left, antiaxial view. Table 1. Leg setation and solenidia of adult Carabodes ( Klapperiches ) dedzaensis sp. nov.

Leg	Tr	Fe	Ge	Ti	Ta
I	v’	d , (l) , bv”	(l) , v’ , σ	(l) , (v) , φ1, φ2	(ft) , (tc) , (it) , (p) , (u) , (a) , s , (pv) , ɛ, ω1, ω2
II	v’	d , (l) , bv”	(l) , v’ , σ	l’ , (v) , φ	(ft) , (tc) , (it) , (p) , (u) , (a) , s , (pv) , ω1, ω2
III	l’ , v’	d , l’ , ev’	l’ , σ	(v) , φ	(ft) , (tc) , (it) , (p) , (u) , (a) , s , (pv)
IV	v’	d , ev’	d , l’	(v) , φ	ft” , (tc) , (p) , (u) , (a) , s , (pv)

Note: Roman letters refer to normal setae, Greek letters to solenidia (except ɛ = famulus); single quotation mark ( ’ ) designates setae on the anterior and double quotation mark ( ” ) setae on the posterior side of a given leg segment; parentheses refer to a pair of setae. Type deposition The holotype is deposited in the collection of the Senckenberg Museum of Natural History, Görlitz, Germany ; two paratypes are deposited in the collection of the Tyumen State University Museum of Zoology , Tyumen , Russia . All specimens are preserved in ethanol with a drop of glycerol. Etymology The species name dedzaensis refers to the place of origin, Dedza Mountain.