Contributions to Chinese fauna of Torrenticolidae Piersig, 1902 (Acari, Hydrachnidia), with the description of three new species
Author
Gu, Xin-Yao
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, the Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Crop Pest in Guiyang, Ministry of Agriculture, China, Guiyang 550025, China
Author
Jia, Lan
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, the Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Crop Pest in Guiyang, Ministry of Agriculture, China, Guiyang 550025, China
Author
Jin, Dao-Chao
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, the Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Crop Pest in Guiyang, Ministry of Agriculture, China, Guiyang 550025, China
Author
Guo, Jian-Jun
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, the Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Crop Pest in Guiyang, Ministry of Agriculture, China, Guiyang 550025, China
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0523-6704
jjguo@gzu.edu.cn
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ZooKeys
2020
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97
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.955.52584
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.955.52584
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Torrenticola anziensis Gu & Guo
sp. nov.
Figures 3
, 4
Material examined.
Holotype
: ♀ (SC-TO-20160701), Anzihe, Chongzhou, Sichuan Province, P. R. China (
30°47'43"N
,
103°12'36"E
, 1690 m a.s.l.), collected by Zhuhui Ding, 29-VII-2016.
Paratype
: 1 ♀ (SC-TO-20160702), same data as holotype.
Diagnosis.
Dorsal plate 4+1; infracapitular bay U-shaped and wide; genital flaps with six pairs of setae at the margins;
E4
at the same level as the 3rd pair of acetabula;
V1
fused with the line of primary sclerotization; gnathosoma: rostrum long, dorsal apodemes short and sharp, ventral apodemes slender and sharp, claw short.
Description.
Female (
n
= 2)
: Idiosoma elliptical, L 840 (836), W 583 (576), L/W ratio 1.4 (1.5). Dorsal plate 4+1 (Fig.
3A
), dorsal shield L 680 (668), W 520 (505), dorsal plate L 617 (602), frontal platelets L 162 (158), W 78 (76), shoulder platelets L 220 (218), W 87 (89). Infracapitular bay U-shaped and wide, depth 175 (162); Cx-I L 317 (315), mL 83 (81), Cx-II+III mL 99 (89); Gf L 200 (208), W 140 (144), L/W ratio 1.4 (1.4), genital flaps with six pairs of setae at the margins; distance between Gf and Ap 123 (134);
E4
at the same level as the 3rd pair of acetabula; Ap on the same line with
V2
,
V1
fused with the line of primary sclerotization, and
V1
anterior to
V2
(Fig.
3B
). Gnathosoma (Fig.
3D
): rostrum long, dorsal apodemes short and sharp, ventral apodemes slender and sharp, claw short; vL 355 (336), dL 256 (242); chelicera bs L 378 (369), claw L 63 (58). P-1 with one long dorsal seta; P-2 with three dorsal setae and one ventral seta at the base of the ventral extension; P-3 with two dorsal setae and one long seta at the base of the ventral extension; P-4 with one mediodistal seta and two ventral setae at two ventral extensions (Fig.
3C
). dL of palp segments: P-1, 42 (39); P-2, 113 (109); P-3, 67 (66); P-4, 93 (95); P-5, 18 (16). Legs (Fig.
4
): dL of leg segments: I-L-1-6: 44 (39), 95 (102), 88 (85), 102 (108), 110 (116), 96 (101); II-L-1-6: 43 (45), 98 (102), 93 (94), 121 (118), 136 (129), 149 (139); III-L-1-6: 43 (45), 98 (102), 81 (85), 101 (108), 117 (115), 114 (121); IV-L-1-6: 107 (102), 118 (115), 125 (119), 161 (158), 179 (183), 166 (171).
Figure 3.
Torrenticola anziensis
Gu & Guo, sp. nov., female
A
dorsal view
B
ventral view
C
palp, lateral view
D
infracapitulum and chelicera. Scale bars: 100
μm
.
Male.
Unknown.
Habitat.
Streamlet.
Remarks.
Due to the characteristic shape of gnathosoma and dorsal shield (i.e., gnathosoma with a long rostrum, dorsal and ventral apodemes sharp), this new species is similar to
Torrenticola haliki
Pesic
& Smit, 2010 (
Pesic
and Smit 2010
). However, there are obvious differences between them: (1) ventral projection of P-2 nose-shaped in
T. haliki
, but normally shaped in this new species; (2) P-4 with one long and three short setae at the base of ventral extensions and one thick mediodistal seta in
T. haliki
, but only with two ventral setae and one fine mediodistal seta in this new species; (3) ratio Cx-I mL/Cx-II+III mL 1.2 (male), 1.7-2.3 (female) in
T. haliki
, but 0.8 (female) in this new species.
Figure 4.
Torrenticola anziensis
Gu & Guo, sp. nov., female
A
leg-I
B
leg-II
C
leg-III
D
leg-IV-1-4
E
leg-IV-5, 6. Scale bar: 100
μm
.
Etymology.
This new species is named after Anzi (Anzi River), where the new species was collected.
Distribution.
China (Sichuan).