Revision of the Fedrizziidae (Acari: Mesostigmata: Fedrizzioidea)
Author
Seeman, Owen D.
text
Zootaxa
2007
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.176844
5f0a6525-b5fd-48b5-a7f9-18bbfda18521
1175-5326
176844
Neofedrizzia canestrinii
Womersley
Neofedrizzia canestrinii
Womersley, 1959
: 33
.
Type
specimens.
Holotype
, F,
AUSTRALIA
, Queensland:
Hinchinbrook Is.,
9.ix.1956
, G. F. Bornemissza, on
Aulacocyclus edentulus
MacLeay
(N1952318). In
SAMA
.
Paratypes
, 9 F, 5 M, same data as
holotype
(N1952319-N1952231). In
SAMA
.
Other specimens. Queensland:
M, Hampton,
3.x.1956
, G. F. Bornemissza, on
A. edentulus
(N1952333); 2 M, Mt Tambourine, no date, A. M. Lea (N1952334-N1952335); M, Atherton,
28.iii.1945
, D. J. Collis, on passalid (N1952336).
New South
Wales
:
M, Wilson’s Downfall near Tenterfield,
8.viii.1956
, G. F. Bornemissza, on
A. edentulus
(N1952337). In
SAMA
.
Queensland
: F, 2 M, Mt Baldy,
8.iv.1995
, D. E. Walter (S74133- 35); M, Atherton, Gadgarra,
28.i.1996
, O. Seeman (S74136-38); F, M, Cape Tribulation, Oliver Ck,
30.i.1996
, O. Seeman (S74139); M, Mossman Gorge,
31.i.1996
, O. Seeman (
S74140
). All from
Aulacocyclus fracticornis
Blackburn
and deposited in QM.
Diagnosis.
Both sexes:
idiosoma
810–880 long; anterior hyaline projection does not extend past CxI; exopodal patterning between CxII–III striped; pedofossae III present, IV absent; seta
h1
with 5–6 barbs; distal spine-like process on palp femur minute or absent; one non-filamentous excrescence ribbon-like, the other a short serrated blade; femur III and IV with large lamellae. Female: sternal shield smooth; seta
st
1
19–25 long, shorter than base of tritosternum; setae
st2-st4
<5 long; sternogynial shield smooth, anterior margin straight. Male: tetartosternum absent, presternal processes articulated with sternoventral shield, symmetrical, with pointed ends, directed inwards and almost touching each other; sternoventral shield (anterior of genital opening) smooth; seta
st
1
30–35 long; genital opening placed between CxII–III, flanked by 2 pores.
Remarks.
The “Tambourine” specimens (N1952334-N1952335) are not
N. canestrinii
; however, the specimens are in such poor condition that no more than their misidentification can be confirmed. “Tambourine” is a misspelling of Mount Tamborine in Southeast Queensland. The
holotype
is in very poor condition; all
paratypes
are in poor condition except for one male from Atherton (N1952336).