Eustigmaeus mites from Turkey (Acari: Stigmaeidae)
Author
Sali
Author
Doğan, H
text
Journal of Natural History
2005
2005-03-31
39
11
835
861
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930400001558
journal article
10.1080/00222930400001558
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Eustigmaeus erzurumensis
n. sp.
(
Figure 11
)
Type materials
Holotype
female and four
paratype
females from soil and moss under
Ostyra carpinifolia
, Köprüköy Village, I
˙spir,
Erzurum
,
4 August 2001
;
13 paratype females
from moss,
Uzunoluk Forest
,
Oltu
,
Erzurum
,
15 June 2001
; two
paratype
females from moss and lichen on decayed stump,
Uzunoluk Forest
,
Oltu
,
Erzurum
,
15 June 2001
.
Female
Holotype
: length of body (excluding gnathosoma) 367, width 253.
Dorsum
Dorsal shields with almost circular dimples, each dimple consists of 9–12 irregularly scattered vacuoles, a few with four or 15 vacuoles. Surface between dimples with fine punctations. Fossettes on dorsal shields as illustrated. Propodosomal shield with four pairs of setae and one pair of eyes. Hysterosomal shield with six pairs of setae, suranal shield with two pairs of setae. Dorsal body setae short, subspatulate–spinulate. Dimensions of setae as follows:
υi
33,
υe
5
sci
30,
sce
36,
c
1
27,
c
2
35,
d
1
27,
d
2
30,
e
1
30
,
e
2
33
,
f
1
50,
h
15
h
2
40. Distance between setae:
υi–υi
43,
υe–υe
113,
υi–υe
43,
sci–sci
180,
υe–sci
43,
sce–sce
223,
sci–sce
50,
c
1
–c
1
97,
d
1
–d
1
90,
c
1
–d
2
77,
c
1
–d
1
60,
d
2
–
d
2
247,
d
1
–
d
25
e
1
–e
1
77,
e
2
–e
2
197,
e
1
–e
25
d
1
–e
2
67,
d
1
–e
15
d
2
–e
2
73,
f
1
–f
1
107,
e
1
–f
1
43,
e
2
–f
1
80,
h
1
–h
1
47,
h
2
–h
2
90,
h
1
–h
2
20.
Figure 11.
Eustigmaeus erzurumensis
n. sp.
(female): (A) dorsal view; (B) ventral view.
Venter
Humeral shields with dimples bearing vacuoles; setae
c
2
dissimilar to other dorsals, slender, acute, with short spinules. Humeral regions without callosities. Coxisternal shields completely fused, reticulate with punctations, posterior coxisternal shield with large circle medially, with punctations and striations. Coxisternal shields bearing
1a
,
3a
and
4a
. Surface on coxae punctate and faintly reticulate. Aggenital shield with dimples and vacuoles; with three pairs of setae,
ag
1
and
ag
3
subequal in length,
ag
2
slightly shorter than others. Pseudanal covers bearing three pairs of setae, subequal in length,
ps
1
thicker than others, with spinules. Humeral, aggenital and suranal shields with similar patterns.
Legs
Leg I 210, leg II 183, leg III 157, leg IV 200. Number of setae (solenidia in parentheses) on leg segments (I–IV) as follows: tarsi 14(
v
)-10(
v
)-8(
v
)-7, tibiae 7(
w
,
w
p)-6(
w
p)-6(
w
p)-6(
w
p),
genua 4(
k
)-4(
k
)-1-1, femora 6-4-3-2, trochanters 1-1-2-1, coxae 2-2-2-2. Lengths of solenidia on tarsi:
v
1
20,
v
2
13,
v
3
7,
v
4
absent. Femur II with four setae.
Male
Unknown.
Etymology
The species name
erzurumensis
refers to the
type
locality,
Erzurum
.
Remarks
This species resembles
E. anauniensis
(
Canestrini, 1889
)
and
E. kentingensis
Tseng, 1982
, but differs from them in the dorsal ornamentation and the shape of setae
c
2
.