Eustigmaeus mites from Turkey (Acari: Stigmaeidae)
Author
Sali
Author
Doğan, H
text
Journal of Natural History
2005
2005-03-31
39
11
835
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930400001558
journal article
10.1080/00222930400001558
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Eustigmaeus turcicus
Doğan and Ayyıldız, 2003
(
Figure 7
)
Eustigmaeus turcicus
Doğan and Ayyıldız 2003, p 2115
.
Examined materials
Allotype
male and seven females from litter under
Pinus
sp.,
Yozgat
,
7 September 2001
; three females from soil and litter under
Quercus
sp., Karaçubuk village, Adaklı,
Bingöl
,
30 September 2001
.
Figure 7.
Eustigmaeus turcicus
Doğan and Ayyıldız
(male): (A) dorsal view; (B) ventral view.
Male
Allotype
: length of body (excluding gnathosoma) 257, width 150.
Dorsum
Dorsal ornamentation as in female, fossettes on dorsal shields as illustrated. Propodosomal shield with four pairs of setae and one pair of eyes. Hysterosomal shield undivided, with six pairs of setae, suranal shield with two pairs of setae. Dorsal body setae long, unsheathed, with axial core, bilaterally spinulate. Setae
h
1
and
h
2
much shorter than others, with small spinules but without axial core. Dimensions of setae as follows:
υi
60,
υe
67,
sci
5
sce
50,
c
1
47,
c
2
37,
d
1
60,
d
2
50,
e
15
e
2
37
,
f
1
53,
h
1
26,
h
2
20. Distance between setae:
υi–υi
23,
υe–υe
63,
υi–υe
30,
sci–sci
107,
υe–sci
26,
sce–sce
137,
sci–sce
33,
c
1
–c
1
43,
d
1
–d
1
53,
c
1
–d
1
37,
c
1
–d
2
50,
d
2
–
d
2
140,
d
1
–
d
2
47,
e
1
–e
1
63,
e
2
–e
2
117,
e
1
–
e
2
30,
d
1
–
e
1
48,
d
1
–
e
2
40,
d
2
–
e
2
50,
f
1
–f
1
37,
e
1
–f
1
28,
e
2
–f
1
60,
h
1
–h
1
17,
h
2
–h
2
37,
h
1
–h
2
8.
Venter
Setae
c
2
on triangular humeral shields. Humeral regions without callosities. Coxisternal shields completely fused,
1a
,
3a
and
4a
present. Venter of ophistosoma with one pair of aggenital setae on aggenital shield. Pseudanal covers with three pairs of setae (
ps
1, 2, 3
).
Legs
Leg I 223, leg II 183, leg III 187, leg IV 203. Number of setae (solenidia in parentheses) on leg segments (I–IV) as follows: tarsi 15(
v
,
v„
)-11(
v
,
v„
)-9(
v
,
v„
)-8(
v„
); 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.
Distribution
Turkey
(Doğan and Ayyıldız 2003).
Remarks
Adult male of
E. turcicus
was not known before. The male can be distinguished from female by the following features: dorsal body setae unsheathed, anogenital covers on posterior margin of idiosoma, with only one pair of aggenital setae, all tarsi with solenidion
v„
and body smaller.