A review of the subfamily Picobiinae Johnston and Kethley, 1973 (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae)
Author
Skoracki, Maciej
Author
Sikora, Bozena
Author
Spicer, Greg S.
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Zootaxa
2016
2016-05-19
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Picobia magellani
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 30
and
31
)
Description.
FEMALE NPF (
holotype
).
Gnathosoma
. Hypostomal apex tapering. Infracapitulum and stylophore punctate. Movable cheliceral digit edentate on proximal end. Each medial branch of peritremes with 5–7 chambers, each lateral branch with ill-visible chambers.
Idiosoma
. Propodonotal shield absent. Setae
vi
situated distinctly posterior to level of setae
ve
. Setae
se
and
c1
situated at same transverse level. Setae
vi
,
ve
and
si
lightly beaded. Pygidial shield well developed, with vertical furrow, double-leaf, apunctate. Setae
ag2
situated posterolateral to
ag1
. Large, punctate genital plate bearing setae
ag1–3
. Setae
g1
filiform, situated on sharp-ended genital lobes. All coxal fields punctate.
Legs
. Paraxial claws of legs III and IV thiner than antaxial claws III–IV. Solenidia
σ
on genua I setiform.
Mesurements
. Total body length 495. Length of stylophore 125. Lengths of setae:
vi
115,
ve
115,
si
170,
se
180,
c1
170,
c2
180,
d1
170,
d2
170,
e2
100,
f1
55,
f2
60,
h1
55,
h2
265,
ag1
60,
ag2
35,
ag3
80,
g1
50,
ps1
25,
ps2
30,
tc’III–IV
and
tc”III–IV
55. Length ratios of setae:
vi
:
ve
:
si
1:1:1.5,
d2
:
e2
1.7
:1,
f1
:
f2
1:1,
f1
:
h1
1:1,
f2
:
h2
1:4.4,
h1
:
h2
1:4.8,
ag1:ag2:ag3
1.7:1:2.3,
g1
:
ps2
:
ps1
2:1.2:1,
tc’III–IV
:
tc”III–IV
1:1.
FEMALE PF (
7 paratypes
). Total body length 745–795.
MALE. Unknown.
Type material.
Female
holotype
(
NPF
) and
7 female
(
PF
)
paratypes
from
Scytalopus magellanicus
(Gmelin)
(
Passeriformes
:
Rhinocryptidae
)
,
COLOMBIA
:
Bogota
, no other data
.
Type deposition.
All type material is deposited in the AMU,
except 1 female (PF) paratype in ZSM
and 1 female (PF) paratype in ZISP
.
Differential diagnosis.
Picobia magellani
sp. nov.
is morphologically most simillar to
P. schmidti
Glowska and Milensky, 2014
. In females of both species, the hypostomal apex is tapering; the lateral branches of the peritremes are with ill-visible chambers; setae
vi
are situated distinctly posterior to the level of setae
ve
; the pygidial shield is double-leaf, each with 1 spin-like outhgrowth; setae
ag2
are situated posterolateral to
ag1
. This new species differs from
P. schmidti
as follow: in females of
P. m a g e l l a n i
, the propodonotal shield is absent; the length ratios of setae
ve
:
si
and
f1
:
f2
are 1:1.5 and 1:1. In females of
P. schmidti
, the lateral propodonotal shields are present, each bearing bases of setae
ve
and
si
; the length ratios of setae
ve
:
si
and
f1
:
f2
are 1:4 and 1:1.8–2.3.
Etymology.
The name of this species is derived from the specific name of the host—
Scytalopus magellanicus
, and is a noun in apposition.