Fur mites of the genus Schizocarpus Trouessart (Acari: Chirodiscidae) parasitizing the Eurasian beaver Castor fiber belorussicus Lavrov (Rodentia: Castoridae) in NE Poland (Suwałki)
Author
Bochkov, Andre V.
Author
Labrzycka, Anna
Author
Skoracki, Maciej
Author
Saveljev, Alexander P.
text
Zootaxa
2012
3162
39
59
journal article
45642
10.5281/zenodo.209978
63ba4cd4-dc7a-438f-b152-6fa11e4bc5d8
1175-5326
209978
8.
Schizocarpus parahumilis
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 3
A, B, 11)
Description.
MALE (
holotype
). Idiosoma slightly flattened dorso-ventrally. Hysterosoma subparallel sided. Body 325 long (
320–330 in
3
paratypes
) and 140 wide (135–140); body length/width ratio about 2.3:1. Hysteronotal shield 85 long and 80 wide. Anterior margin of hysteronotal shield widely concave. Setae
d1
situated in anterior angles of this shield, distance
d1-d1
65. Setae
e1
situated on hysteronotal shield, distance
e1-e1
35. Setae
h1
situated medially, close to each other, distance
h1-h1
40. Setae
f2
absent. Setae
h3
widely separated from each other, distance
h3-h3
60. Opisthosomal membranes weakly developed, 10 long. Setae
ps3
situated medially. Adanal shields irregularly shaped, completely punctate. Minimal distance between these shields 25. Adanal suckers situated in anterior half of adanal shields, about
7 in
diameter, with smooth corolla (
type
A), each surrounded by wide and highly sclerotized punctate ring, subequal in width to these suckers. Setae
ad1
represented by alveoli and situated on inner margins of adanal shields and distinctly postero-mesal to adanal suckers. Setae
ps1
pedunculate, situated postero-lateral to adanal suckers, slightly anterior to level of setae
ad1
. Narrow transverse sclerotized band present in posterior half of adanal shield encompassing peduncle bearing
ps1
and seta
ad1
but not reaching
ad1
. Adanal alveoli
ad2
present, situated mesal to
ps
1
in bases of their peduncles. Ventral anal sclerite small but distinct. Lengths of some setae:
h1
6,
h2
55,
h3
4,
ps3
7,
ps2
50. Tarsus
III 20
long, 14 wide; tarsus
IV 10
long, 9 wide.
Type
material.
Holotype
male (
ZIN
T-Chir-20) and
3 male
paratypes
(
ZIN
AVB-
2011-0504-019, #1-4) from
Castor fiber belorussicus
[beaver #2],
POLAND
: Podlaskie Voivodeship, Suwałki County, near Wiżajny village,
54°21'50''N
,
22°52'6''E
,
17 April 2003
, coll. A. Labrzycka.
Type
depositions.
Holotype
and 3 paratypes—in
ZISP
, 1 paratype—in AMU.
Microhabitat.
Throat.
Distribution.
Type
locality only.
Etymology.
The specific name indicates the similarities with
S
.
humilis
and is a noun in apposition.
Differential diagnosis.
This species is very close to
S. humilis
Fain and Lukoschus, 1985
and differs from it mainly by the presence of indistinct alveoli of setae
ad2
near the bases of pedunculate setae
ps1
; these alveoli are absent in
S. humilis
.