One new genus and four new species of Phyllocoptinae (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from Fujian Province, southeastern China
Author
Song, Zi-Wei
Author
Xue, Xiao-Feng
Author
Hong, Xiao-Yue
text
Zootaxa
2008
1894
42
52
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.184401
b807ef21-334f-46b6-8de3-8756d9084090
1175-5326
184401
Fujianacarus wisterianis
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 1
)
Description.
FEMALE: (n = 14) Body fusiform, 175 (165–175), 72 (71–72) wide, 55 (55–60) thick; light yellow. Gnathosoma 20 (18–20), projecting obliquely down, pedipalp coxal setae absent, dorsal pedipalp genual setae (
d
) 6 (6–7), chelicerae 19 (17–19).
Prodorsal shield
55 (54–55), 70 (68–70) wide; anterior shield lobe present, broad and long; prodorsal shield design with median line which bifurcates forward and connects with sinuous admedian lines by a short cross line at 1/2, admedian lines connected posteriorly to median line. Scapular tubercles ahead of rear margin, 20 (20–22) apart, scapular setae (
sc
) 6 (5–7) projecting centrad. Cox-genital annuli 8.
Coxal area
smooth; anterolateral setae on coxisternum
I
(
1b
) 5 (4–5), proximal setae on coxisternum
I
(
1a
) 10 (10–12), proximal setae on coxisternum
II
(
2a
) 25 (25–28). Prosternal apodeme present.
Legs:
Leg
I 40
(40–42), femur 11 (10–11), basiventral femoral seta (
bv
) 10 (10–11); genu 4 (3–4), antaxial genual seta (
l''
) 25 (25–27); tibia 9 (7–9), paraxial tibial seta (
l'
) 6 (5–6), seta located 1/3 from dorsal base; tarsus 6 (6–7), tarsal seta (
u'
) 5 (4–5), tarsal empodium simple, long, 4-rayed, tarsal solenidion knobbed, long. Leg
II 36
(36–37), femur 10 (10–11), basiventral femoral seta (
bv
) 11 (11–12); genu 3 (3–4), antaxial genual seta (
l''
) 5 (5–6); tibia 6 (5–6); tarsus 6 (6–7), tarsal seta (
u'
) 4 (4–5), tarsal empodium simple, long 4- rayed, tarsal solenidion knobbed, long.
Opisthosoma
: dorsal opisthosoma with 26 (26–27) annuli, with elliptical microtubercles laterally and round microtubercles dorsally, first annulus broad, equal to 2 or 3 annuli, dorsal opisthosoma with three ridges; ventrally with 58 (58–59) annuli, with filament microtubercles on annular rear margin. Setae
c2
15 (13–15) on ventral annulus 11 (10–13); setae
d
absent; setae
e
10 (6–10) on ventral annulus 35 (35–38); setae
f
15 (15–20) on 6th ventral annulus from rear. Setae
h1
3 (2–3).
Female genitalia
14 (14–15), 23 (23–24) wide, coverflap with 12 longitudinal ridges and with granules at base, proximal setae on coxisternum
III
(
3a
) 7 (6–7).
FIGURE 1
.
Fujianacarus wisterianis
sp. nov.
D, dorsal view of female mite; CGF, coxal-genital region of female; L1, leg I; L2, leg II; em, tarsal empodium; LM, lateral view of female mite.
FIGURE 2
.
Epitrimerus buxsinica
sp. nov.
D, dorsal view of female mite; DM, dorsal view of male mite; LM, lateral view of female mite.
FIGURE 3
.
Epitrimerus buxsinica
sp. nov.
CGF, coxal-genital region of female; CGM, coxal-genital region of male; L1, leg I; L2, leg II; em, tarsal empodium.
MALE: Not Seen.
Types
.
Holotype
, female, from
Wisteria sinensis
(Sims) Sweet (Leguminosae)
, Wuyi Mountain, Wuyishan City, Fujian Province,
China
, 27°44'55N, 117°40'49E,
October 30, 2005
, collected by Zi-Wei Song and Xiao-Feng Xue.
Paratypes
,
13 females
with the same data as
holotype
.
Relation to host.
Mites are vagrant on the undersurface of leaves, causing no apparent damage.
Etymology.
The specific designation
wisterianis
is from the generic name of the host plant,
Wisteria
.