New taxa of quill mites (Acari: Cheyletoidea: Syringophilidae)
Author
Skoracki, Maciej
Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61 - 614 Poznan, Poland. E-mail: skoracki @ amu. edu. pl
Author
Oconnor, Barry
Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109
text
Zootaxa
2010
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2341.1.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2341.1.3
1175-5326
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Ciconichenophilus phoeniconaias
sp. nov.
(
Figs 29–35
)
Description.
FEMALE (
Figs 29–35
). Total body length of
holotype
820 (
980 in
one paratype
).
Gnathosoma
. Infracapitulum sparsely punctated. Each transverse branch of peritremes with 5–6 chambers, each longitudinal branch with 12–13 chambers (
Fig. 31
). Stylet of movable digit 190 long. Stylophore 230 (215) long.
Idiosoma
. Propodonotal shield well sclerotized, not punctated, with concave anterior margin, bearing bases of setae
vi
,
ve
,
si
,
se,
and
c1
. Setae
se
and
c1
situated at same transverse level. Length ratio of setae
vi
:
ve
:
si
1:1.3:1.5. Hysteronotal shield situated between bases of setae
d1
and
e
, setae
d1
situated on this shield, setae
e
near this shield. Setae
d2
situated twice closer to
d2
than to
e
. Pygidial shield well sclerotized, not punctated. Length ratio of setae
d2
:
d1
:
e
1:1:1. Setae
f1
and
h1
subequal in length. Setae
h2
1.7–1.9 times longer than
f2
. Aggenital setae
ag1
and
ag3
subequal in length, both slightly (1.2 times) shorter than
ag2.
Genital setae
g1
and
g2
subequal in length. Pseudanal setae
ps1
and
ps2
subequal in length. Cuticular striations as in
Figs 29 and 30
.
Legs
. Coxal fields of legs I–IV well sclerotized, without punctations. Apodemes of legs III and IV indiscernible. Setae
tc”III-IV
1.7 times longer than
tc’III-IV
. Fan-like setae
p’
and
p”
of legs III and IV with 5 tines each (
Fig. 35
). Setae
3c
1.3–1.8 times longer than
3b
. Apodemes I not fused to apodemes II (
Fig. 33
). Leg setae
vsII
absent (
Fig. 34
).
Length of setae
:
vi
145 (145),
ve
195 (185),
si
220 (220),
se
295 (245),
c1
270 (285),
c2
285 (265),
d1
255 (285),
d2
270 (265),
e
285 (320),
f1
35 (35-45),
f2
285 (285),
h1
35 (35-45),
h2
(480),
ps1
and
ps2
25 (25-30),
g1
and
g2
55 (55),
ag1
260,
ag2
215,
ag3
270 (270),
tc’III–IV
50 (45-55),
tc”III–IV
85 (80-85),
3b
120 (105),
3c
150 (185),
sc3
110 (110).
MALE. Unknown.
Type material.
Female
holotype
and
2 female
paratypes
(
BMOC
82-1212-1) ex. secondary quill of
Phoeniconaias minor
(Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire) (
Phoenicopteriformes
:
Phoenicopteridae
),
BOTSWANA
: bird died in captivity and received in
November 1982
.
Type
deposition.
All material is deposited at
UMMZ
.
Etymology.
The name
phoeniconaias
refers to the generic name of the host.