Agistemus collyerae (Acari: Trombidiformes: Stigmaeidae) in South Africa: first record, introduction pathways and a re-description including additional life stages
Author
Saccaggi, Davina L.
Plant Health Diagnostic Services, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), Private
Author
Ueckermann, Edward A.
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University,
text
Acarologia
2018
2018-01-30
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journal article
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10.24349/acarologia/20184235
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2107-7207
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Agistemus collyerae
González-Rodrigues
(
Figs. 1-8
)
Agistemus collyerae
González-Rodrigues, 1963: 349
;
1965: 34
;
Fan & Zhang, 2005: 41
;
Ferreira
et al.
, 2007: 56
;
Rahmani
et al.
, 2012: 105
;
Beyzavi
et al.
, 2013: 397
;
Yeşilayer and Çobanoğlu, 2013: 96
;
Fan
et al.
, 2016: 31
.
Zetzellia collyerae
(González-Rodrigues)
Wood, 1967: 131
.
Material examined —
Eight females
,
two males
and
one deutonymph
from grapevine,
Wellington
,
16 April 2015
;
one female
from
Malmesbury
,
16 March 2015
;
and
one female
from
Riebeek West
,
17 April 2015
.
All
these locations are within the
Western Cape Province
,
South Africa
.
Specimens
are deposited in the
National Collection
of
Arachnida (NCA) in Pretoria
,
South Africa
.
Measurements
are given in
Table 1
.
Other
features are described below.
Diagnosis (Female) — Dorsal shields reticulated, setae
c1
and
d1
shorter than distances to setae
d1
and
e1
, respectively; setal formulae of genua 3-0-0-0, femora 4-4-2-2 and tibiae 6-6-6-4, coxa IV with one seta.