New species of predatory mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae) for southern Brazil
Author
Wurlitzer, Wesley Borges
Author
Monjarás-Barrera, José Irving
Author
Johann, Liana
Author
Ferla, Noeli Juarez
Author
Silva, Guilherme Liberato Da
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-01-07
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4718.3.8
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Lupaeus
Castro & Den Heyer, 2009
Lupaeus waldumirus
Wurlitzer & Monjarás-Barrera
sp. nov.
(
Figures 8
B–11)
Description.
Female
(n = 8) idiosoma length
265
(237–297); idiosoma width
165
(136–209).
Dorsum
(
Fig. 9A
). Length and width of dorsal shield
187
(178–198);
127
(117–152). Length of legs I–IV:
169
(143–190);
151
(132–164);
155
(140–173);
195 (
184–204). Length of tarsi I–IV:
60
(55–66);
49
(41–55);
48
(44–53);
54
(50–56). Proterosomal and hysterosomal dorsal shields fused and well sclerotized. Setae
f
1
and
f
2
on small platelets. Dorsal shield with presence transverse of lobes between setae
mps
and
c
1
.
Lyrifissures
im
transverse, located between setae
e
1
and
f
1
.
Length of dorsal setae:
at
64 (
82–90),
pt
80
(71–90),
lps
27
(22–36),
mps
19
(20–24),
c
1
21
(15–31),
c
2
13
(10–21),
d
1
16
(20–23),
e
1
16
(15–25),
f
1
26
(19–29),
f
2
13
(14–16),
h
1
25
(21–29). Distance between the setae:
at -at
23
(22–24),
at -lps
23
(21–25),
lps -lps
63
(60–66),
pt -pt
70
(67–86),
pt -mps
10
(6–12),
mps - mps
50
(46–55),
mps -c
1
27
(26–29),
c
1
-c
1
58
(49–64),
d
1
-d
1
53
(50–57),
e
1
-
e
1
35
(31–39),
f
1
-f
1
48
(42–55),
f
2
-f
2
60
(53–67),
h
1
-h
1
21
(20–22).
FIGURE 8
. Photographs of the two new species of
Cunaxidae
. A—
Cunaxoides lajeadensis
sp. nov.
female; B—
Lupaeus waldumirus
sp. nov.
, female.
FIGURE 9
.
Lupaeus waldumirus
sp. nov.
, female. (A) Dorsal and (B) ventral view of the idiosoma.
Venter
(
Fig. 9B
). Coxal shields I and II separated medially. Coxal shields I and II divided. Propodogastral setae occur on posteromedian edge of coxae II. Hysterogastral setae three pairs on integument. Paracoxal setae near median edge of coxae IV. Striate genital valves showing four pairs of
g
setae; two pairs of genital papillae. A pair of paragenital setae occur laterad anterior parts of genital valves. Integument provided with finely lobed, almost continuous striae. Length of genital setae:
g
1
8
(5–10),
g
2
8
(7–5),
g
3
7
(5–9),
g
4
8
(5–11).
Gnathosoma
(
Figs. 10
A–B). Subcapitulum: length
97
(116–104), width
53
(58–82), with four pairs of setae,
hg
1
7
(7–9),
hg
2
9
(8–9),
hg
3
40
(50–62),
hg
4
19
(11–15). Distance between setae:
hg
1
-hg
1
7
(7–9),
hg
2
-hg
2
9
(8–9),
hg
3
-hg
3
40
(50–62),
hg
4
-hg
4
19
(20–23),
hg
4
-hg
3
29 (
31–38),
hg
2
-hg
4
51
(45–55),
hg
1
-hg
2
17
(14–17). Posterior ventral region of subcapitulum with horizontal striation ending in dots. Palp
51
(55–60), divided into three segments; trochanter without setae; femorogenua with 6
sts
; tibiotarsus with 5
sts
a bladder-shaped apophysis and two pointed process (
Fig. 9A
). Length of chelicera
106
(98–114) and length of cheliceral setae
13
(11–15) (
Fig. 10B
).
FIGURE 10
.
Lupaeus waldumirus
sp. nov.
, female. Gnathosoma—A. Subcapitulum and palp ventral view; B. Chelicera dorsal view.
Legs
(
Fig. 11
A–D). Chaetotaxy: coxae (
Fig. 8B
) I–IV, 3-2-3-3
sts
; trochanter I–IV, 1-1-2-1
sts
; basifemora I–IV, 4-6-3-1
sts
; telofemora I–IV, 5-5-4-3
sts
; genua I–IV, (1
asl
, 1
sts
), 2
asl
, 5
sts
-7
sts
-5
sts
, 1
asl
-1
asl
, 6
sts
; tibiae I–IV, 7
sts
-5
sts
, 1
bsl
-5
sts
, 1
bsl
-1
T
, 4
sts
; tarsi I–IV, 3
asl
, 1
fam
, 12
sts
, 2
tsl
-4
asl
, 1 striated
bsl
, 12
sts
, 1
tsl
, 1
dtsl
-3
asl
, 8
sts
, 1
tsl
, 1
dtsl
-1
asl
, 2
tsl,
10
sts
.
Male
and
immature stages
. Unknown.
Remarks
.
Lupaeus waldumirus
Wurlitzer & Monjarás-Barrera
sp. nov.
shows a dark orange color (
Fig. 8B
).
Diagnosis
. The new species resembles
Lupaeus damavandiani
Paktinat-Saeij & Castro, 2016
, for its dorsal morphometry, ventral striae, arrangement of genital setae, and chaetotaxy of coxae III–IV, trochanters I–IV, basifemora I–IV, telofemora I–IV, genua III, tibiae II, III and IV. The different morphological characters are shown in
Table 2
.
Etymology
. The epithet is in honor of the grandfather of the first author, Mr. Waldomiro Moraes Borges, a conservationist who always cherished agroecology and nature.
Type material
.
Holotype
:
female collected from tropical white morning-glory,
Ipomoea alba
L. in Lajeado
,
Rio Grande do Sul
,
Brazil
,
29º26’13 ‘’S
,
51º57’43’’W
,
34 m
above sea level
, collector:
Wesley Borges Wurlitzer
and date:
14/I/2019
.
The
seven
paratypes
female will be deposited at the
Museu de Ciências Naturais
(
MCN
) of the
Universidade do Vale do Taquari-Univates
,
Lajeado
,
Rio Grande do Sul
, Brasil
.
Holotype
will be deposited at
Acarology
and
Entomology Department
,
Escola Superior de Agricultura
“Luiz de Queiroz”,
Universidade
de
São Paulo
(
ESALQ
/
USP
), Piracicaba (
SP
),
Brazil
.