A review of the genus Tycherobius (Acari: Camerobiidae), with descriptions of four new species from Australia
Author
Fan, Qing-Hai
Author
Walter, David E.
text
Zootaxa
2006
1121
1
52
journal article
50772
10.5281/zenodo.171702
1edf6823-9117-4b17-bf91-eb07b79403d4
11755326
171702
Tycherobius hawaiiensis
Bolland & Swift
Tycherobius hawaiiensis
Bolland & Swift, 2000
: 347
.
Diagnosis
Adult female. Peritremes complex; palptarsus with 2 + 1 eupathidium + 1;
pdx
absent; idiosomal setae lanceolate;
c1
and
d1
much longer than others;
c1
:
c2
= 2.4–2.6,
d1
:
d2
= 3.4–4.7,
e1
:
e2
= 1.7–2.0,
f1
:
f2
= 2.0–2.1,
c1
:
d1
:
e1
:
f1
= 2.0–2.4: 1.9–2.2: 1.0: 1.0; femora I–IV with 4, 3, 3, 2; tarsi I–II with 9 + 1, 9 + 1.
Adult male. As adult female but:
c1
much longer than other setae;
c1
:
c2
= 2.2–2.8,
d1
:
d2
= 1.6–2.4,
e1
:
e2
= 1.0,
c1
:
d1
:
e1
:
f1
= 4.0–5.9: 1.6–2.4: 1.0: 1.0; tibia I with an additional long terminal solenidion and each tarsus with an enlarged and elongate solenidion.
Distribution and habitat
HAWAII ISLANDS.
Nihoa I.:
from
Chenopodiium oahuense
litter,
Solanum nelsoni
litter,
Eragrostis variabilis
litter (
Bolland & Swift 2000
);
Oahu I.:
from ground litter, duff on ground,
Koa
litter, soil (
Bolland & Swift 2000
);
Hawaii I.:
lichen on lava flow;
Maui I.:
from pitfall trap (
Bolland & Swift 2000
).