Two New Arthronotic Mites From The South Of Spain (Oribatida, Cosmochthoniidae), With A New Subgenus And Species Of Cosmochthonius And One New Species Of Phyllozetes
Author
Jorrin, J.
text
Acarologia
2014
2014-06-30
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2
183
191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20142126
journal article
10.1051/acarologia/20142126
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Genus
Cosmochthonius
Berlese, 1910
Diagnosis — Oribatid mites, archoribatids, arthronotics, and holoids sensu
Balogh and Mahunka (1979)
; belonging to Enarthronota (
Grandjean, 1947
,
1953: 428
,
1969: 141
). Cosmochthoniids with the original
Hypochthonius lanatus
type
(
Michael, 1885: 396
), with the fenestrated rostral tectum (
Grandjean, 1962
;
Norton
et al.
, 1983
) and without prodorsal spots or eyes (
Grandjean, 1953
); notogaster orthotrichous with four completely divided segments, with setae in the
d-
series linked to the first type-
E
scissure, pectiniform, nonfoliate setae from the
e
and
f
-series, without pectinations in some species (
Sarkar, 1983
;
Kahwash
et al.
, 1989
), of the erectile-type, originating in the intercalary sclerites of the type-
S
scissures (
Grandjean, 1947
, 224;
Van der Hammen, 1959
: key p. 12); all legs polydactyl, heterodactylous with tarsal formula 2-3-3-3 (
Van der Hammen, 1959
;
Gordeeva, 1980
;
Lee, 1982
), exceptionally homobidactylous (
Chakrabarti
et al.
, 1972
).