Revision of Bryobiella Tuttle & Baker (Acari, Tetranychidae), with ontogenetic development and redescription of B. desertorum
Author
Yi, Tian-Ci
Author
Ochoa, Ronald
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-12-28
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10.11646/zootaxa.4540.1.9
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Bryobiella desertorum
Tuttle & Baker 1968
(
Figs. 1–38
)
Diagnosis
. Within
Bryobiella
.
Female
: dorsal setae barbed; dorsal central setae (
v
2
,
sc
1
,
c
1
,
d
1
,
e
1
) 1/3 to 1/2 as long as distance between their bases. Prodorsal striae longitudinal centrally; hysterosomal striae transverse between
c
1
to
f
1
, longitudinal behind
f
1
; empodium with one pair of tenent hairs; tarsus I with 8 to 10 tactile setae, two solenidia and three eupathidia; tarsus II with 8 to 9 tactile setae, one solenidion and three eupathidia.Anal setae forked.
Male
: dorsal setae similar to female. Prodorsal striae longitudinal centrally; hysterosomal striae entirely transverse centrally. Femur I, femur II, genua I, genua II and tibia II with extra solenidia. Anal setae smooth. Aedeagus very long, slender, tapering to tip.
Distribution
.
United States
(
Arizona
).
Type specimens examined
: One
paratype
male,
ex
.
Euphorbia polycarpa
, from Gila Bend,
Arizona
,
USA
, on
April 9, 1963
, coll. D.M. Tuttle.
FIGURE 8.
Bryobiella desertorum
Tuttle & Baker 1968
. Female,
ex.
Euphorbia albomarginata
, gen-anal region.
Non-type specimens examined
: One female,
ex
.
E. albomarginata
, from Dateland, Yuma,
Arizona
, on
June 27
,
U.S.A.
, coll. D.M. Tuttle (OSAL, OSAL0052119). One protonymph,
ex
.
E. albomarginata
, from Gila Bend,
Arizona
,
USA
, on
October 15, 1963
, coll. D.M. Tuttle. One
female, three deutonymphs, four protonymphs and
10 larvae
,
ex
.
E. albomarginata
, from
Gila Bend
,
Arizona
,
USA
, on
June 27, 1966
, coll.
D.M. Tuttle. One
protonymph (molting),
ex
.
E. albomarginata
, from
Gila Bend
,
Arizona
,
USA
, on
July 27, 1966
, coll.
D.M. Tuttle. Two
larvae,
ex
.
Bouteloua aristidoides
, from
Gila Bend
,
Arizona
,
USA
, on
September 13, 1969
, coll.
D.M. Tuttle. One
female,
ex
.
Atriplex elegans
, Yuma
,
Arizona
,
USA
, on
August 18, 1979
, coll.
D.M. Tuttle. Two
females,
ex
.
A. elegans
, Yuma
,
Arizona
,
USA
, on
August 19, 1979
, coll.
D.M. Tuttle. One
female,
ex
.
A. elegans
, Yuma
,
Arizona
,
USA
, on
August 20, 1979
, coll.
D.M. Tuttle. One
male,
ex
.
A. elegans
, Yuma
,
Arizona
,
USA
, on
September 3, 1979
, coll.
D.M. Tuttle.One
male,
ex
.
Tiquilia palmeri
, from
Yuma
,
Arizona
,
U.S.
A, on
May 14, 1964
, coll.
D.M. Tuttle. One
deutonymph,
ex
.
T. palmeri
, from
Yuma
,
Arizona
,
U.S.
A, on
September 18, 1964
, coll.
D.M. Tuttle.