Acamerobia inflatus gen. n. & sp. n. from Australia (Acari: Prostigmata: Raphignathoidea: Camerobiidae) with notes on the idiosomal chaetotaxy
Author
Fan, Qing-Hai
Author
Walter, David E.
text
Zootaxa
2011
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45
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journal article
46248
10.5281/zenodo.278839
8721bb09-e084-4e6f-8ef3-472550595214
1175-5326
278839
Acamerobia
gen. n.
Female. Stylophore with 4–5 pairs of peritremes. Counts of setae and solenidia from palptrochanter to palptarsus: 0, 2, 1, 3 + 1 claw, 2 setae + 2 eupathidia + 1 solenidion. Idiosoma with 16 pairs of setae (
vx
present). Anal valves with 2 pairs of pseudanal setae. Solenidion ω on tarsi I–II situated on distal halves. Tarsi I–IV each with 1 medioventral seta. Counts of setae and solenidia of legs I–IV: coxae (excluding
1a
,
3a
and
4a
) 2 + 1
elcI
, 1, 2, 2; trochanters 1, 1, 1, 1; femora 5, 4, 3, 2; genua 2 + 1ĸ, 2 + 1ĸ, 2, 1; tibiae 8 + 1φ, 7 + 1φ, 6 + 1φ, 6 + 1φ; tarsi 9 + 1ω, 9 + 1ω, 7, 7.
Type
species.
Acamerobia inflatus
sp. n.
, by present designation.
Etymology. The genus name
Acamerobia
is a combination of the prefix
a
and the existing name,
Camerobia
.
Remarks. Adult females of
Acamerobia
gen. n.
resemble those of
Camerobia
Southcott, 1957
and
Bisetulobius
du
Toit, Theron and Ueckermann,
1998
in having complex peritremes and solenidion ω situating on the distal half of tarsi I and II, but can be separated from them in having only two pairs of pseudanal setae and that setae
vx
are present. More characters for separating genera of
Camerobiidae
are listed in Table 1.
TABLE
1.
Key characters of adult females for identifying genera of
Camerobiidae
.
Acamerobia
Bisetulobius
Camerobia
Decaphyllobius
Neophyllobius
Tillandsobius
Tycherobius
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