New Harpirhynchinae Dubinin (Acariformes: Harpirhynchidae) — intracutaneous and feather-base parasites of birds
Author
Klompen, Hans
text
Zootaxa
2014
3860
4
301
324
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3860.4.1
64944949-16af-424b-a2b1-210e886f7c24
1175-5326
230003
AA5E30DF-27BC-4F1F-8CE7-6573EA59446F
Anharpyrhynchus elizae
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 15
and
16
A–D)
Harpyrhynchus monstrosus
,
Moss 1979
: 381
(misidentification)
Description
. FEMALE (
holotype
,
Figs. 15
and
16
A–D). Body, including gnathosoma, 520 long (
530–550 in
2
paratypes
) and 600 wide (600–630). Gnathosoma about 110 long and 130 wide. Palp about 70 long and 45 wide. Palpalae pectinate, palpalae
dF
and
l”G
subequal, 9–10 long; palpalae
dG
14–15 long, about 1.5 times longer than other palpalae. Setae
vF
about 30 long. Dorsal shield about 140 long and 500 wide. Dorsal striated idiosomal cuticle distinctly granulated. Setae
vi
,
ve
, and
si
50–60 long; setae
se
and
c
2
20–25 long. Vulvar fold situated 3 times closer to anterior margin of idiosoma than to posterior margin. Leg I and II setation (solenidia in parentheses): tarsi 8(1)–7(1), tibiae 5–5, genua-femora-trochanters 0-0. Leg III with 3 setae 80–90 long, 2 of them situated apically and 1 basally. Additional setae 8 pairs. Legs IV with 25–30 setae, 90–100 long.
MALE. Unknown.
Type
material examined
.
Holotype
female (
OSAL
0083656) and
2 female
paratypes
(
OSAL
0 0 82600, 0082601) from
Cyanocitta cristata
(Linnaeus)
(
Passeriformes
:
Corvidae
) [in skin],
USA
: Florida,
Columbia
Co., O'Leno State Park,
29.92°N
82.58°W
(USGS-GNIS),
10 April 1966
, coll. W.J. Wrenn.
FIGURE 15
.
Anharpyrhynchus elizae
sp. nov
.
, female. A—dorsal view; B—ventral view.
FIGURE 16
.
Anharpyrhynchus
spp, female.
Anharpyrhynchus elizae
sp. nov
.
(A-C from type host, D—from
Colaptes auratus
), A—palp in dorsal view; B—leg I in ventral view; C—leg II in ventral view; D—palpalae in dorsal view.
Anharpyrhynchus monstrosus
(Fritsch)
(E and F): E—palpalae in dorsal view (from
Corvus monedula
); F—palpalae in dorsal view (from
Corvus glandarius
).
Additional material examined
. One female (
OSAL
0083660) from
Cyanocitta stelleri
(Gmelin)
(
Passeriformes
:
Corvidae
) [in skin],
USA
: Colorado, Park Co.,
6km
S of Lake George,
13 July 1947
, coll. R.L. Schultz;
5 females
(
OSAL
0 0 83657, 0 0 83662, 0083665-0083667) from
Colaptes auratus
(Linnaeus)
(
Piciformes
:
Picidae
) [in skin],
USA
: California, Yolo Co., Davis,
38.54°N
121.74°W
(USGS-GNIS),
7 May 1954
, coll. J.R. Douglas.
Holotype
deposition.
OSAL
.
Etymology
. The species name is dedicated to an expert in prostigmatan mites parasitizing birds, Dr. Eliza Glowska (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan,
Poland
).
Differential diagnosis
. This new species is close to
Anharpyrhynchus monstrosus
(
Fritsch, 1954
)
. In females of both species, an articulated segment of legs III is distinctly developed, and bears two apically and one basally situated setae, there are eight pairs of additional setae. These species differ from each other by the following features. In
A. elizae
sp. nov
.
, palpalae
dG
are 1.5 times longer than
dF
and
l”G
, setae
vi
,
ve
, and
si
are 50–60 long and setae
se
and
c2
are 20–25 long, and the setae of legs IV are not strongly thickened, basal width about 3. In
A. monstrosus
, palpalae
dG
and
dF
are subequal and 1.8–2 times longer than
l”G
, setae
vi
,
ve
, and
si
are 25–37 long and setae
se
and
c2
are 14–16 long, and the setae of legs IV are strongly thickened, basal width about 7.