Raphignathus mites from Turkey (Acari: Raphignathidae)
Author
Akyol, Mustafa
Author
Kami
Author
Koç, L
text
Journal of Natural History
2006
2006-08-28
40
17 - 18
1149
1165
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930600869168
journal article
10.1080/00222930600869168
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Raphignathus afyonensis
sp. n.
(
Figure 3
)
Type material
Holotype
female, one
paratype
female and one abnormal female from litter under
Verbascum
sp.,
Kayadanağıl
place,
1300 m
,
B. Karabag
˘,
Bolvadin district
,
Afyonkarahisar
,
Turkey
,
17 December 2004
, leg.
M. Akyol.
Female
Dimensions of
holotype
(measurements in parentheses are variation in
paratypes
): length of body (including gnathosoma) 501 (480–501); length of body excluding gnathosoma 389 (389–421); width 240 (229–240).
Gnathosoma.
Length of gnathosoma 112. Subcapitulum with two pairs of long setae (
n
532,
m
538) and two pairs of pilose adoral setae (
or
122
). Dorsal stylophore with striae. Palp setal formula (from femur to tarsus): 32223+1 claw, 4+1
v
+4 eupathidia.
Dorsum.
Body broadly oval; podosoma with one median and two lateral shields separated by striae; podosoma also with one pair of small shields behind median podosomal shield; opisthosoma with a large opisthosomal shield; dorsal setae simple; median shield bearing three pairs of setae; each lateral shield oval with three pairs of setae, one pair of eyes, and one pair of lyrifissures (
ia
); five pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures on opisthosomal shield (
im
and
ip
); setae
e
well behind anterior margins of opisthosomal shield; setae
h
3
situated on ventral extension of opisthosomal shield; members of lyrifissures (
im
) almost longitudinally in line with lyrifissures (
ia
) and situated on or near anterolateral margin; members of lyrifissures (
ip
) lateral or in front of
f
1
and anterior margin of opisthosomal shield;
d
1
only setae located on small plates on the interscutal membrane; all dorsal shields punctuated but not striated; body surface striated between podosomal and opisthosomal shields. Dimensions of dorsal setae as follows (measurements in parentheses are variations in
paratype
):
υi
527 (24–27),
sci
527 (27),
υe
527 (24–27),
sce
527 (24–27),
c
1522
(22),
c
2524
(22–24),
d
1522
(22–24),
e
1519
(19),
f
1516
(16–19),
h
1516
(13–16),
h
2516
(16),
h
3516
(16–19); distances between setae:
υi–υi
532 (32),
υi–υe
568 (65–68),
υi–sci
549 (41– 49),
υe–υe
5116 (116–119),
υe–sci
530 (30–32),
sci–sci
554 (54–60),
υe–sce
527 (27–32),
sce–sce
5163 (163–176),
sce–c
15116
(108–122),
c
1
–
c
1516
(16–27),
c
1
–
c
2568
(65–68),
c
2
–
c
25108
(106–116),
c
1
–
d
1535
(30–35),
d
1
–
d
1546
(32–46),
d
1
–
e
1541
(38–41),
e
1
–
e
1573
(73–92),
e
1
–
f
1568
(68–76),
f
1
–
f
1554
(54–60),
f
1
–
h
1549
(49),
h
1
–
h
1522
(22),
h
1
–
h
2532
(27–32),
h
2
–
h
2578
(62–78),
h
2
–
h
3522
(11–22),
h
3
–
h
3565
(65–81).
Venter.
With two pairs of coxisternal shields, one pair between coxae I and II, one pair between coxae III and IV; coxisternal shields between coxae III and IV with much larger; venter striated, with three pairs of setae,
ag
522; three pairs of genital setae,
g
15
g
25
g
3516
; genital and coxisternal shields punctuated; one pair of lyrifissures (
ih
) located laterally to genital shield; anal shield with three pairs of setae,
ps
15
ps
25
ps
3519
.
Legs.
Lengths of legs I–IV (from base of femur to tip of tarsal claw) (measurements in parentheses are variations in
paratypes
): 293 (288–293)–240 (213–245)–245 (234–250)– 309 (298–320); setal formulae of legs I–IV: coxae 1
a
+22223
a
+221, trochanters 1212321, femora 6262424, genua 6(
k
)26(
k
)2424, tibiae 7(
WR
,
v
)27(
v
) 26(
v
)25(
v
), tarsi 21(
WR
,
v
)216(
v
)214(
v
)213. Dorsum of coxae I with a minute solenidion (
Figure 3E
) and on venter of coxae I are two pairs of thumb-like structures (
Figure 3F
).
Figure 3.
Raphignathus afyonensis
sp. n.
(female). (A) Dorsal view; (B) ventral view; (C) leg I; (D) palpus; (E) dorsum of coxae I; (F) ventral of coxae I.
Male
Unknown.
Etymology
The species is named after the
type
locality,
Afyonkarahisar
,
Turkey
.
Remarks
This new species is related to
R. protaspus
Khanjanı and Ueckermann
, differing from the latter in: (1) trochanters III with three setae (trochanters III with two setae in
R. protaspus
); (2) tibia I and tibia II with seven setae (tibia I and tibia II with six setae in
R. protaspus
); (3) lyrifissure (
im
) almost longitudinally in line with lyrifissure (
ia
) (lyrifissure (
im
) not longitudinally in line with lyrifissure (
ia
) as in
R. protaspus
); (4) lyrifissure (
ip
) lateral of
f
1
setae (lyrifissure (
ip
) behind lateral of
f
1
in
R. protaspus
).