Five new species of the genus Te t r a Keifer (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from China
Author
Xue, Xiao-Feng
Author
Hong, Xiao-Yue
text
Zootaxa
2005
1067
37
48
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.170236
06f7009f-5e30-4a4c-bc76-b89843b85e0e
11755326
170236
Tetra lobatae
n. sp.
(
Fig. 2
)
Female
: (n = 8) Body fusiform, 215 long, 60 wide, 55 thick; light yellow in color. Gnathosoma 17, projecting obliquely down. Prodorsal shield 33 long, 37 wide; prodorsal shield with somewhat acuminate frontal lobe; median line discontinuous, median, admedian and submedian lines connected by transverse line at basal 1/3, admedian and submedian lines form two large cells, there are granules on lines. Dorsal tubercles on rear shield margin, 21 apart, scapular setae (
sc
) 13 projecting posteriorly. Sternal line present. Coxal area with short lines; anterolateral setae on coxisternum I (
1b
) 8, proximal setae on coxisternum I (
1a
) 10, proximal setae on coxisternum II (
2a
) 30. Legs
I 33
long, femur 10, basiventral femoral setae (
bv
) 12; genu 5 long, antaxial genual setae (
l''
) 20 long; tibia 9, paraxial tibial setae (
l'
) 7, setae located 1/3 from dorsal base; tarsus 6 long; tarsal empodium simple, 7rayed, tarsal solenidion tapered. Legs
II 29
long, femur 9, basiventral femoral setae (
bv
) 11; genu 4 long, antaxial genual setae (
l''
) 7 long; tibia 7; tarsus 6 long; tarsal empodium simple, 7rayed, tarsal solenidion tapered. Dorsal opisthosoma with 41 annuli, with spiny microtubercles ahead of rear annular margins, ventrally with 71 annuli, with spiny microtubercles on rear annular margins. Setae
c2
15 on ventral annulus 10; setae
d
25 on ventral annulus 27; setae
e
15 on ventral annulus 48; setae
f
20 on 5th ventral annulus from rear. Setae
h1
5 long. Female genitalia 12 long, 20 wide, coverflap with 14 longitudinal ridges, proximal setae on coxisternum III (
3a
) 20 long.
Male
: (n = 3) 185 long, 40 wide; genitalia 5 long, 15 wide, proximal setae on coxisternum III (
3a
) 25 long.
Type
data
:
Holotype
, female, from
Pueraria lobata
(Willd.) Ohwi (Leguminosae)
, Baiyun mountain, Song County, Henan Province, P.R.
China
,
18 July 2004
, coll. X.F. Xue.
Paratypes
,
7 females
and
3 males
, with the same data as
holotype
.
Relation to host
: Vagrant on leaf surface. No damage to the host was observed.
Etymology
: Derived from the specific epithet of the
type
host plant,
lobata
.
Note
: This species is similar to
Tetra puerariae
Barké & Davis, 1971
, but can be differentiated by setae
h1
present, dorsal annuli with spiny microtubercles and coxal area with short lines.