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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="128344918" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:1B2E5D72-E272-4867-BE09-58C7EB727B46" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/14C22ADE2B76E8BC04EAA320C9A5015F" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="56" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/1B2E5D72-E272-4867-BE09-58C7EB727B46" class="Arachnida" family="Scheloribatidae" genus="Paraleius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraleius leahae" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leahae">Paraleius leahae</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="2" pageNumber="53">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="53" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="53">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="53">
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Type material. Holotype: adult female (vial CNC649357) on
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Hylastes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hylastes porculus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="porculus">Hylastes porculus</taxonomicName>
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(female) collected in Westfield, Nova Scotia, Canada (44.40316, -64.97473), 28.v.2009, coll: W. Knee.
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</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="2" pageNumber="53">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="53">
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Figure 1. Female
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Hemileiidae" genus="Paraleius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraleius leahae" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leahae">Paraleius leahae</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. dorsal view, legs omitted.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="53">
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Paratypes (20): one female (vial CNC649359) with the same collection information as the holotype; female (vial CNC649361) on
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<taxonomicName lsidName="H. porculus" pageId="2" pageNumber="53" rank="species" species="porculus">H. porculus</taxonomicName>
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(male), St. Stephen, Highway 1, New Brunswick (45.22321, -67.15371), 15.vi.2009, coll: W. Knee; female (vial CNC649362) on
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<taxonomicName lsidName="H. porculus" pageId="2" pageNumber="53" rank="species" species="porculus">H. porculus</taxonomicName>
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(male), Bayside, Route 127, New Brunswick (45.20539, -67.14034), 15.vi.2009, coll: W. Knee; male (vial CNC649363) on
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<taxonomicName lsidName="H. porculus" pageId="2" pageNumber="53" rank="species" species="porculus">H. porculus</taxonomicName>
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(female), Turner and Turner Mill, West Northfield, Nova Scotia, 1.vi.2009, coll: W. Knee; two females and two males (slides CNC649365-649368) on
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<taxonomicName lsidName="H. porculus" pageId="2" pageNumber="53" rank="species" species="porculus">H. porculus</taxonomicName>
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, Algonquin Provincial Park (PP), Ontario (45.902, -77.605), 17.vi.2008, coll: W. Knee; one female and three males (slides CNC649371-649374) on
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<taxonomicName lsidName="H. porculus" pageId="2" pageNumber="53" rank="species" species="porculus">H. porculus</taxonomicName>
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, Algonquin PP, Ontario (45.902, -77.605), 3.vi.2008, coll: W. Knee; two females (slides CNC649375, CNC649376) on
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Dendroctonus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Dendroctonus valens" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="valens">Dendroctonus valens</taxonomicName>
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, Algonquin PP, Ontario (45.895, -78.071), 3.vi.2008, coll: W. Knee; three females and three males (slides CNC649378-649383) on
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<taxonomicName lsidName="D. valens" pageId="2" pageNumber="53" rank="species" species="valens">D. valens</taxonomicName>
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, Algonquin PP, Ontario (45.895, -78.071), 28.v.2008, coll: W. Knee.
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</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="2" pageNumber="53">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="53">
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Figure 2. Female
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Hemileiidae" genus="Paraleius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraleius leahae" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leahae">Paraleius leahae</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. ventral view, legs omitted.
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<subSubSection pageId="3" pageNumber="54" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="54">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="3" pageNumber="54" start="start">Other</pageBreakToken>
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material.
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="54">
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67 slide mounted specimens from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="D. valens" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" rank="species" species="valens">D. valens</taxonomicName>
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, and 22 from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="H. porculus" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" rank="species" species="porculus">H. porculus</taxonomicName>
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collected in Algonquin PP, Ontario (45.895, -78.071), 2008-2009, coll: W. Knee; one slide mounted specimen from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="D. valens" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" rank="species" species="valens">D. valens</taxonomicName>
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, and 70 from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="H. porculus" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" rank="species" species="porculus">H. porculus</taxonomicName>
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collected in Algonquin PP, Ontario (45.902, -77.605), 2008-2009, coll: W. Knee.
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</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="3" pageNumber="54">
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="54">
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Figure 3. Female
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Hemileiidae" genus="Paraleius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraleius leahae" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leahae">Paraleius leahae</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. lateral view, legs and gnathosoma omitted.
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<subSubSection pageId="3" pageNumber="54" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Diagnosis adult.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="54">
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As for
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Hemileiidae" genus="Paraleius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraleius" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Paraleius</taxonomicName>
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(see above). Bothridial seta long and fusiform, covered with numerous spicules; carina kf present; tarsi monodactylous with prominent sickle shaped strongly hooked claw; solenidia of tibiae III and IV not microcephalic. Immatures unknown.
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<caption pageId="3" pageNumber="54">
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="54">
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Figure 4. Female
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Hemileiidae" genus="Paraleius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraleius leahae" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leahae">Paraleius leahae</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. photomicrograph of lateral view (DIC illumination), arrow indicating cuticular microtubercles.
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Measurements. Total length female (n = 4) 453 (432-464), male (n = 7) 430 (423-440). Total width female (n = 4) 277 (255-296), male (n = 7) 274 (258-295).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Integument. Body cuticle red-brown. Notogastral surface and venter appear smooth, but with fine granulate structure at higher magnification (100x). Small microtubercles on epimeral surface (Fig. 4). Small microtubercles medially on subcapitulum between h setae.</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="3" pageNumber="54">
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="54">
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Figure 5. Female
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Hemileiidae" genus="Paraleius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraleius leahae" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leahae">Paraleius leahae</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. A ventral view of subcapitulum B chelicerae, paraxial view.
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Prodorsum (Figs 1, 3). Lamella narrow, about 63 long. Prolamella narrow, extending from base of seta le to slightly anterior to ro, about 47 long. All prodorsal setae long, thickened, attenuate, barbed, reaching beyond rostrum; ro 78 (63-85) and le 95 (91-102) directed anteriorly, in 127 (121-137) directed anterodorsally. Mutual distance of setal pairs ro, le, and in ~53, 54, and 56 respectively. Bothridial seta long 85 (79-89), fusiform, directed anterolaterally, spicules conspicuous on head and minute along stalk. Seta ex medium sized 55 (52-59) thick, attenuate and barbed.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Lateral aspect of podosoma (Figs 3, 4). Carina kf present. As for other scheloribatids pedotectum I large, visible from dorsal aspect. Pedotectum II smaller and less visible than pedotectum I. Circumpedal carina weakly curved, extending slightly posterior of acetabulum IV. Sublamellar porose area Al present. Humeral porose organ Ah (~14 length, 11 width) expressed as saccule. Gland opening z ventral to ex.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Notogaster (Figs 1, 3). Longer than wide, ratio approximately 1.3:1. Dorsophragma (D) small, oval, approximately 8 wide. Ten pairs of medium sized notogastral setae 29 (19-38), setiform, smooth. Four pairs of saccules present: Sa largest (~9 diameter of saccule), located lateral to seta la; S1 (~7) lateral to lp; S2 (~6) posterolateral to h3; S3 (~6) posterior to h1. Lyrifissure ia posterolateral of seta c2; im posterolateral of lm; ih anterolateral to p3; ips posterolateral to p3; ip lateral to p1. Opisthonotal gland opening (gla) posterior of lyrifissure im.</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="3" pageNumber="54">
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="54">
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Figure 6. Female
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Hemileiidae" genus="Paraleius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraleius leahae" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leahae">Paraleius leahae</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. legs; legs I, II paraxial view, legs III, IV antiaxial view.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Venter (Figs 2, 3). Epimeral setal formula 3-1-3-3. All epimeral setae setiform and slightly barbed except for smooth setae 2b, 4a, and 4b. Setal lengths as follows: 1a, 1b, 1c ~26, 30, 25, respectively; 2a, 3a, 3b, 3c ~ 29, 28, 26, 26; and 4a, 4b, 4c ~ 18, 22, 24. Shallow sternal groove present, approximately 69 long. Genital plates nearly as wide as long, genital plates of female slightly larger than those of male; length to width in females 61x58 and in males 55x51. Four pairs of simple setiform genital setae 14-21 long. Single pair of simple setiform aggenital setae (19), three pairs of simple setiform adanal setae ad1, ad2, ad3 ~24, 26, 27, and two pairs of simple setiform anal setae (23). Lyrifissure iad very close to anal plates, about midway between levels of setae ad2 and ad3.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="55">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="4" pageNumber="55" start="start">Gnathosoma</pageBreakToken>
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(Fig. 5). Subcapitulum wider than long; porose region on rutelli. Subcapitular setae setiform, barbed, h (32), m (18), a (18). Adoral setae (or1, or2) thin and barbed. Palp with setation 0-2-1-3-9(1), palpal solenidion
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<normalizedToken originalValue="ω">ω</normalizedToken>
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and seta acm fused (~9), slightly curved near tip. Postpalpal setae (ep) simple, smooth and rounded. Chelicera 108 long, setae attenuate barbed; cha (44), chb (18),
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Trägårdh’s">Traegardh's</normalizedToken>
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organ (Tg) elongate triangular, rounded distally.
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<paragraph lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="56" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">
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Legs (Fig. 6; Table 1). All tarsi monodactylous with prominent sickle shaped strongly hooked claw, claw surface smooth except for small bump along inner margin. Large porose areas present on femora
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<normalizedToken originalValue="I–IV">I-IV</normalizedToken>
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, and on trochanters III and IV. Ventral porose region present distally on tibiae
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<normalizedToken originalValue="I–IV">I-IV</normalizedToken>
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and proximally on tarsi
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<normalizedToken originalValue="I–IV">I-IV</normalizedToken>
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; dorsal porose area present distally on tarsi
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<normalizedToken originalValue="I–IV">I-IV</normalizedToken>
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. Setal formula same as
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. leontonycha" pageId="4" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="leontonycha">P. leontonycha</taxonomicName>
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. Leg setation (solenidia) of leg I: 1
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<normalizedToken originalValue="–5–3(1)–4(2)–">-5-3(1)-4(2)-</normalizedToken>
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19(2); II: 1
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<normalizedToken originalValue="–5–2(1)–4(1)–">-5-2(1)-4(1)-</normalizedToken>
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15(2); III: 2
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<normalizedToken originalValue="–3–1(1)–3(1)–">-3-1(1)-3(1)-</normalizedToken>
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15; IV: 1
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<normalizedToken originalValue="–2–2–3(1)–">-2-2-3(1)-</normalizedToken>
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12 (Table 1). All setae on trochanters and genua
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<normalizedToken originalValue="I–IV">I-IV</normalizedToken>
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barbed. Seta
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<normalizedToken originalValue="l’">l'</normalizedToken>
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on tibiae I, II barbed, all other setae on tibiae and tarsi
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<normalizedToken originalValue="I–IV">I-IV</normalizedToken>
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with large barbs on one side, ventral setae with noticeably longer barbs than dorsal setae. Eupathidia p of tarsus I (~27), setae p of tarsi
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<normalizedToken originalValue="II–IV">II-IV</normalizedToken>
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and u of tarsi
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<normalizedToken originalValue="I–IV">I-IV</normalizedToken>
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with slight barbs unilaterally on ventral side. Famulus (8) short and blunt distally. Solenidia
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<normalizedToken originalValue="ω">ω</normalizedToken>
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1 on tarsus I baculiform,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="ω">ω</normalizedToken>
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1 and
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<normalizedToken originalValue="ω">ω</normalizedToken>
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2 on tarsus II ceratiform, all other solenidia piliform.
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<pageBreakToken pageId="5" pageNumber="56" start="start">Solenidia</pageBreakToken>
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of tibiae III and IV not microcephalic. Bases of solenidia
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<normalizedToken originalValue="ω">ω</normalizedToken>
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1 and
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<normalizedToken originalValue="ω">ω</normalizedToken>
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2 on tarsus I positioned very close together.
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<caption ID-Table-UUID="F4733EA5B7D8659DA126C72770CCC3AC" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/F4733EA5B7D8659DA126C72770CCC3AC" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="56">
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Table 1. Leg setation and solenidia of adult
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Hemileiidae" genus="Paraleius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraleius leahae" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leahae">Paraleius leahae</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., single prime (') indicates setae on anterior and double prime (") setae on posterior, seta in parenthesis indicates the presence of both setae.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<th colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">Leg</th>
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<th colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">Trochanter</th>
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<th colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">Femur</th>
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<th colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">Genu</th>
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<th colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">Tibia</th>
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<th colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">Tarsus</th>
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</tr>
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<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="56">
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<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">I</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">v</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">d(l)vbv</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">(l)v</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">(l)(v)12</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">(ft)pl(tc)(it)(p)(u)(a)s(pv)(v)12</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">II</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">v</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">d(l)vbv</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">(l)</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">(l)(v)</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">(ft)(tc)(it)(p)(u)(a)s(pv)12</td>
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</tr>
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<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="56">
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<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">III</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">dl</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">dlev</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">l</td>
|
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<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">l(v)</td>
|
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<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">(ft)(tc)(it)(p)(u)(a)s(pv)</td>
|
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</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="5" pageNumber="56">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">IV</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">v</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">dev</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">dl</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">l(v)</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rowspan="1">ft(tc)(p)(u)(a)s(pv)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="56">Gender differences. No sexual dimorphism exists in external morphology, except for males being slightly smaller than females, their genital plates being slightly smaller proportionally than in females, and in the typical genitalic differences.</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="56">
|
||
Genetics. There are no other sequences of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Hemileiidae" genus="Paraleius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraleius" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Paraleius</taxonomicName>
|
||
or
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Oribatulidae" genus="Metaleius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metaleius" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Metaleius</taxonomicName>
|
||
on GenBank; however, GenBank blast searches of the COI sequence (KY402259) of
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. leahae" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rank="species" species="leahae">P. leahae</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. n. generally matches that of other poronotic brachypyline oribatid mites. Further analysis was not performed.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="56" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="56">Etymology.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="56">This species is named after my wife and tireless supporter Leah Harper.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="56" type="remarks">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="56">Remarks.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="56">
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Hemileiidae" genus="Paraleius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraleius leahae" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leahae">Paraleius leahae</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. n. is most similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. leontonycha" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rank="species" species="leontonycha">P. leontonycha</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Trave, J" journalOrPublisher="Vie et Milieu" pageId="8" pageNumber="59" pagination="209 - 232" title="Contribution a l'etude de la faune de la Massane (3 e note). Oribates (Acariens) 2 e partie." volume="11" year="1960">
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="Travé">Trave</normalizedToken>
|
||
1960
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Wunderle, I" journalOrPublisher="Andrias" pageId="8" pageNumber="59" pagination="15 - 60" title="Ein Beitrag zur taxonomie und Oekologie der Oribatulidae und Scheloribatidae (Acari, Oribatei) in Suedwestdeutschland." volume="7" year="1990">Wunderle et al. 1990</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), which has been collected from under tree bark, in the galleries of bark beetles, and is phoretic on numerous species of bark beetles (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Vitzthum, H" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Jahrbuecher, Abteilung fuer Systematik, Oekologie und Geographie der Tiere" pageId="8" pageNumber="59" pagination="407 - 503" title="Acari als commensalen von ipiden (der acarologischen beobachtungen 11. reihe)." volume="52" year="1926">Vitzthum 1926</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Wunderle, I" journalOrPublisher="Andrias" pageId="8" pageNumber="59" pagination="15 - 60" title="Ein Beitrag zur taxonomie und Oekologie der Oribatulidae und Scheloribatidae (Acari, Oribatei) in Suedwestdeutschland." volume="7" year="1990">Wunderle et al. 1990</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Knee, W" journalOrPublisher="Annals of the Entomological Society of America" pageId="7" pageNumber="58" pagination="339 - 350" title="Diversity and host use of mites (Acari: Mesostigmata, Oribatida) phoretic on bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytinae): global generalists, local specialists?" url="https://doi.org/10.1603/AN12092" volume="106" year="2013">Knee et al. 2013</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Hemileiidae" genus="Paraleius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraleius leahae" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leahae">Paraleius leahae</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. n. differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. leontonycha" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rank="species" species="leontonycha">P. leontonycha</taxonomicName>
|
||
by having a long fusiform bothridium; monodactylous tarsi; presence of carina kf; solenidia of tibiae III and IV not microcephalic.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="56">
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Hemileiidae" genus="Paraleius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraleius leahae" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leahae">Paraleius leahae</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. n. differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P." pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rank="genus">P.</taxonomicName>
|
||
(=
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Oribatulidae" genus="Metaleius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metaleius" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Metaleius</taxonomicName>
|
||
)
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Pilidiophora" family="Lineidae" genus="Acari" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acari strenzkei" order="Heteronemertea" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" phylum="Nemertea" rank="species" species="strenzkei">strenzkei</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having a long fusiform bothridial seta; monodactylous tarsi, medial claw large and strongly hooked; carina kf present; total length (432-464) of
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. leahae" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rank="species" species="leahae">P. leahae</taxonomicName>
|
||
females greater than
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. strenzkei" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rank="species" species="strenzkei">P. strenzkei</taxonomicName>
|
||
(310-360) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Trave, J" journalOrPublisher="Vie et Milieu" pageId="8" pageNumber="59" pagination="209 - 232" title="Contribution a l'etude de la faune de la Massane (3 e note). Oribates (Acariens) 2 e partie." volume="11" year="1960">
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="Travé">Trave</normalizedToken>
|
||
1960
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="56">
|
||
According to
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Grandjean, F" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin du Museum (2 e serie)" pageId="7" pageNumber="58" pagination="359 - 366" title="Observations sur les Oribates (40 e serie)" volume="31" year="1959">Grandjean (1959)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
microcephalic solenidia are found only in arboricolous or saxicolous species.
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Hemileiidae" genus="Paraleius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraleius leontonycha" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leontonycha">Paraleius leontonycha</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. leahae" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rank="species" species="leahae">P. leahae</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. n. and
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. strenzkei" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rank="species" species="strenzkei">P. strenzkei</taxonomicName>
|
||
are arboricolous species, the former has microcephalic solenidia and the latter two species lack this feature. The tips of solenidia on tibiae III and IV are delicate and prone to breakage, so it is possible that they are microcephalic in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. leahae" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rank="species" species="leahae">P. leahae</taxonomicName>
|
||
; however, I examined more than 100 specimens without finding microcephalic tips.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |