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: 42. By
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: 447. By
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Evans, 1963a: 224.
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Prasad, 1968: 130.
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. - Elsen, 1972b: 159;
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<bibRefCitation id="6F57BAEC30145D6B7B0762B15E364C4E" author="Haitlinger, R" journalOrPublisher="Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="361 - 366" refId="B94" refString="Haitlinger, R, 1987a. Kleemannia halongica sp. n., Neocypholaelaps ewae sp. n. and two species of mites (Acari, Mesostigmata, Ameroseiidae) new to the fauna of Viet-Nam. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 57: 361 - 366" title="Kleemannia halongica sp. n., Neocypholaelaps ewae sp. n. and two species of mites (Acari, Mesostigmata, Ameroseiidae) new to the fauna of Viet-Nam." volume="57" year="1987 a">Haitlinger 1987a</bibRefCitation>
: 366;
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<bibRefCitation id="B21C78F517DAA59F7F19B30E7CB629D7" author="Treat, AE" journalOrPublisher="Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B250" refString="Treat, AE, 1975. Mites of Moths and Butterflies. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London" title="Mites of Moths and Butterflies." year="1975">Treat 1975</bibRefCitation>
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<taxonomicName id="58F33314605828886BB42E57C07CC146" authorityName="Haitlinger" authorityYear="1987" class="Arachnida" family="Ameroseiidae" genus="Afrocypholaelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afrocypholaelaps ranomafanaensis" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ranomafanaensis">Afrocypholaelaps ranomafanaensis</taxonomicName>
Haitlinger, 1987b: 531.
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<bibRefCitation id="73A151F20B7D3FFEA07151F0FE91609F" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1071/IT96010" author="Halliday, RB" journalOrPublisher="Invertebrate Taxonomy" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="179 - 201" refId="B103" refString="Halliday, RB, 1997. Revision of the Australian Ameroseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 179 - 201, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/IT96010" title="Revision of the Australian Ameroseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata)." url="https://doi.org/10.1071/IT96010" volume="10" year="1997">Halliday 1997</bibRefCitation>
: 181;
<bibRefCitation id="498E54D2D9C09A4F26A2A4493EE4F5F2" author="Ho, C-C" journalOrPublisher="Formosan Entomologist" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="87 - 97" refId="B106" refString="Ho, C-C, Ma, L-M, Wang, S-C, Severinghaus, LL, 2010. A new species and five new records of Ameroseiidae from Taiwan (Acari: Mesostigmata). Formosan Entomologist 30: 87 - 97" title="A new species and five new records of Ameroseiidae from Taiwan (Acari: Mesostigmata)." volume="30" year="2010">Ho et al. 2010</bibRefCitation>
: 90;
<bibRefCitation id="15368D658EBB6722A887324F1CEAFCEF" DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3666.1.1" author="Narita, JPZ" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 15" refId="B209" refString="Narita, JPZ, Pedelabat, M, Moraes, GJ de, 2013a. A new species of Neocypholaelaps Vitzthum (Acari: Ameroseiidae), with notes on the cheliceral lobes and ventral pore-like structures of mites of this family. Zootaxa 3666: 1 - 15, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3666.1.1" title="A new species of Neocypholaelaps Vitzthum (Acari: Ameroseiidae), with notes on the cheliceral lobes and ventral pore-like structures of mites of this family." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3666.1.1" volume="3666" year="2013 a">Narita et al. 2013a</bibRefCitation>
: 13.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DC3040D81E8E191A4325B1BB91ED0BAE" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="08B0AA76DE198B1B5D5A1A1B3192A331" baseAuthorityName="Prasad" baseAuthorityYear="1968" class="Arachnida" family="Ameroseiidae" genus="Afrocypholaelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afrocypholaelaps lindqusti" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lindqusti">Afrocypholaelaps lindqusti</taxonomicName>
(sic). -
<bibRefCitation id="24CEC58DD2D5BB15C534EFE01F6F7C07" author="Ho, C-C" journalOrPublisher="Formosan Entomologist" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="87 - 97" refId="B106" refString="Ho, C-C, Ma, L-M, Wang, S-C, Severinghaus, LL, 2010. A new species and five new records of Ameroseiidae from Taiwan (Acari: Mesostigmata). Formosan Entomologist 30: 87 - 97" title="A new species and five new records of Ameroseiidae from Taiwan (Acari: Mesostigmata)." volume="30" year="2010">Ho et al. 2010</bibRefCitation>
: 91.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EF91016770FC49C5212C5A274D3EC860" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="D32679F7A31130AAF0DDF790D30ED60A" class="Arachnida" family="Ameroseiidae" genus="Afrocypholaelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afrocypholaelaps analicullus" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="analicullus">Afrocypholaelaps analicullus</taxonomicName>
Ho, Ma, Wang &amp; Severinghaus, 2010: 88.
<emphasis id="4CCB8D03610AE829CD35D21B7801747A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Syn. n.</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="0DBD0682E31B1BA7353B44F9BA0DBA1C" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="type depository">
<paragraph id="BB91FDCED9126C41BE210D08915B5D0D" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type depository.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="56CC0173464848BFC94AEABA1E0B1AD7" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Of
<taxonomicName id="6B162393CF93ECC2E54CF1BC7234D911" authorityName="Evans" authorityYear="1963" class="Arachnida" family="Ameroseiidae" genus="Neocypholaelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Neocypholaelaps africana" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africana">
<emphasis id="E4273D775A5F8987853A0B9B01D69D1E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Neocypholaelaps africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
- British Museum (Natural History), London, United Kingdom; of
<taxonomicName id="9DA4A840C3178863B79A20790C818111" authorityName="Prasad" authorityYear="1968" class="Arachnida" family="Ameroseiidae" genus="Neocypholaelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Neocypholaelaps lindquisti" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lindquisti">
<emphasis id="69592E61663D2B840F610A09366BBC10" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Neocypholaelaps lindquisti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (Hawaii State Museum of Natural and Cultural History), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; British Museum (Natural History), London, United Kingdom; Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Institute of Acarology, Wooster, Ohio, USA; United States National Museum, Washington, D.C., USA; Entomology Department, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, India; of
<taxonomicName id="AC411BD6694BC455865D9582CF2161D7" authorityName="Haitlinger" authorityYear="1987" class="Arachnida" family="Ameroseiidae" genus="Afrocypholaelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afrocypholaelaps ranomafanaensis" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ranomafanaensis">
<emphasis id="0F850DCB30A8245E84895F214982D8E4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Afrocypholaelaps ranomafanaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
- Museum of Natural History,
<normalizedToken id="690DB832253363EBF4A5E9EC2B7C95E2" originalValue="Wrocław">Wroclaw</normalizedToken>
University, Poland; of
<taxonomicName id="15EBDC5B80E0690669869C134C26C210" class="Arachnida" family="Ameroseiidae" genus="Afrocypholaelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afrocypholaelaps analicullus" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="analicullus">
<emphasis id="C67CF8FD0783723A8BD62CC9F0452009" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Afrocypholaelaps analicullus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
- National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="846AC88EB6C4EA8AD825DB8911DA20EE" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="type locality">
<paragraph id="E5519170E3297F2AEEC7C76B7F7E8C98" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type locality and habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="53A359D57EBD2297B6C0C8275CC7FEA6" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Of
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<emphasis id="2FC1DD8A1B8BD1EC64AFF383AA64484F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Neocypholaelaps africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
- Angola, Luanda, on an African stingless bee,
<taxonomicName id="5D03CF51836DA33E63DA16C3CB0149A5" baseAuthorityName="Spinola" baseAuthorityYear="1853" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Meliponula" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meliponula bocandei" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bocandei">
<emphasis id="0C7D06A436E7B7C9D430070572AD724D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Meliponula bocandei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(as
<taxonomicName id="04D5B25AEBD8C6D95ADEA92B9E1162CE" authorityName="Friese" authorityYear="1900" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Trigona" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Trigona tomentosa" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tomentosa">
<emphasis id="D282585B991A12E004AD16B1D7E570EF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Trigona tomentosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (
<taxonomicName id="2A6C6EA42C35488AB7C60C51BD2C8252" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Hymenoptera</taxonomicName>
); of
<taxonomicName id="1D0AB1098DEA60A635996CB14A34496A" authorityName="Prasad" authorityYear="1968" class="Arachnida" family="Ameroseiidae" genus="Neocypholaelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Neocypholaelaps lindquisti" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lindquisti">
<emphasis id="550AB6E68E87D0243B02EB424BC3743F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Neocypholaelaps lindquisti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
- Hawaii, Manoa, Oahu, on a noctuid moth,
<taxonomicName id="6AEE8B100F3F8ADC9B12B45FFBA3497D" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" genus="Achaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Achaea janata" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="janata">
<emphasis id="2B92E7CBE25682C004BEA1AE9FC559E0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Achaea janata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="B8945A2EC5EA6E9DD5BCDCBAE97A0804" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Lepidoptera</taxonomicName>
); of
<taxonomicName id="96A06717C1AAA9B3C9A29A8F803FACCB" authorityName="Haitlinger" authorityYear="1987" class="Arachnida" family="Ameroseiidae" genus="Afrocypholaelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afrocypholaelaps ranomafanaensis" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ranomafanaensis">
<emphasis id="F6BF8532DD763B438C1CA5A9900BAC19" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Afrocypholaelaps ranomafanaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
- Madagascar, Ranomafana, on unidentified butterfly (
<taxonomicName id="5346E6D2D1FA0169C501CD95B60CAB11" authorityName="Elsen" authorityYear="1972" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Lepidoptera</taxonomicName>
); of
<taxonomicName id="937542A95572803AA0E740618A86C45B" class="Arachnida" family="Ameroseiidae" genus="Afrocypholaelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afrocypholaelaps analicullus" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="analicullus">
<emphasis id="F5A05240D4FF68B0715A60468616E304" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Afrocypholaelaps analicullus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
- Taiwan, Chiayi, Fenchihu, on European honey bee,
<taxonomicName id="7A4833597B4A66A37B3EC0DD70CC5A8D" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Apis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Apis mellifera" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mellifera">
<emphasis id="300604030B335AD98EF4C2D39C118F3D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Apis mellifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="36C759C0062853DA10105AC2E528A599" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Hymenoptera</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="BC3F5DF55002E9AB3DA6A0E66C517754" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="0D38010644397979DB51BB2A4680E074" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Comparative material.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2D7A36192D5EE16851C81E0BAB03E435" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<materialsCitation id="47F9DC2203D610472FEC9228416D8F2E" collectingDate="1986-03-19" country="Madagascar" location="Madagascar" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" typeStatus="holotype">
<collectingCountry id="6AE72BE166D9CCDA1AA38B93A2F8663D" name="Madagascar">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
:
<specimenCount id="FA074A1802DD4E9028962869F6402896" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
(MPUV: MP-1291,
<typeStatus id="789A4877B196E292B06F7C7303E3DC23">holotype</typeStatus>
by monotypy) -
<collectingDate id="9A27B88CAB5A79F3CD6798F325A77732" value="1986-03-19">19. 3. 1986</collectingDate>
, Ranomafana,
<taxonomicName id="72C8A58EF1EC47D5247DA67D46896215" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Lepidoptera</taxonomicName>
(labelled
<taxonomicName id="57A9467A6C65BD50FB7EE8563A3B156C" class="Arachnida" family="Ameroseiidae" genus="Afrocypholaelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afrocypholaelaps ranomafanae" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ranomafanae">
<emphasis id="3A1D1075FDDB0C8C60034B72624BB5B3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Afrocypholaelaps ranomafanae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<typeStatus id="301487E88B451A2CC31DC67A70E8627C">holotype</typeStatus>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E232C8481F5FD7CB12EF9CF9C5E76AA4" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="C6E5D7452CD9BF9566F18EA8989712D1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7CAB76ABDC7597C6D071670F8C016432" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
There are some contradictory statements on the leg chaetotaxy of this species in some available papers on the genus
<taxonomicName id="ED2CA35A7F364DCEE632C0B69B28836D" authorityName="Elsen" authorityYear="1972" class="Arachnida" family="Ameroseiidae" genus="Afrocypholaelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afrocypholaelaps" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="83902035683AB3BA6A4CE708496D1D5B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Afrocypholaelaps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The leg chaetotaxy for
<taxonomicName id="3A7EF0C1C14116C6D1473D7B6BD4D821" baseAuthorityName="Evans" baseAuthorityYear="1963" class="Arachnida" family="Ameroseiidae" genus="Afrocypholaelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afrocypholaelaps africanus" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanus">
<emphasis id="5BFC68BF1716C31CD092F747B054754A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Afrocypholaelaps africanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<bibRefCitation id="0B54EF053B5100450F60FAEC00ED21CD" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936308651345" author="Evans, GO" journalOrPublisher="Annals and Magazine of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="209 - 230" refId="B61" refString="Evans, GO, 1963a. The genus Neocypholaelaps Vitzthum (Acari: Mesostigmata). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 (6): 209 - 230, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936308651345" title="The genus Neocypholaelaps Vitzthum (Acari: Mesostigmata)." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936308651345" volume="13" year="1963 a">Evans (1963a)</bibRefCitation>
is incomplete. His figures (1-4, page 211) show the chaetotaxy of
<taxonomicName id="D00A6A851754B142D0664FF411017EC3" authorityName="Vitzthum" authorityYear="1942" class="Arachnida" family="Ameroseiidae" genus="Neocypholaelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Neocypholaelaps" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="94E74A5ED5515127DA2F5C66E6395F6B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Neocypholaelaps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with three ventral setae on femur II, and two anterolateral setae on genu II, tibia II, genu III and tibia III. He then mentioned that
<taxonomicName id="E0C17046E7525136EFF43B32BF61B745" class="Arachnida" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. africanus" order="Ixodida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanus">
<emphasis id="278D01E45AB708726F1A743F64B14051" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. africanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has only one anterolateral seta on genu III and tibia III (page 213, and 225). He did not mention the deficiency of a ventral seta on femur II, and one anterolateral seta on genu II and tibia II.
<bibRefCitation id="7C817442F35D7723446CF276AB80062D" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/61.1.129" author="Prasad, V" journalOrPublisher="Annals of the Entomological Society of America" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="129 - 132" refId="B229" refString="Prasad, V, 1968. Three moth mites (Acarina: Mesostigmata) from Hawaii, with description of a new species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61: 129 - 132, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/61.1.129" title="Three moth mites (Acarina: Mesostigmata) from Hawaii, with description of a new species." url="https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/61.1.129" volume="61" year="1968">Prasad (1968)</bibRefCitation>
misunderstood this. He thought
<taxonomicName id="A34EAC278B933F393DFB6C0513521ECC" class="Arachnida" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. africanus" order="Ixodida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanus">
<emphasis id="3268301DFEA69F3E427502511A4CDF58" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. africanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
had three ventral setae on femur II and two anterolateral setae on genu II and tibia II. That is why he thought
<taxonomicName id="036FC0C2123B366061D89B3203E29D9A" class="Arachnida" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. africanus" order="Ixodida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanus">
<emphasis id="C2C1A03EEE0821E2EA5AE8382826CCA2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. africanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
had more leg setae than the species he then described as
<taxonomicName id="01BDFC4DAA5C8BB36B3B3283602F26A3" baseAuthorityName="Prasad" baseAuthorityYear="1968" class="Arachnida" family="Ameroseiidae" genus="Afrocypholaelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afrocypholaelaps lindquisti" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lindquisti">
<emphasis id="85486988526BF0C0EA57328B3F489A34" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Afrocypholaelaps lindquisti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. These two species actually have the same chaetotaxy, and they are here considered to be conspecific. Later, in his original generic diagnosis of
<taxonomicName id="EB8DDDBC95A700A35B0286BEBDEF15E1" authorityName="Elsen" authorityYear="1972" class="Arachnida" family="Ameroseiidae" genus="Afrocypholaelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afrocypholaelaps" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="F1ECAE5FA81CD7D73A6B79EAE2B7FD13" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Afrocypholaelaps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<bibRefCitation id="28FA9BAADB498C6E437EFF5A0C9DF244" author="Elsen, P" journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="158 - 162" refId="B51" refString="Elsen, P, 1972b. Afrocypholaelaps gen. n., un nouveau genre pour Neocypholaelaps africana Evans, 1963, et redescription de cette espece (Acari: Mesostigmata). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 86: 158 - 162" title="Afrocypholaelaps gen. n., un nouveau genre pour Neocypholaelaps africana Evans, 1963, et redescription de cette espece (Acari: Mesostigmata)." volume="86" year="1972 b">Elsen (1972b)</bibRefCitation>
re-examined the type species
<taxonomicName id="74128B111D3B1BA693D0BF8FFC888461" class="Arachnida" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. africanus" order="Ixodida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanus">
<emphasis id="777E0D56EF64DF7B5AC3E55DCB77D0A0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. africanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, stating the correct number of two ventral setae on femur II, and one anterolateral and one posterolateral seta on genu II and tibia II. This chaetotactic pattern was confirmed also by Halliday (personal communication), who additionally checked his Australian specimens of
<taxonomicName id="18B012F30D36E588B69F29CCB753ABA8" class="Arachnida" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. africanus" order="Ixodida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanus">
<emphasis id="93D6A71139C38A0684866C5DCF633D6F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. africanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, although his previous chaetotactic data (
<bibRefCitation id="E030DDB9D57DCA86D2BCA5BD5D7FA164" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1071/IT96010" author="Halliday, RB" journalOrPublisher="Invertebrate Taxonomy" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="179 - 201" refId="B103" refString="Halliday, RB, 1997. Revision of the Australian Ameroseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 179 - 201, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/IT96010" title="Revision of the Australian Ameroseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata)." url="https://doi.org/10.1071/IT96010" volume="10" year="1997">Halliday 1997</bibRefCitation>
) showed the same misinterpretation of
<bibRefCitation id="636338E3D48EC9729BFD5691C3CC2DCF" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/61.1.129" author="Prasad, V" journalOrPublisher="Annals of the Entomological Society of America" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="129 - 132" refId="B229" refString="Prasad, V, 1968. Three moth mites (Acarina: Mesostigmata) from Hawaii, with description of a new species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61: 129 - 132, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/61.1.129" title="Three moth mites (Acarina: Mesostigmata) from Hawaii, with description of a new species." url="https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/61.1.129" volume="61" year="1968">Prasad (1968)</bibRefCitation>
and
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.
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<emphasis id="6F7669F6463A6C865585E81D2C8A26E8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Afrocypholaelaps ranomafanaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was quite briefly and inadequately described on the basis of the single female specimen by
<bibRefCitation id="2E64DEFC839AAEED10C92AD4D0CD9067" author="Haitlinger, R" journalOrPublisher="Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="531 - 533" refId="B95" refString="Haitlinger, R, 1987b. Afrocypholaelaps ranomafanaensis sp. n. (Acari, Mesostigmata, Ameroseiidae) from butterfly from Madagascar. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 57: 531 - 533" title="Afrocypholaelaps ranomafanaensis sp. n. (Acari, Mesostigmata, Ameroseiidae) from butterfly from Madagascar." volume="57" year="1987 b">Haitlinger (1987b)</bibRefCitation>
, and his description needs various amendments because it contains several morphological features inconsistent with
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<emphasis id="E6894339A7D3FA251E7E85EDC205274A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Afrocypholaelaps</emphasis>
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(dorsal shield with 28 instead of 29 pairs of setae, soft integument with four instead of six pairs of opisthogastric setae, st3 on soft integument instead of on small shields). The only further differences to the other congeners of
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that he noted were the relatively larger dorsal shield (488
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280 vs 350-436
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216-279
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respectively) and the shields situated on ventral surface (sternal shield 120
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90 vs 68-84
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68-78
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, epigynal shield 134
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86 vs 100-173
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53-60
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, and anal shield 84
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92 vs 52-69
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62-78
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) in his own specimen from Madagascar. I examined the holotype specimens of
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<emphasis id="2FFA5565973BBC0F0B7C045299D4651C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. ranomafanaensis</emphasis>
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and found no important morphological differences with specimens described by various authors under the name
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<emphasis id="4E5B7E895501D0EA5AB1561B1709793A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Afrocypholaelaps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="78AB82DA552A0A8C26C4638B835B8C13" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936308651345" author="Evans, GO" journalOrPublisher="Annals and Magazine of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="209 - 230" refId="B61" refString="Evans, GO, 1963a. The genus Neocypholaelaps Vitzthum (Acari: Mesostigmata). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 (6): 209 - 230, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936308651345" title="The genus Neocypholaelaps Vitzthum (Acari: Mesostigmata)." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936308651345" volume="13" year="1963 a">Evans 1963a</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="CAFC6BB023FDE49254C20B2B226D3CA5" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/61.1.129" author="Prasad, V" journalOrPublisher="Annals of the Entomological Society of America" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="129 - 132" refId="B229" refString="Prasad, V, 1968. Three moth mites (Acarina: Mesostigmata) from Hawaii, with description of a new species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61: 129 - 132, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/61.1.129" title="Three moth mites (Acarina: Mesostigmata) from Hawaii, with description of a new species." url="https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/61.1.129" volume="61" year="1968">Prasad 1968</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="DE69A017E5F9D5716ACDCEF552B8504F" author="Elsen, P" journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="158 - 162" refId="B51" refString="Elsen, P, 1972b. Afrocypholaelaps gen. n., un nouveau genre pour Neocypholaelaps africana Evans, 1963, et redescription de cette espece (Acari: Mesostigmata). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 86: 158 - 162" title="Afrocypholaelaps gen. n., un nouveau genre pour Neocypholaelaps africana Evans, 1963, et redescription de cette espece (Acari: Mesostigmata)." volume="86" year="1972 b">Elsen 1972b</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="02C77794AFC752D047C186882D89C0FA" author="Domrow, R" journalOrPublisher="Records of the Western Australian Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="97 - 116" refId="B45" refString="Domrow, R, 1979. Ascid and ameroseiid mites phoretic on Australian mammals and birds. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8: 97 - 116" title="Ascid and ameroseiid mites phoretic on Australian mammals and birds." volume="8" year="1979">Domrow 1979</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="0D33591EC6B761EC4EED681FFF57653B" author="Ishikawa, K" journalOrPublisher="Reports of Research Matsuyama Shinonome Junior College" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="107 - 120" refId="B118" refString="Ishikawa, K, 1979. Studies on some mesostigmatid mites (Acarina) from the Japanese Archipelago. Reports of Research Matsuyama Shinonome Junior College 10: 107 - 120" title="Studies on some mesostigmatid mites (Acarina) from the Japanese Archipelago." volume="10" year="1979">Ishikawa 1979</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="E66773D894E0E9BDB5897A388B2A588F" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1995.tb01277.x" author="Seeman, OD" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the Australian Entomological Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="45 - 50" refId="B240" refString="Seeman, OD, Walter, DE, 1995. Observations on Afrocypholaelaps africana (Evans) (Acarina: Ameroseiidae), a mite inhabiting mangrove flowers and phoretic on honeybees. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 34: 45 - 50, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1995.tb01277.x" title="Observations on Afrocypholaelaps africana (Evans) (Acarina: Ameroseiidae), a mite inhabiting mangrove flowers and phoretic on honeybees." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1995.tb01277.x" volume="34" year="1995">Seeman and Walter 1995</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="999455ED21FD21885D3103E5273C2878" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1071/IT96010" author="Halliday, RB" journalOrPublisher="Invertebrate Taxonomy" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="179 - 201" refId="B103" refString="Halliday, RB, 1997. Revision of the Australian Ameroseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 179 - 201, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/IT96010" title="Revision of the Australian Ameroseiidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata)." url="https://doi.org/10.1071/IT96010" volume="10" year="1997">Halliday 1997</bibRefCitation>
, and
<bibRefCitation id="0CBF328FCA1BFCCC8467ECBE8BE0C783" author="Ho, C-C" journalOrPublisher="Formosan Entomologist" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="87 - 97" refId="B106" refString="Ho, C-C, Ma, L-M, Wang, S-C, Severinghaus, LL, 2010. A new species and five new records of Ameroseiidae from Taiwan (Acari: Mesostigmata). Formosan Entomologist 30: 87 - 97" title="A new species and five new records of Ameroseiidae from Taiwan (Acari: Mesostigmata)." volume="30" year="2010">Ho et al. 2010</bibRefCitation>
). Despite the fact that the holotype is not in perfect condition for observation, I could detect full complement of 29 pairs of dorsal shield setae typical of
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<emphasis id="B0F49667D6FC6834F33573A3DB6FBF36" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Afrocypholaelaps</emphasis>
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. Setae s1 and s2 are asymmetrically expressed in right side of the dorsal shield, as their bases are markedly adjacent each other. Dorsal setae are quite short and similar in length (anterior and marginal dorsal setae 12-14
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, posteriormost dorsal setae 10-12
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, Z5 11
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), with otherwise position and relative length as in original illustration. Posteroventral region possesses the complete set of four pairs of slightly asymmetrically situated opisthogastric setae (JV1-JV3, ZV2) of which left JV2 displaced somewhat posteriorly and left JV3 abnormally placed on anal shield. Remaining two pairs of opisthogastric setae can be found on dorsal marginal surface, but I have detected only two of them (JV4, JV5) on the left side of the holotype. Ventrally placed setae clearly longer than those on dorsum (JV1 27-29
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; JV2, JV3 and ZV2 16-23
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). Setae st3 inserted on very small suboval pseudo-metasternal platelets. Anal shield not regularly rounded, but with posterior portion slightly expanded. I have checked the size of the all above mentioned shields, and can report holotype specimen with lower values for these measurements: dorsal shield 488
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280 vs 428
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248
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respectively, sternal shield 120
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90 vs 74
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77,5
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(at the level of st2), width of epigynal shield 86 vs 80 or 69 (at the level of genital setae), and anal shield 84
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92 vs 78
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89
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. I believe that slight differences in size of scutal structures and setal length, found in different world populations of
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and documented by various above cited authors can be interpreted as variation within a widespread species.
<bibRefCitation id="3B8F997A158E625BFC23D24DD6F0C9E5" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1995.tb01277.x" author="Seeman, OD" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the Australian Entomological Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="45 - 50" refId="B240" refString="Seeman, OD, Walter, DE, 1995. Observations on Afrocypholaelaps africana (Evans) (Acarina: Ameroseiidae), a mite inhabiting mangrove flowers and phoretic on honeybees. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 34: 45 - 50, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1995.tb01277.x" title="Observations on Afrocypholaelaps africana (Evans) (Acarina: Ameroseiidae), a mite inhabiting mangrove flowers and phoretic on honeybees." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1995.tb01277.x" volume="34" year="1995">Seeman and Walter (1995)</bibRefCitation>
examined the holotype and paratype of
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and a rich material of the specimens from Australia, finding no morphological differences between them. I believe that also
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<emphasis id="B67EA2AB650C8E0B79DC263B7BBA2272" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. ranomafanaensis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="22D95F8745C14B2BD6673CED5455F500" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. africanus</emphasis>
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cannot be distinguished morphologically, and are considered here to be conspecific.
</paragraph>
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was characterised by the features of hypostome, anal shield and adjacent soft integument (
<bibRefCitation id="9C1A306835AC40B6CB2985813A15DBF5" author="Ho, C-C" journalOrPublisher="Formosan Entomologist" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="87 - 97" refId="B106" refString="Ho, C-C, Ma, L-M, Wang, S-C, Severinghaus, LL, 2010. A new species and five new records of Ameroseiidae from Taiwan (Acari: Mesostigmata). Formosan Entomologist 30: 87 - 97" title="A new species and five new records of Ameroseiidae from Taiwan (Acari: Mesostigmata)." volume="30" year="2010">Ho et al. 2010</bibRefCitation>
), and introduced as a species closely related with
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<emphasis id="B857B6A8FD79AF43D63EF4A62C81BA7F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Afrocypholaelaps lindquisti</emphasis>
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. The most important diagnostic characters of
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were mentioned to be (1) setae h2 and h3 similar in length; (2) ventral hypostome with five short rows of denticles on each side; (3) anal shield expanded posteriorly, with V-shaped cribrum; (4) setae JV4 and JV5 inserted close to the anal shield; in
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<emphasis id="C61A338FED8287A434AC07159610C559" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. lindquisti</emphasis>
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, these characteristics were mentioned as (1) setae h2 longer than h3; (2) ventral hypostome with one short and two long rows of denticles; (3) anal shield rounded, with U-shaped cribrum; (4) setae JV4 and JV5 distant from the anal shield. Undoubtedly,
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interpretation of
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<emphasis id="BC012FA9EE8454301A983071904666B8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. lindquisti</emphasis>
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was based on the original descriptions and illustrations, and not on study of the type material. The above enumerated distinguishing characters do not provide a useful basis for establishment of a new species, so I relegate
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into synonymy with
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<emphasis id="791FD58A4AF271CEB298A6D9F17A8E39" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Afrocypholaelaps africanus</emphasis>
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. For example, the position of JV4 and JV5, and their distance from the anal shield, depends on an expansion of soft integument. The soft integument is well striated in
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, and it could conceivably increase its surface considerably in gravid females, as it is originally depicted in
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<emphasis id="54BA0374E79C8427DBB1D0CFBBF56602" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. lindquisti</emphasis>
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by
<bibRefCitation id="84A99E42D737E181F3EC9C21DFFE8515" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/61.1.129" author="Prasad, V" journalOrPublisher="Annals of the Entomological Society of America" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="129 - 132" refId="B229" refString="Prasad, V, 1968. Three moth mites (Acarina: Mesostigmata) from Hawaii, with description of a new species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61: 129 - 132, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/61.1.129" title="Three moth mites (Acarina: Mesostigmata) from Hawaii, with description of a new species." url="https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/61.1.129" volume="61" year="1968">Prasad (1968)</bibRefCitation>
. Also anal shield may vary in size and shape, as documented in
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<emphasis id="AD31862C89B0E76C17293EC9F1BB0B03" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. africanus</emphasis>
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by illustrations of
<bibRefCitation id="D6429210CBC7C4FE0ECD19DE4CC9D29C" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936308651345" author="Evans, GO" journalOrPublisher="Annals and Magazine of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="209 - 230" refId="B61" refString="Evans, GO, 1963a. The genus Neocypholaelaps Vitzthum (Acari: Mesostigmata). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 (6): 209 - 230, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936308651345" title="The genus Neocypholaelaps Vitzthum (Acari: Mesostigmata)." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936308651345" volume="13" year="1963 a">Evans (1963a)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="CBD392C71362B310BBF79D80FD22E68D" author="Ishikawa, K" journalOrPublisher="Reports of Research Matsuyama Shinonome Junior College" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="107 - 120" refId="B118" refString="Ishikawa, K, 1979. Studies on some mesostigmatid mites (Acarina) from the Japanese Archipelago. Reports of Research Matsuyama Shinonome Junior College 10: 107 - 120" title="Studies on some mesostigmatid mites (Acarina) from the Japanese Archipelago." volume="10" year="1979">Ishikawa (1979)</bibRefCitation>
. Except for the leg chaetotaxy, the only reliable difference between
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and other two species,
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<emphasis id="E579AFCBECC536D3C7FDB9EB2833354A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. lindquisti</emphasis>
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and
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, appeared the number of serrated setae on the posteriormost surface of the dorsal shield.
<bibRefCitation id="3CB2605D4254A6D9FA65560455C2F892" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936308651345" author="Evans, GO" journalOrPublisher="Annals and Magazine of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="209 - 230" refId="B61" refString="Evans, GO, 1963a. The genus Neocypholaelaps Vitzthum (Acari: Mesostigmata). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 (6): 209 - 230, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936308651345" title="The genus Neocypholaelaps Vitzthum (Acari: Mesostigmata)." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936308651345" volume="13" year="1963 a">Evans (1963a)</bibRefCitation>
stated three pairs of serrate setae in
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<emphasis id="C2D7BF957DF23C377196DAF4CADFFD95" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. africanus</emphasis>
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, whereas
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and
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reported six pairs of such setae for
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<emphasis id="28C3F47374B53BAED5950E58AC5E45AD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. lindquisti</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="98967640550992479B500C5216A2E5FF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. analicullus</emphasis>
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, respectively. But according to
<bibRefCitation id="C9AC7E83AAE3C0BBB5CA1A381375389A" author="Elsen, P" journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="158 - 162" refId="B51" refString="Elsen, P, 1972b. Afrocypholaelaps gen. n., un nouveau genre pour Neocypholaelaps africana Evans, 1963, et redescription de cette espece (Acari: Mesostigmata). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 86: 158 - 162" title="Afrocypholaelaps gen. n., un nouveau genre pour Neocypholaelaps africana Evans, 1963, et redescription de cette espece (Acari: Mesostigmata)." volume="86" year="1972 b">Elsen (1972b)</bibRefCitation>
, the former species actually has the same number of serrate posterior setae as the two latter ones.
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