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<taxonomicName id="EFF6E188124A050C47A5F9B5FE8F9CE1" ID-CoL="ZRH2" box="[151,375,1639,1665]" class="Arachnida" family="Crotoniidae" genus="Crotonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gorgonia" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="1A824619124A050C47A5F9B5FE8F9CE1" bold="true" box="[151,375,1639,1665]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Crotonia gorgonia</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="B0CD868E124A050C47ADF958FEF79CC4" box="[159,271,1674,1700]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 1" captionStart-1="FIGURE 2" captionStart-2="FIGURE 3" captionStartId-0="2.[151,255,1821,1845]" captionStartId-1="3.[151,255,1913,1937]" captionStartId-2="4.[151,255,1983,2007]" captionTargetBox-0="[154,1436,426,1785]" captionTargetBox-1="[153,1431,760,1877]" captionTargetBox-2="[182,1429,626,1954]" captionTargetId-0="figure@2.[150,1437,410,1800]" captionTargetId-1="figure@3.[151,1436,733,1918]" captionTargetId-2="figure@4.[155,1432,606,1972]" captionTargetPageId-0="2" captionTargetPageId-1="3" captionTargetPageId-2="4" captionText-0="FIGURE 1. Crotonia gorgonia sp. nov. dorsal a) holotype female; b) paratype male." captionText-1="FIGURE 2. Crotonia gorgonia sp. nov. ventral a) holotype female; b) paratype male." captionText-2="FIGURE 3. Crotonia gorgonia sp. nov. paratype deutonymph a) dorsal; b) ventral." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/198788/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/198789/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/198790/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Figs. 13</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="B0CD868E124A050C462EF958FED29CC4" box="[284,298,1674,1700]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="12.[151,255,1689,1713]" captionTargetBox="[189,1400,572,1656]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[178,1409,549,1668]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 8. Bothridia a) Crotonia gorgonia sp. nov.; b) Crotonia norfolkensis sp. nov.; c) Crotonia utricularia sp. nov." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/198794/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">8</figureCitation>
a)
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<emphasis id="1A824619124A050C47A5F907FECA9C8F" bold="true" box="[151,306,1749,1775]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Dimensions:</emphasis>
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female length 1122, breadth 561;
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female length 1106, breadth 545;
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males (
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= 7): mean length 929 (range 7581022), breadth 416 (range 363474). Ratio of length of prodorsum to total length: 0.34 (
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).
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<emphasis id="1A824619124A050C47F7F897FED39D3F" bold="true" box="[197,299,1861,1887]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Female.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="1A824619124A050C4606F897FE459D3E" box="[308,445,1861,1886]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Prodorsum</emphasis>
: ratio of length to breadth 1.06. Rostrum well-developed, with prominent naso, lateral edges markedly incised, concave; rostral seta 42, straight, stout, spiniform, smooth (
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a). Lamellar seta 235, recurved, very sparsely barbed. Lamellar apophysis 117, curved medially, broadening basally, slightly longer than mutual apical distance, extending anteriorly as far as apices of rostral setae. Interlamellar apophysis twice as long as broad; interlamellar seta well-developed, 190, flagelliform, smooth; extending anteriorly as far as base of naso. Prodorsal ridges absent. Diameter of bothridium 53; lateral ridge of bothridium with blunt anterior spine and complex series of digitate projections; hexagonal reticulations of operculum sparingly ornamented with concentric ridges and with point of origin near lateral margin (
<figureCitation id="B0CD868E1249050F420AFF30FA869A9C" box="[1336,1406,226,252]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="12.[151,255,1689,1713]" captionTargetBox="[189,1400,572,1656]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[178,1409,549,1668]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 8. Bothridia a) Crotonia gorgonia sp. nov.; b) Crotonia norfolkensis sp. nov.; c) Crotonia utricularia sp. nov." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/198794/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
a). Median field of muscle sigilla present. Inter-bothridial ridge broad, well-developed, curved, with slight median invagination and small indentations along posterior margin. Prodorsal microsculpture smooth, porose. Prodorsum splayed posteriolaterally, forming acute spur-shaped ridge overlying acetabulum III.
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<emphasis id="1A8246191249050F47A5F8CFFEE19D55" bold="true" box="[151,281,1821,1845]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="1A8246191249050F4612F8CFFE1F9D54" box="[288,487,1821,1844]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Crotonia gorgonia</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="1A8246191249050F46DFF8CFFDC49D55" bold="true" box="[493,572,1821,1845]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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dorsal a) holotype female; b) paratype male.
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<emphasis id="1A8246191249050F47F7F8B1FEBF9D1C" box="[197,327,1891,1916]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Notogaster</emphasis>
: ratio of length to breadth 1.33; notogastral shield broadest at level between bases of setae
<emphasis id="1A8246191249050F42B2F8B1FA639D1C" box="[1408,1435,1891,1916]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">cp</emphasis>
and
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2 (
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a); ratio of width of shield to entire notogastral width 0.85; lateral margins of opisthosoma oval, inflated, with well-developed diagonal ridge and indentation on pleuraspis lateral of seta
<emphasis id="1A8246191249050F43E5F863FB1C9DAA" box="[1239,1252,1969,1994]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">e</emphasis>
2. Dorsosejugal suture simple, transverse. Notogaster with 14 pairs of setae. Pre-notogastral shield separated from notogastral shield by transverse hyaline strip bearing short, thin, smooth, setiform setae
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E4311FF4AFBC89AD1" box="[1059,1072,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">c</emphasis>
1 and
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E4341FF4AFB789AD1" box="[1139,1152,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">c</emphasis>
2 (6067). Apophysis of seta
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E47FDFF12FF249AB9" box="[207,220,192,217]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">c</emphasis>
3 (30), 23 times longer than broad; seta
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E45E7FF12FD1A9AB9" box="[725,738,192,217]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">c</emphasis>
3 245, flagelliform, extending anteriorly at least as far as apophysis of interlamellar seta. Lyrifissure
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E459AFF3BFD389B62" box="[680,704,233,258]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">ia</emphasis>
immediately posterior of apophyses of setae
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E43DBFF3BFB0E9B62" box="[1257,1270,233,258]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">c</emphasis>
3. Notogastral shield smooth, porose, sides convex, bordered laterally by narrow strips of small tubercles, ca. 12 tubercles wide, extending posteriorly as far as seta
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E4599FEE4FD4B9B2F" box="[683,691,310,335]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">f</emphasis>
2. Lateral hyaline strip (suprapleural scissure) broad, welldeveloped, especially between setae
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E4577FE8CFD999B17" box="[581,609,350,375]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">cp</emphasis>
and
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2. Setae
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E4437FE8CFCD99B17" box="[773,801,350,375]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">cp</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E4468FE8CFC9F9B17" box="[858,871,350,375]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">e</emphasis>
2 short (6783), on tubercles as long as broad on lateral margin of notogastral shield; Seta
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E454BFE55FD709BC0" box="[633,648,391,416]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">d</emphasis>
2 very short (17), setiform, on small tubercle, mutual distance (195) slightly greater than that between setae
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E4558FE7DFD8F9BA8" box="[618,631,431,456]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">c</emphasis>
2. Opisthosomal gland opening
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E44DBFE7DFBF69BA8" box="[1001,1038,431,456]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">gla</emphasis>
positioned anteriomedial of short (58), reflexed seta
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E46B2FE05FE709B90" box="[384,392,471,496]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">f</emphasis>
2. Tubercle of seta
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E4543FE05FD819B90" box="[625,633,471,496]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">f</emphasis>
2 prominent, extending well beyond margin of notogastral shield. Caudal apophyses clustered, bi-lobed, arising from caudal margin; caudal stalk absent. Apophysis of seta
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E42BEFE2DFA6C9878" box="[1420,1428,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">f</emphasis>
1 (33) curving dorsolaterally; apophysis of
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E45B6FDFAFD6B9821" box="[644,659,552,577]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">h</emphasis>
1 (42), arising from dorsal surface of incurved, short apophysis of seta
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E47F9FD82FF219809" box="[203,217,592,617]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">h</emphasis>
2 (58); those of
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E46BEFD82FE639809" box="[396,411,592,617]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">h</emphasis>
3 (33) positioned ventrally between
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E4408FD82FCBA9809" box="[826,834,592,617]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">f</emphasis>
1 and
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E44B0FD82FC699809" box="[898,913,592,617]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">h</emphasis>
1, projecting posteriolaterally. Median caudal margin between apophysis
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E46EEFDAAFE1398F1" box="[476,491,632,657]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">h</emphasis>
2 curved, sub-circular. Caudal setae covered in cerotegument, sparingly barbed, subequal in length (5670). Caudal region densely tuberculate; tubercles extending onto pleuraspis.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E47A5F8ABFEE19DF1" bold="true" box="[151,281,1913,1937]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E4612F8A8FE1F9DF1" box="[288,487,1914,1937]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Crotonia gorgonia</emphasis>
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.
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ventral a) holotype female; b) paratype male.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="28499A0B1248050947F4F868FF03987B" blockId="3.[151,1436,1978,2038]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1437,151,539]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
<emphasis id="1A8246191248050E47F4F868FEF69DB3" box="[198,270,1978,2003]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ve n te r</emphasis>
: epimeral microsculpture smooth, porose (
<figureCitation id="B0CD868E1248050E4426F868FCA59DB4" box="[788,861,1978,2004]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,255,1913,1937]" captionTargetBox="[153,1431,760,1877]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,733,1918]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Crotonia gorgonia sp. nov. ventral a) holotype female; b) paratype male." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/198789/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
a); epimeral setae smooth, spiniform, short (11 22), formula 3-1-3-3;
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on well-developed tubercle. Lateroventral circumgastric scissure (
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) narrow, straight, sloping diagonally, forming a strongly obtuse angle (ca. 140°) with narrow perianal circumgastric scissure (
<emphasis id="1A824619124F0509463AFF68FEC89AB3" box="[264,304,186,211]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">pcs</emphasis>
). Anteriolateral margin of adanal plate at junction of
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and
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indented. Genital plates subcircular, with transverse band of less sclerotised cuticle; posterior margin transverse; posteriolateral margins straight, diverging. Perigenital region sparsely tuberculate. Each genital plate 209 long 111 broad with nine spiniform setae, subequal in length (2236); two pairs of aggenital setae, subequal in length to genital setae. Anal plate 56 broad, 267 long, with three short (17) setiform setae; distance between
<emphasis id="1A824619124F050943BCFE97FB659B3E" box="[1166,1181,325,350]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">a</emphasis>
2 and
<emphasis id="1A824619124F050943D2FE97FB179B3E" box="[1248,1263,325,350]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">a</emphasis>
3 slightly more than half that between
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1 and
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2; anal setae distributed along most of length of plate; three pairs of spiniform adanal setae,
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2-3 shorter (16) and thinner than spiniform stout
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1 (33). Distance between
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2 and
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3 half as long again as that between
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2 and
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1. Ventral margin of notogaster surrounding anal plates broadly Vshaped. Setae
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1 long, flagelliform (139) on short tubercles, adjacent;
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2 and
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3 setiform, subequal in length (6467).
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<emphasis id="1A824619124F050947A5F86DFEE19DB7" bold="true" box="[151,281,1983,2007]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="1A824619124F05094612F812FE1F9DB7" box="[288,487,1984,2007]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Crotonia gorgonia</emphasis>
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.
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paratype deutonymph a) dorsal; b) ventral.
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<emphasis id="1A824619124E050847F7FF45FEF69AD1" bold="true" box="[197,270,151,177]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Male.</emphasis>
As for female except for the following characters.
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: ratio of length to breadth 0.95. Lamellar seta smooth, lamellar apophysis long (140), flattened, extending anteriorly well beyond apices of rostral setae (
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b). Prodorsal ridges curved, extending two thirds of the distance between bases of interlamellar and lamellar apophyses. Inter-bothridial ridge straight, angled anteriolaterally at margins.
<emphasis id="1A824619124E050847A5FEFFFEE49B26" box="[151,284,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Notogaster</emphasis>
: ratio of length to breadth 1.45; ratio of width of shield to entire notogastral width 0.93; lateral margin of notogaster oval (
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b). Apophysis of seta
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3 short (14), only slightly longer than broad. Apophysis of seta
<emphasis id="1A824619124E05084640FEA9FE799BF4" box="[370,385,379,404]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">h</emphasis>
1 (50) as long as those of
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2.
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: epimeral setae smooth (
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b), relatively long (25 40). Each genital plate 160 long 84 broad with nine spiniform setae, subequal in length (2025). Anal setae distributed along posterior half of plate. Distance between
<emphasis id="1A824619124E05084474FE1BFC9B9B82" box="[838,867,457,482]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">ad</emphasis>
2 and
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3 half that between
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2 and
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1.
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<emphasis id="1A824619124E050847F7FE22FE8D986A" bold="true" box="[197,373,496,522]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Deutonymph.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="1A824619124E0508464CFE23FDFE986A" box="[382,518,497,522]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Prodorsum</emphasis>
: rostrum with prominent naso, lateral edges incurved; rostral seta (
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) 54, reflexed, smooth (
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a). Lamellar seta (
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) 210, recurved, smooth. Lamellar apophyses 73, their mutual distance half as long again as length, extending anteriorly beyond curve of rostral setae. Interlamellar seta (
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) 230, flagelliform, smooth; extending anteriorly beyond apices of lamellar apophyses. Prodorsal ridges extending half the distance between interlamellar and lamellar apophyses. Lateral ridge of bothridium with blunt anterior spine and complex series of digitate projections. With curved inter-bothridial ridge. Median field of muscle sigilla present. Prodorsum porose; region posterior of interbothridial ridge with striate unsclerotised cuticle interspersed with small tubercles.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="28499A0B124E050847F7FCC9FC9E9E17" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,2015]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis id="1A824619124E050847F7FCC9FE5A9954" box="[197,418,795,820]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Gastronotic region</emphasis>
: ratio of length to breadth 1.58; broadest at level of base of apophyses of setae
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3 (
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a). Dorsosejugal suture marked by line of tubercles. With 14 pairs of smooth notogastral setae. Seta
<emphasis id="1A824619124E0508426BFC96FA9E993D" box="[1369,1382,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">c</emphasis>
1 29, situated at medial end of oval porose sclerite; seta
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2 42, at lateral end of sclerite. Seta
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2 31, mutual distance (38) subequal to that between setae
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1-2. Apophyses of lateral setae prominent tubular extensions (5463 long) of ovoid porose sclerites. Lateral setae flagelliform:
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3 167,
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254,
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2 258,
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2 295,
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1 290,
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1 263. Seta
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2 stout, short (83). Caudal apophyses elongated, tubular, subequal in length to lateral apophyses; that of
<emphasis id="1A824619124E050843CCFC37FAF5999E" box="[1278,1293,997,1022]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">h</emphasis>
1 the longest (77), directed posteriorly; caudal margin between apophyses of
<emphasis id="1A824619124E05084499FBDFFC429E46" box="[939,954,1037,1062]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">h</emphasis>
1 a blunt V-shape. Apophysis of
<emphasis id="1A824619124E0508427BFBDFFAA09E46" box="[1353,1368,1037,1062]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">h</emphasis>
2 (54) emerging medially from basal part of that of
<emphasis id="1A824619124E05084587FBE7FD3C9E2E" box="[693,708,1077,1102]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">h</emphasis>
1, converging apically. Notogaster with series of longitudinal lines of tubercles interspersed by striate unsclerotised cuticle.
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<paragraph id="28499A0B124E050847F7FB51FBAD9FE0" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,2015]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis id="1A824619124E050847F7FB51FEF49EFC" box="[197,268,1155,1180]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ve nt e r</emphasis>
: epimeres porose (
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b), with median unsclerotised longitudinally striate integument, diverging laterally in perigenital region, and becoming transverse posterior of genital plates. Epimeral setae smooth, spiniform, some with bacilliform cerotegument, formula 3-1-3-3; seta
<emphasis id="1A824619124E05084324FB1CFBCC9E87" box="[1046,1076,1230,1255]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">3c</emphasis>
longer than others, on welldeveloped tubercle. Genital plates elongate, ovoid; each plate 71 long, 17 broad with four spiniform setae; one pair of aggenital setae, subequal in length to genital setae. Anal plate 150 long, 40 broad; three pairs of spiniform adanal setae subequal in length. Setae of
<emphasis id="1A824619124E050845C7FAECFCFC9F37" box="[757,772,1342,1367]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">p</emphasis>
series flagelliform, on sclerotised apophyses;
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1 133,
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2, 113,
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3 94; mutual distance between apophyses of
<emphasis id="1A824619124E050845D7FAB4FD0C9F1F" box="[741,756,1382,1407]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">p</emphasis>
1 more than twice their length.
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<emphasis id="1A824619124E050847F7FA5FFE409FC7" bold="true" box="[197,440,1421,1447]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Material examined.</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="F74D24A9124E0508468DFA5CFDD49FC8" box="[447,556,1422,1448]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
female, pyrethrum knock-down, subtropical rainforest, North-east summit, Mt. Gower, Lord Howe Is.,
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, ca.
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, coll. G.B. Monteith,
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(QM
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female, litter, south side of Erskine Valley, Lord Howe Is.,
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, coll. G.B. Monteith,
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(QM
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male, vegetation debris under
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, broad sclerophyll forest, Lord Howe Is.,
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,
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, coll.
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(
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bulk sample no. 3758). Six
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males, one
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deutonymph, leaf litter, low forest, base of cliff, Malabar Hill, Lord Howe Is.,
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, coll. S. &amp; J. Peck,
<date id="5C48BCCB124E05084461F9BCFC3F9CE8" box="[851,967,1646,1672]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="1980-05-20">20.v.1980</date>
(Field Museum Berlesate no. 80367).
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, and
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from Erskine Valley, deposited in Queensland Museum, Brisbane.
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from under
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<emphasis id="1A824619124E050847D6F96BFE3E9CB2" box="[228,454,1721,1746]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ficus macrophylla</emphasis>
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deposited in Australian National Insect Collection,
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Ecosystem Sciences, Canberra.
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from Malabar Hill in Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="60ECC980124E050847F7F8D1FE949D08" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="28499A0B124E050847F7F8D1FE949D08" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,2015]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis id="1A824619124E050847F7F8D1FEAA9D7D" bold="true" box="[197,338,1795,1821]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name
<taxonomicName id="EFF6E188124E05084509F8D1FD5E9D7C" box="[571,678,1795,1820]" class="Arachnida" family="Crotoniidae" genus="Crotonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gorgonia">
<emphasis id="1A824619124E05084509F8D1FD5E9D7C" box="[571,678,1795,1820]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">gorgonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is Latin, derived from the mythical
<emphasis id="1A824619124E05084360F8D1FB659D7C" box="[1106,1181,1795,1820]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Gorgo</emphasis>
(also called
<taxonomicName id="EFF6E188124E05084207F8D1FA6A9D7C" box="[1333,1426,1795,1820]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Violaceae" genus="Medusa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Malpighiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A824619124E05084207F8D1FA6A9D7C" box="[1333,1426,1795,1820]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Medusa</emphasis>
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) who had snakes for hair; a reference to the shape of the sinuous caudal apophyseal cluster and their flagelliform setae.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="60ECC980124E050B47F7F8A1FB119906" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="28499A0B124E050B47F7F8A1FCE89B44" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,2015]" lastBlockId="6.[151,1437,152,874]" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis id="1A824619124E050847F7F8A1FEBC9DED" bold="true" box="[197,324,1907,1933]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Remarks.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="EFF6E188124E0508467FF8A1FDCF9DEC" box="[333,567,1907,1932]" class="Arachnida" family="Crotoniidae" genus="Crotonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gorgonia">
<emphasis id="1A824619124E0508467FF8A1FDCF9DEC" box="[333,567,1907,1932]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Crotonia gorgonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from all other
<taxonomicName id="EFF6E188124E05084463F8A1FC389DEC" box="[849,960,1907,1932]" class="Arachnida" family="Crotoniidae" genus="Crotonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A824619124E05084463F8A1FC389DEC" box="[849,960,1907,1932]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Crotonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. by the following combination of characters: 1) the clustered, sinuous shape of the caudal apophyses and setae, with apophyses of setae
<emphasis id="1A824619124E050842B6F84BFA6B9DD2" box="[1412,1427,1945,1970]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">h</emphasis>
2 incurved apically and either subequal with those of
<emphasis id="1A824619124E0508443EF813FCE39DBA" box="[780,795,1985,2010]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">h</emphasis>
1 (male) or only slightly longer (female); 2) the long, broad lamellar apophyses; 3) the full complement of setae in the
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B44BFFF4AFC629AD1" box="[909,922,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">c</emphasis>
series; 4) the short lateral notogastral setae; 5) nine pairs of genital setae; 6) the lateral ridge of the bothridium with a blunt anterior spine and digitate projections; 7) the long, flagelliform setae
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B45BBFF30FD609A9B" box="[649,664,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">p</emphasis>
1 with their apophyses adjacent; 8) seta
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B4356FF30FB8B9A9B" box="[1124,1139,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">h</emphasis>
2 are flagelliform apically and reflexed; 9) the caudal setae are sparingly barbed.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="28499A0B124D050B47F7FEE2FA959853" blockId="6.[151,1437,152,874]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
The association of the male and the female of
<taxonomicName id="EFF6E188124D050B4422FEE2FC029B29" box="[784,1018,304,329]" class="Arachnida" family="Crotoniidae" genus="Crotonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gorgonia">
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B4422FEE2FC029B29" box="[784,1018,304,329]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Crotonia gorgonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is based on the following shared characters: the morphology of the caudal apophyseal cluster and its barbed, apically flagelliform setae; the long, smooth flagelliform setae
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B453CFEA9FDE59BF4" box="[526,541,379,404]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">p</emphasis>
1; the concordant dimensions of the non-caudal notogastral setae (
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B4211FEA9FAC89BF4" box="[1315,1328,379,404]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">c</emphasis>
1-3,
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B4267FEA9FA889BF4" box="[1365,1392,379,404]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">cp</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B424DFEA9FA749BF4" box="[1407,1420,379,404]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">e</emphasis>
2,
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B47A5FE71FF5E9BDC" box="[151,166,419,444]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">d</emphasis>
2 and
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B47DBFE71FF099BDC" box="[233,241,419,444]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">f</emphasis>
2); the prominent tubercles of setae
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B45A9FE71FD509BDC" box="[667,680,419,444]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">c</emphasis>
3; the morphology of the lateral ridge of the bothridium and the position and dimensions of the apophyses of setae
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B4434FE19FCED9B84" box="[774,789,459,484]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">h</emphasis>
3. As well as being smaller, the male differs from the female in having a narrower notogastral shield, the presence of prodorsal ridges, the smooth lamellar setae, the absence of a less sclerotised transverse band on the genital plates and relatively longer epimeral setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="28499A0B124D050B47F7FDECFB119906" blockId="6.[151,1437,152,874]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
The association of the deutonymph with the adults is based upon their co-occurrence in samples from Malabar Hill, as well as the convergent apophyses of setae
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B447CFDB6FCA4981D" box="[846,860,612,637]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">h</emphasis>
2, 14 pairs of notogastral setae, the dimensions of the setae of the
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B467DFD5EFEA498C5" box="[335,348,652,677]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">c</emphasis>
series and the morphology of the lateral ridge of the bothridium with digitate projections.
<taxonomicName id="EFF6E188124D050B47A5FD63FE8398AA" box="[151,379,689,714]" class="Arachnida" family="Crotoniidae" genus="Crotonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gorgonia">
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B47A5FD63FE8398AA" box="[151,379,689,714]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Crotonia gorgonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a member of the Capistrata species group. It is closest morphologically to
<taxonomicName id="EFF6E188124D050B420BFD63FEC79890" authority="Colloff, 2010" authorityName="Colloff" authorityYear="2010" class="Arachnida" family="Crotoniidae" genus="Crotonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weiri">
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B420BFD63FA6498AA" box="[1337,1436,689,714]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">C. weiri</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="4C67E7FA124D050B47A5FD04FEC79890" author="Colloff" box="[151,319,726,752]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" refString="Colloff, M. J. (2010) The Gondwanan relict oribatid genus Crotonia (Acari: Oribatida: Crotoniidae) from rainforests in Queensland and Northern New South Wales: new species show a mixed pattern of short-range and long-range endemism. Zootaxa, 2649, 1 - 51." type="journal article" year="2010">Colloff, 2010</bibRefCitation>
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from south east Queensland in the morphology of the caudal apophyseal cluster which is characterised by the short apophyses of setae
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B458AFD2EFD3F9975" box="[696,711,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">h</emphasis>
2 directed medially, only slightly longer than those of setae
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B42BEFD2EFA6C9975" box="[1420,1428,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">f</emphasis>
1 and
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B47FAFCF6FF2F995D" box="[200,215,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">h</emphasis>
1.
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<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B47DCFCF6FE62995D" box="[238,410,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Crotonia weiri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs in being considerably larger, with a more strongly inflated, rotund opisthosoma, with shorter setae
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B465FFC9EFE829905" box="[365,378,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">c</emphasis>
1,
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B46A2FC9EFE659905" box="[400,413,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">c</emphasis>
2 and
<emphasis id="1A824619124D050B46ECFC9EFE159905" box="[478,493,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">p</emphasis>
1 and lacking the tuberculate microsculpture of the caudal region.
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