treatments-xml/data/03/AF/9F/03AF9F750A120063FE7FFE1FFD49F9A6.xml
2024-06-21 12:22:17 +02:00

405 lines
40 KiB
XML
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<document ID-DOI="10.1080/00222933.2023.2174459" ID-GBIF-Dataset="b49f22a6-6673-48b4-b89c-e52cb38fe84d" ID-ISSN="1464-5262" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7741825" checkinTime="1678694843464" checkinUser="plazi" docAuthor="Hernandes, Fabio Akashi" docDate="2023" docId="03AF9F750A120063FE7FFE1FFD49F9A6" docLanguage="en" docName="JNATHIST.57.1-4.257-284.pdf" docOrigin="Journal of Natural History 57 (2)" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2174459" docStyle="DocumentStyle:3C762F9783B768A90048B82ACD135A62.3:JNatHist.2017-.journal_article.0cover" docStyleId="3C762F9783B768A90048B82ACD135A62" docStyleName="JNatHist.2017-.journal_article.0cover" docStyleVersion="3" docTitle="Amerodectes gracilisimilis Hernandes 2023, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="268" masterDocId="FF96E70D0A150068FFC8FFA3FF86FFE2" masterDocTitle="Feather mites (Acariformes: Astigmata) from the yellow-rumped cacique, Cacicus cela (Linnaeus, 1758) (Passeriformes: Icteridae) in Brazil, with description of four new species" masterLastPageNumber="284" masterPageNumber="257" pageNumber="264" updateTime="1678984862132" updateUser="ExternalLinkService" zenodo-license-document="CLOSED">
<mods:mods xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo>
<mods:title>Feather mites (Acariformes: Astigmata) from the yellow-rumped cacique, Cacicus cela (Linnaeus, 1758) (Passeriformes: Icteridae) in Brazil, with description of four new species</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name type="personal">
<mods:role>
<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart>Hernandes, Fabio Akashi</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem type="host">
<mods:titleInfo>
<mods:title>Journal of Natural History</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part>
<mods:date>2023</mods:date>
<mods:detail type="pubDate">
<mods:number>2023-03-06</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail type="volume">
<mods:number>57</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail type="issue">
<mods:number>2</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent unit="page">
<mods:start>257</mods:start>
<mods:end>284</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:location>
<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2174459</mods:url>
</mods:location>
<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier type="DOI">10.1080/00222933.2023.2174459</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier type="GBIF-Dataset">b49f22a6-6673-48b4-b89c-e52cb38fe84d</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier type="ISSN">1464-5262</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier type="Zenodo-Dep">7741825</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7741840" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7741840" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03AF9F750A120063FE7FFE1FFD49F9A6" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AF9F750A120063FE7FFE1FFD49F9A6" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="268" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">
<subSubSection box="[439,876,444,471]" pageId="7" pageNumber="264" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph blockId="7.[439,876,444,471]" box="[439,876,444,471]" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">
<heading box="[439,876,444,471]" centered="true" fontSize="11" level="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="264" reason="5">
<taxonomicName authority="Hernandes, 2023" authorityName="Hernandes" authorityYear="2023" box="[439,772,444,471]" class="Arachnida" family="Proctophyllodidae" genus="Amerodectes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="264" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilisimilis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[439,772,444,471]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">Amerodectes gracilisimilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[781,876,444,471]" pageId="7" pageNumber="264" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</heading>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection box="[543,772,505,532]" pageId="7" pageNumber="264" type="description">
<paragraph blockId="7.[543,772,505,532]" box="[543,772,505,532]" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">
(
<figureCitation box="[552,664,505,532]" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="8.[160,225,1529,1552]" captionTargetBox="[163,1154,143,1497]" captionTargetId="figure-31@8.[162,1154,142,1498]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figure 4. Amerodectes gracilisimilis sp. nov., male habitus: (a) dorsal and (b) ventral views." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7741836" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7741836/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">Figures 4</figureCitation>
6,13(d))
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="7" pageNumber="264" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph blockId="7.[160,1155,593,757]" box="[160,324,593,619]" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[160,324,593,619]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">Type material</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="7.[160,1155,593,757]" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">
<materialsCitation latitude="-14.759722" longitude="-39.230278" pageId="7" pageNumber="264" typeStatus="holotype">
<typeStatus box="[160,263,628,653]" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">Holotype</typeStatus>
male (#5388), paratypes
<specimenCount box="[554,656,628,653]" pageId="7" pageNumber="264" type="male">13 males</specimenCount>
and
<specimenCount box="[718,841,628,653]" pageId="7" pageNumber="264" type="female">22 females</specimenCount>
(#53895397) from
<taxonomicName authority="(Linnaeus, 1758)" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" class="Aves" family="Icteridae" genus="Cacicus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Passeriformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="264" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cela">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">Cacicus cela</emphasis>
(Linnaeus, 1758)
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName box="[417,576,663,688]" class="Aves" kingdom="Animalia" order="Passeriformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="264" phylum="Chordata" rank="order">Passeriformes</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName authorityName="Vigours" authorityYear="1825" box="[590,691,663,688]" class="Aves" family="Icteridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Passeriformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="264" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Icteridae</taxonomicName>
),
<collectingCountry box="[710,792,663,688]" name="Brazil" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">BRAZIL</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion box="[806,938,663,688]" country="Brazil" name="Bahia" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">Bahia State</collectingRegion>
, Ilhéus, campus of UESC,
<geoCoordinate box="[233,386,697,722]" degrees="14.7597222" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="264" precision="1" value="-14.759722">14.7597222°S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate box="[397,573,697,722]" degrees="039.2302778" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="264" precision="1" value="-39.230278">039.2302778°W</geoCoordinate>
, found dead,
<date box="[729,951,697,722]" pageId="7" pageNumber="264" value="2020-12-14">14. December 2020</date>
, Anibal
<collectionCode box="[1042,1059,697,722]" country="Chile" name="Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">R</collectionCode>
. Oliveira coll
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="266" pageId="7" pageNumber="264" type="description">
<paragraph blockId="7.[160,1157,801,1728]" box="[160,294,801,827]" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[160,294,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">Description</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="7.[160,1157,801,1728]" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">
Male,
<typeStatus box="[225,325,837,862]" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">holotype</typeStatus>
(range for
<specimenCount box="[446,575,837,862]" pageId="7" pageNumber="264" type="generic" typeStatus="paratypes">6 paratypes</specimenCount>
in parentheses). Idiosoma, length × width 401 (380 402) × 148 (129151). Prodorsal shield: entire, lateral margins with shallow concavities at level of scapular setae, posterior margins unevenly sinuous, length 132 (123134), width 107 (95111), surface with sparse circular lacunae, median region near posterior border with a darker patch of sclerotisation (
<figureCitation box="[577,669,975,1000]" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="8.[160,225,1529,1552]" captionTargetBox="[163,1154,143,1497]" captionTargetId="figure-31@8.[162,1154,142,1498]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figure 4. Amerodectes gracilisimilis sp. nov., male habitus: (a) dorsal and (b) ventral views." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7741836" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7741836/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">Figure 4</figureCitation>
(a)); bases of scapular setae
<emphasis box="[981,1003,975,1000]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">se</emphasis>
separated by 65 (5564). Setae
<emphasis box="[369,393,1010,1035]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">ve</emphasis>
present, rudimentary. Scapular shields poorly developed dorsally. Humeral shields present, bearing setae
<emphasis box="[602,664,1045,1070]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">cp; c2</emphasis>
on striated tegument. Subhumeral setae
<emphasis box="[1131,1155,1045,1070]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">c3</emphasis>
lanceolate, 32 (2831) × 8 (78). Hysteronotal shield: greatest length 272 (255264), width at anterior margin 104 (85100), anterior margin almost straight, surface with numerous small, circular lacunae as in prodorsal shield. Distance between prodorsal and hysteronotal shields 11 (1113). Opisthosomal lobes almost parallel-sided, posterior margins rounded. Terminal cleft shaped like an inverted V, 31 (2932) long. Supranal concavity present. Setae
<emphasis box="[324,344,1253,1278]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">f2</emphasis>
dorsal, located anterior to level of setae
<emphasis box="[794,831,1253,1278]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">ps2</emphasis>
. Setae
<emphasis box="[910,937,1253,1278]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">h1</emphasis>
situated at anterior level of supranal concavity. Setae
<emphasis box="[536,563,1287,1312]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">h3</emphasis>
long setiform, 77 (7588) long; setae
<emphasis box="[981,1018,1287,1312]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">ps2</emphasis>
76 (86100) long; setae
<emphasis box="[298,335,1322,1347]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">ps1</emphasis>
filiform, about 8 long, situated slightly anterior to bases of setae
<emphasis box="[1122,1150,1322,1347]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">h3</emphasis>
. Distances between dorsal setae:
<emphasis box="[532,590,1357,1382]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">c1:d2</emphasis>
102 (98108),
<emphasis box="[759,819,1357,1382]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">d2:h1</emphasis>
119 (110121),
<emphasis box="[1002,1063,1357,1382]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">h2:h2</emphasis>
63 (59 61),
<emphasis box="[208,268,1391,1416]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">h3:h3</emphasis>
41 (3841).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="7.[160,1157,801,1728]" lastBlockId="9.[160,1156,142,1693]" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="266" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">
Epimerites I fused into a narrow V, fused part with transverse extensions connected with or free from epimerites II (
<figureCitation box="[509,601,1461,1486]" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="8.[160,225,1529,1552]" captionTargetBox="[163,1154,143,1497]" captionTargetId="figure-31@8.[162,1154,142,1498]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figure 4. Amerodectes gracilisimilis sp. nov., male habitus: (a) dorsal and (b) ventral views." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7741836" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7741836/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">Figure 4</figureCitation>
(b)). Coxal fields I closed or open, coxal fields IIIV open, without extensively sclerotised areas. Rudimentary sclerites rEpIIa absent. Epimerites IVa absent. Genital arch 19 (1517) in width; aedeagus bending into a posterior shaft around the level between trochanters III and IV, 163 (155167) long from the anterior bend to tip, extending to about the base of setae
<emphasis box="[938,965,1599,1624]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">h3</emphasis>
. Genital papillae connected at bases. Genital and adanal shields absent. Adanal suckers 20 (1821) in diameter, distance between centres of discs 27 (2430), corolla smooth, surrounding membrane with radial striae. Opisthoventral shields wide, occupying lateral areas and posterior halves of opisthosomal lobes; inner margins of these shields with blunt extension bearing setae
<emphasis box="[383,420,1651,1676]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">ps3</emphasis>
at level of anterior margin of adanal suckers. Setae
<emphasis box="[1037,1064,1651,1676]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">4b</emphasis>
and
<emphasis box="[1128,1155,1651,1676]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">3a</emphasis>
situated roughly at the same transverse level. Distance between ventral setae:
<emphasis box="[1040,1107,142,167]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">1a4b</emphasis>
132 (125130),
<emphasis box="[284,351,177,202]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">4b4a</emphasis>
44 (3946),
<emphasis box="[490,544,177,202]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">4ag</emphasis>
52 (5055),
<emphasis box="[682,746,177,202]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">gps3</emphasis>
56 (5063),
<emphasis box="[885,972,177,202]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">ps3ps3</emphasis>
61 (5763).
</paragraph>
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7741836" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7741836" box="[160,1053,1529,1552]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7741836/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="265" startId="8.[160,225,1529,1552]" targetBox="[163,1154,143,1497]" targetPageId="8">
<paragraph blockId="8.[160,1053,1529,1552]" box="[160,1053,1529,1552]" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[160,250,1529,1552]" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">Figure 4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Hernandes, 2023" authorityName="Hernandes" authorityYear="2023" box="[258,502,1529,1552]" class="Arachnida" family="Proctophyllodidae" genus="Amerodectes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="265" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilisimilis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[258,502,1529,1552]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">Amerodectes gracilisimilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[509,589,1529,1552]" pageId="8" pageNumber="265" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, male habitus: (a) dorsal and (b) ventral views.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph blockId="9.[160,1156,142,1693]" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">
Femora I, II without ventral crests or flanges (
<figureCitation box="[693,785,212,237]" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="11.[160,225,779,802]" captionTargetBox="[162,1153,143,747]" captionTargetId="figure-231@11.[162,1154,142,748]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Figure 6. Amerodectes gracilisimilis sp. nov.: (ad) legs IIV of male;(e) aedeagus of male; (f) genu, tibia and tarsus IV of female; (g) spermatheca of female. Amerodectes gracilis (Trouessart 1885): (h) aedeagus of male and (i) spermatheca of female." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7741842" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7741842/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">Figure 6</figureCitation>
(a,b)), other segments of legs IIV without processes. Solenidion σ of genua I, III situated at distal half of segment. Genual setae
<emphasis box="[225,253,281,306]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">cG</emphasis>
I, II,
<emphasis box="[296,334,281,306]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">mG</emphasis>
I, II like short spines,
<emphasis box="[564,592,281,306]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">cG</emphasis>
I inserted basally,
<emphasis box="[791,819,281,306]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">cG</emphasis>
II at midlevel of segment. Seta
<emphasis box="[160,174,316,341]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">d</emphasis>
of tarsus II half as long as corresponding seta
<emphasis box="[696,704,316,341]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">f</emphasis>
; seta
<emphasis box="[769,783,316,341]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">d</emphasis>
of tarsi III 23 times shorter than corresponding seta
<emphasis box="[392,400,350,375]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">f</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[419,515,350,375]" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="11.[160,225,779,802]" captionTargetBox="[162,1153,143,747]" captionTargetId="figure-231@11.[162,1154,142,748]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Figure 6. Amerodectes gracilisimilis sp. nov.: (ad) legs IIV of male;(e) aedeagus of male; (f) genu, tibia and tarsus IV of female; (g) spermatheca of female. Amerodectes gracilis (Trouessart 1885): (h) aedeagus of male and (i) spermatheca of female." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7741842" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7741842/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">Figure 6</figureCitation>
(c)). Tarsus IV 29 (2731) long, without claw-like apical process; setae
<emphasis box="[336,350,385,410]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">d</emphasis>
and
<emphasis box="[417,429,385,410]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">e</emphasis>
button-like, seta
<emphasis box="[643,657,385,410]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">d</emphasis>
situated at basal third of segment, setae
<emphasis box="[160,172,420,445]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">e</emphasis>
situated apically (subapically) (
<figureCitation box="[521,613,420,445]" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="11.[160,225,779,802]" captionTargetBox="[162,1153,143,747]" captionTargetId="figure-231@11.[162,1154,142,748]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Figure 6. Amerodectes gracilisimilis sp. nov.: (ad) legs IIV of male;(e) aedeagus of male; (f) genu, tibia and tarsus IV of female; (g) spermatheca of female. Amerodectes gracilis (Trouessart 1885): (h) aedeagus of male and (i) spermatheca of female." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7741842" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7741842/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">Figure 6</figureCitation>
(d)). Ambulacral discs with median apical projection. Length of solenidia: σ of genu I 7 (67), σ of genu III 7 (68), φ of tibia I 73 (6878), φ of tibia II 55 (5257), φ of tibia III 26 (2628), φ of tibia IV 37 (3337), ω1 of tarsus I 16 (12 17), ω3 of tarsus I 43 (3539), ω1 of tarsus II 8 (58).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="9.[160,1156,142,1693]" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">
Female, range for
<specimenCount box="[392,525,558,583]" pageId="9" pageNumber="266" type="generic" typeStatus="paratypes">6 paratypes</specimenCount>
. Idiosoma, length × width 551570 × 183199. Prodorsal shield: shape as in male, surface without lacunae, with a distinct darker patch at posterior margin, length × width 151154 × 127142, posterior margin roughly sinuous, bases of setae
<emphasis box="[226,248,662,687]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">se</emphasis>
separated by 8087 (
<figureCitation box="[489,581,662,687]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="10.[160,225,1445,1468]" captionTargetBox="[162,1153,142,1412]" captionTargetId="figure-44@10.[162,1154,142,1413]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Figure 5. Amerodectes gracilisimilis sp. nov., female habitus: (a) dorsal and (b) ventral views." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7741838" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7741838/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">Figure 5</figureCitation>
(a)). Setae
<emphasis box="[697,721,662,687]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">ve</emphasis>
present, rudimentary. Scapular shields developed dorsally. Humeral shields present, bearing setae
<emphasis box="[818,843,697,722]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">cp</emphasis>
and
<emphasis box="[897,922,697,722]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">c3</emphasis>
. Setae
<emphasis box="[1000,1024,697,722]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">c2</emphasis>
situated on the striated tegument. Setae
<emphasis box="[491,515,732,757]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">c3</emphasis>
lanceolate, 3033 × 810. Hysteronotal shield separated dorsally by a transverse narrow band of soft tegument into anterior and lobar parts. Distance between prodorsal and anterior hysteronotal shields 817. Anterior hysteronotal shield roughly rectangular, anterior margin straight, greatest length 300314, width at anterior margin 103110, surface with numerous small circular lacunae. Length of lobar region 103110, greatest width at level of setae
<emphasis box="[697,725,905,930]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">h2</emphasis>
95101. Terminal cleft like a narrow V, 3846 long. Lobar shield entire; surface with circular lacunae around area of setae
<emphasis box="[1122,1150,940,965]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">h1</emphasis>
; supranal concavity present, circular, situated near the anterior margin of lobar shield. Setae
<emphasis box="[231,258,1009,1034]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">h1</emphasis>
and
<emphasis box="[320,340,1009,1034]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">f2</emphasis>
arranged in a low trapezoid. Setae
<emphasis box="[756,784,1009,1034]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">h2</emphasis>
lanceolate with blunt apex, 43 47 × 911. Setae
<emphasis box="[347,384,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">ps1</emphasis>
situated slightly at midline of each lobe, closer to
<emphasis box="[936,964,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">h3</emphasis>
than to
<emphasis box="[1055,1083,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">h2</emphasis>
. Setae
<emphasis box="[160,187,1078,1103]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">h3</emphasis>
1118 long. Distances between dorsal setae:
<emphasis box="[699,757,1078,1103]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">c1:d2</emphasis>
126133,
<emphasis box="[872,932,1078,1103]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">d2:h1</emphasis>
178197,
<emphasis box="[1047,1108,1078,1103]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">h2:h2</emphasis>
77 81,
<emphasis box="[200,261,1113,1138]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">h3:h3</emphasis>
4050.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="9.[160,1156,142,1693]" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">
Epimerites I as in male (
<figureCitation box="[464,558,1148,1173]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="10.[160,225,1445,1468]" captionTargetBox="[162,1153,142,1412]" captionTargetId="figure-44@10.[162,1154,142,1413]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Figure 5. Amerodectes gracilisimilis sp. nov., female habitus: (a) dorsal and (b) ventral views." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7741838" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7741838/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">Figure 5</figureCitation>
(b)). Coxal fields I and III almost closed, coxal fields II and IV open. Epimerites IVa absent. Translobar apodemes of opisthosomal lobes present, wide, connected to each other at anterior end of terminal cleft. Epigynum horseshoeshaped, with small lateral extensions at level of setae
<emphasis box="[761,775,1252,1277]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">g</emphasis>
, greatest width 6170; apodemes of ovipore connected with epimerites IIIa. Spermatheca as in
<figureCitation box="[895,993,1286,1311]" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="11.[160,225,779,802]" captionTargetBox="[162,1153,143,747]" captionTargetId="figure-231@11.[162,1154,142,748]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Figure 6. Amerodectes gracilisimilis sp. nov.: (ad) legs IIV of male;(e) aedeagus of male; (f) genu, tibia and tarsus IV of female; (g) spermatheca of female. Amerodectes gracilis (Trouessart 1885): (h) aedeagus of male and (i) spermatheca of female." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7741842" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7741842/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">Figure 6</figureCitation>
(g); secondary spermaducts 2431 long. Pseudanal setae
<emphasis box="[633,669,1321,1346]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">ps2</emphasis>
and
<emphasis box="[724,761,1321,1346]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">ps3</emphasis>
filiform, bases of setae
<emphasis box="[1022,1058,1321,1346]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">ps2</emphasis>
situated posterior to level of anal opening; distance between pseudanal setae:
<emphasis box="[945,1025,1356,1381]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">ps2:ps2</emphasis>
3339,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">ps3: ps3</emphasis>
2235,
<emphasis box="[286,365,1390,1415]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">ps2:ps3</emphasis>
3034.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="9.[160,1156,142,1693]" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">
Femora II with a small ventral flange, other segments of legs I, II without processes. Solenidion σ of genu I situated at midlevel of segment. Solenidion σ of genu III inserted basally. Genual setae
<emphasis box="[403,431,1494,1519]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">cG</emphasis>
I, II,
<emphasis box="[477,515,1494,1519]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">mG</emphasis>
I, II as in male. Setae
<emphasis box="[752,766,1494,1519]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">d</emphasis>
of tarsi I, II 23 times shorter than corresponding setae
<emphasis box="[396,404,1529,1554]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">f</emphasis>
, setae
<emphasis box="[482,496,1529,1554]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">d</emphasis>
of tarsi III, IV 23 times shorter than corresponding setae
<emphasis box="[1142,1150,1529,1554]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="266">f</emphasis>
. Genua IV with dorsal inflation. Ambulacral discs with median apical projection. Length of solenidia: σ of genu I 810, σ of genu III 712, φ of tibia I 7987, φ of tibia II 6365, φ of tibia III 3239, φ of tibia IV 1112, ω1 of tarsus I 1619, ω3 of tarsus I 4247, ω1 of tarsus II 911.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7741838" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7741838" box="[160,1071,1445,1468]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7741838/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="267" startId="10.[160,225,1445,1468]" targetBox="[162,1153,142,1412]" targetPageId="10">
<paragraph blockId="10.[160,1071,1445,1468]" box="[160,1071,1445,1468]" pageId="10" pageNumber="267">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[160,250,1445,1468]" pageId="10" pageNumber="267">Figure 5.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Hernandes, 2023" authorityName="Hernandes" authorityYear="2023" box="[258,502,1445,1468]" class="Arachnida" family="Proctophyllodidae" genus="Amerodectes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="267" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilisimilis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[258,502,1445,1468]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="267">Amerodectes gracilisimilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[509,589,1445,1468]" pageId="10" pageNumber="267" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, female habitus: (a) dorsal and (b) ventral views.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="268" pageId="10" pageNumber="267" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph blockId="10.[160,1156,1526,1656]" box="[160,413,1526,1552]" pageId="10" pageNumber="267">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[160,413,1526,1552]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="267">Differential diagnosis</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="10.[160,1156,1526,1656]" lastBlockId="11.[160,1156,923,1294]" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="268" pageId="10" pageNumber="267">
<taxonomicName authority="Hernandes, 2023" authorityName="Hernandes" authorityYear="2023" box="[160,450,1562,1587]" class="Arachnida" family="Proctophyllodidae" genus="Amerodectes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="267" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilisimilis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[160,450,1562,1587]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="267">Amerodectes gracilisimilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[463,557,1562,1587]" pageId="10" pageNumber="267" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is very similar in overall appearance to the
<typeStatus box="[1105,1156,1562,1587]" pageId="10" pageNumber="267">type</typeStatus>
species of the genus,
<taxonomicName authority="(Trouessart, 1885)" baseAuthorityName="Trouessart" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[424,754,1597,1622]" class="Arachnida" family="Proctophyllodidae" genus="Proctophyllodes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="267" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis box="[424,535,1597,1622]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="267">A. gracilis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Trouessart EL" box="[552,746,1597,1622]" pageId="10" pageNumber="267" pagination="46 - 89" refId="ref13713" refString="Trouessart EL. 1885. Note sur le classification des Analgesiens et diagnoses d ̍ especes et de genres nouveaux. Bulletin de la Societe d ̍ etudes scientifiques d ̍ Angers. 14: 46 - 89." type="journal article" year="1885">Trouessart, 1885</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, described from
<taxonomicName authority="(Pallas, 1769)" baseAuthorityName="Pallas" baseAuthorityYear="1769" class="Aves" family="Icteridae" genus="Psarocolius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Passeriformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="267" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="decumanus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="267">Psarocolius decumanus</emphasis>
(Pallas, 1769)
</taxonomicName>
. In males the new species, the aedeagus is shorter in length (155167), and has a shorter anterior portion which bends into a long shaft at the level of setae
<emphasis box="[323,351,957,982]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">4a</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[367,463,957,982]" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="11.[160,225,779,802]" captionTargetBox="[162,1153,143,747]" captionTargetId="figure-231@11.[162,1154,142,748]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Figure 6. Amerodectes gracilisimilis sp. nov.: (ad) legs IIV of male;(e) aedeagus of male; (f) genu, tibia and tarsus IV of female; (g) spermatheca of female. Amerodectes gracilis (Trouessart 1885): (h) aedeagus of male and (i) spermatheca of female." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7741842" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7741842/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">Figure 6</figureCitation>
(e)); setae
<emphasis box="[583,610,957,982]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">h3</emphasis>
is longer and setiform, about the same length as setae
<emphasis box="[261,298,992,1017]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">ps2</emphasis>
, and longer than the distance
<emphasis box="[659,712,992,1017]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">se-se</emphasis>
. In females, there are numerous small circular lacunae on the anterior hysteronotal shield, and the head of the spermatheca has a longer tube (about 15 long) preceding the bulbous inflation (
<figureCitation box="[942,1038,1061,1086]" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="11.[160,225,779,802]" captionTargetBox="[162,1153,143,747]" captionTargetId="figure-231@11.[162,1154,142,748]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Figure 6. Amerodectes gracilisimilis sp. nov.: (ad) legs IIV of male;(e) aedeagus of male; (f) genu, tibia and tarsus IV of female; (g) spermatheca of female. Amerodectes gracilis (Trouessart 1885): (h) aedeagus of male and (i) spermatheca of female." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7741842" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7741842/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">Figure 6</figureCitation>
(g)). Males of
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Trouessart" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[193,303,1096,1121]" class="Arachnida" family="Proctophyllodidae" genus="Proctophyllodes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="11" pageNumber="268" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis box="[193,303,1096,1121]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">A. gracilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have the longest aedeagus known in the genus, at 223237 µm (
<bibRefCitation author="Valim MP &amp; Hernandes FA" pageId="11" pageNumber="268" pagination="131 - 158" refId="ref13838" refString="Valim MP, Hernandes FA. 2008. Redescription of five species of the feather mite genus Pterodectes Robin, 1877 (Acari: Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) with the proposal of a new genus and a new species. Acarina. 16: 131 - 158." type="journal article" year="2008">Valim and Hernandes 2008</bibRefCitation>
), and with a bend almost at the level of setae
<emphasis box="[969,996,1131,1156]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">4b</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation box="[1014,1113,1131,1156]" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="11.[160,225,779,802]" captionTargetBox="[162,1153,143,747]" captionTargetId="figure-231@11.[162,1154,142,748]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Figure 6. Amerodectes gracilisimilis sp. nov.: (ad) legs IIV of male;(e) aedeagus of male; (f) genu, tibia and tarsus IV of female; (g) spermatheca of female. Amerodectes gracilis (Trouessart 1885): (h) aedeagus of male and (i) spermatheca of female." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7741842" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7741842/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">Figure 6</figureCitation>
(h)); setae
<emphasis box="[231,258,1165,1190]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">h3</emphasis>
are lanceolate, 23 times shorter than setae
<emphasis box="[798,835,1165,1190]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">ps2</emphasis>
, and shorter than distance
<emphasis box="[160,213,1200,1225]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">se-se</emphasis>
. Females of
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Trouessart" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[374,486,1200,1225]" class="Arachnida" family="Proctophyllodidae" genus="Proctophyllodes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="11" pageNumber="268" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis box="[374,486,1200,1225]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">A. gracilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have the hysteronotal shield without lacunae, and the head of the spermatheca has a shorter tube (about 10 long) ending with a small inflation (
<figureCitation box="[273,372,1269,1294]" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="11.[160,225,779,802]" captionTargetBox="[162,1153,143,747]" captionTargetId="figure-231@11.[162,1154,142,748]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Figure 6. Amerodectes gracilisimilis sp. nov.: (ad) legs IIV of male;(e) aedeagus of male; (f) genu, tibia and tarsus IV of female; (g) spermatheca of female. Amerodectes gracilis (Trouessart 1885): (h) aedeagus of male and (i) spermatheca of female." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7741842" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7741842/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">Figure 6</figureCitation>
(i)).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7741842" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7741842" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7741842/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="268" startId="11.[160,225,779,802]" targetBox="[162,1153,143,747]" targetPageId="11">
<paragraph blockId="11.[160,1155,779,861]" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[160,248,779,802]" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">Figure 6.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Hernandes, 2023" authorityName="Hernandes" authorityYear="2023" box="[254,497,779,802]" class="Arachnida" family="Proctophyllodidae" genus="Amerodectes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="11" pageNumber="268" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilisimilis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[254,497,779,802]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">Amerodectes gracilisimilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[501,579,779,802]" pageId="11" pageNumber="268" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
: (ad) legs IIV of male; (e) aedeagus of male; (f) genu, tibia and tarsus IV of female; (g) spermatheca of female.
<taxonomicName authority="(Trouessart 1885)" baseAuthorityName="Trouessart" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[719,1112,809,832]" class="Arachnida" family="Proctophyllodidae" genus="Amerodectes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="11" pageNumber="268" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis box="[719,922,809,832]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">Amerodectes gracilis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Trouessart EL" box="[939,1104,809,832]" pageId="11" pageNumber="268" pagination="46 - 89" refId="ref13713" refString="Trouessart EL. 1885. Note sur le classification des Analgesiens et diagnoses d ̍ especes et de genres nouveaux. Bulletin de la Societe d ̍ etudes scientifiques d ̍ Angers. 14: 46 - 89." type="journal article" year="1885">Trouessart 1885</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
: (h) aedeagus of male and (i) spermatheca of female.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection pageId="11" pageNumber="268" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="11.[160,1155,1354,1449]" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[160,258,1354,1380]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">Remark.</emphasis>
Although this was not illustrated by either
<bibRefCitation author="Berla HF" box="[749,881,1355,1380]" pageId="11" pageNumber="268" pagination="1 - 17" refId="ref10375" refString="Berla HF. 1959. Analgesoidea Neotropicais. IV - Sobre algumas especies novas ou pouco conhecidas de acarinos plumicolas. Boletim do Museu Nacional, Nova Serie (Zoologia). 209: 1 - 17." type="journal article" year="1959">Berla (1959)</bibRefCitation>
or
<bibRefCitation author="Valim MP &amp; Hernandes FA" pageId="11" pageNumber="268" pagination="131 - 158" refId="ref13838" refString="Valim MP, Hernandes FA. 2008. Redescription of five species of the feather mite genus Pterodectes Robin, 1877 (Acari: Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) with the proposal of a new genus and a new species. Acarina. 16: 131 - 158." type="journal article" year="2008">Valim and Hernandes (2008)</bibRefCitation>
, the female of
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Trouessart" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[414,522,1390,1415]" class="Arachnida" family="Proctophyllodidae" genus="Amerodectes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="11" pageNumber="268" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis box="[414,522,1390,1415]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">A. gracilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also has a darker area at the posterior margin of the prodorsal shield, similar to that of the new species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="11" pageNumber="268" type="etymology">
<paragraph blockId="11.[160,1155,1509,1604]" box="[160,285,1509,1535]" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[160,285,1509,1535]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">Etymology</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="11.[160,1155,1509,1604]" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">
From Latin
<emphasis box="[290,356,1544,1569]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">similis</emphasis>
(= similar, resembling without being identical), referring to the resemblance of the new species to
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Trouessart" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[491,714,1579,1604]" class="Arachnida" family="Proctophyllodidae" genus="Amerodectes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="11" pageNumber="268" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis box="[491,714,1579,1604]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="268">Amerodectes gracilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>