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<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFF5607E827A1FF11" bold="true" box="[151,405,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Neolaelaps vitzthumi</emphasis>
Domrow
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(
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)
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<taxonomicName id="4C7885E4FF9DFFCBFF56067D241BFEB8" authority="Domrow 1961: 72" authorityName="Domrow" authorityPageNumber="72" authorityYear="1961" box="[151,559,258,280]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Neolaelaps" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vitzthumi">
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFF56067D2758FEB8" box="[151,364,258,280]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Neolaelaps vitzthumi</emphasis>
Domrow 1961: 72
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFF56065E2758FE97" box="[151,364,289,311]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Neolaelaps vitzthumi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<treatmentCitation id="0AD9D876FF9DFFCBFE4E065E2463FE97" author="Radovsky" box="[399,599,289,311]" page="37" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" year="1967">
<bibRefCitation id="EFE98396FF9DFFCBFE4E065E2405FE97" author="Radovsky" box="[399,561,289,311]" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" refString="Radovsky, F. J. (1967) The Macronyssidae and Laelapidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata) parasitic on bats. University of California Publications in Entomology, 46, 1 - 288." type="journal article" year="1967">Radovsky 1967</bibRefCitation>
: 37
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; 1992: 1605.
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Specimens examined.
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</emphasis>
.
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,
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, 8 deutonymphs, Pinjarra Hills veterinary farm, Brisbane,
<date id="FFC6D8A7FF9DFFCBFF5606F82707FE3F" box="[151,307,391,415]" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" value="2000-10">October 2000</date>
, Janine Barrett coll., Paul Prociv don., ex
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<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFCCB06F6258CFE00" box="[778,952,392,416]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Pteropus alecto</emphasis>
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, captive adult male F43.
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<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFF0606D42431FE64" bold="true" box="[199,517,427,452]" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Description of male (n=2).</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFDCE06D3249DFE64" box="[527,681,428,452]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Dorsal shield</emphasis>
: Dorsal shield (
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), 440445 x 193200 wide at level of z6, mediolaterally excavated at level of enlarged stigmatal atria, giving the dorsal shield the shape of a guitar body. Reticulations present as weak scalloping. Podonotum bearing 22 pairs of setae plus 23 pairs ax setae between s3 and s4. Medial unpaired setae absent. Podonotal seta r6 off shield. Opisthonotum bearing 15 pairs of setae, px 23 absent, one J1 seta missing on one side of one specimen. Setae j1, j2, z1 borne on protruding vertex. Setae long, finely tapering Setae J5, Z5 bearing single barbs. Z5 not elongate. Dorsal setal lengths: Podonotal setae,
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFAE0051F230CFDD8" box="[1313,1336,608,632]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">j1</emphasis>
(1112),
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(4648),
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(4247),
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(4547),
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(4554),
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(4648),
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFCEE05FB2573FD3C" box="[815,839,644,668]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">z1</emphasis>
(2125),
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(4446),
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFBFD05FB2260FD3C" box="[1084,1108,644,668]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">z3</emphasis>
(3741),
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFB0305FB22EFFD3C" box="[1218,1243,644,668]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">z4</emphasis>
(4346),
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFA8805FA2356FD3C" box="[1353,1378,645,668]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">z5</emphasis>
(43 45),
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(4349),
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(3435),
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(3238),
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(3344),
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFD2805D72535FD60" box="[745,769,680,704]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">s4</emphasis>
(4748),
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFCB105D725BDFD1F" box="[880,905,680,703]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">s5</emphasis>
(4752),
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(3337),
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setae (3340),
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(20 24),
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(2426),
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(2432),
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(2438). Opisthonotal setae,
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFC8E05B3255EFD44" box="[847,874,716,740]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">J1</emphasis>
(4142),
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(4042),
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(3639),
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(3132),
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(2122),
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(4243),
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(4041),
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(3940),
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(3539),
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(2832),
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(3236),
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(3134),
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(3436),
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(3132),
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(2425).
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<taxonomicName id="4C7885E4FF9DFFCBFF06044727C1FCF0" authority="Deutosterum" authorityName="Deutosterum" box="[199,501,824,848]" class="Secernentea" family="Gnathostomatidae" genus="Gnathosoma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="8" pageNumber="49" phylum="Nematoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFF0604472762FCF0" box="[199,342,824,848]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Gnathosoma</emphasis>
: Deutosterum
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with 8 or 9 denticles in a single row. Hypostomal setae h13: 14, 12, 32 μm. Capitular seta, 2736 μm long, 3 μm broad at base. All palp setae setiform excepting palp tibia, apicodorsal setae tips distinctly rounded, without expanded terminus. Apotele 2-tined. Corniculi 25 long. Spermadactyl imperceptibly fused with movable digit (
<figureCitation id="1343E2E2FF9DFFCBFE7C04DB2425FC1C" box="[445,529,932,956]" captionStart="FIGURES 16 19" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1863,1886]" captionTargetBox="[169,1423,316,1831]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,298,1842]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 16 19. Neolaelaps vitzthumi male. 16, Dorsum, scale = 50 μm; 17, Venter, scale = 50 μm; 18, Femur genu I, scale = 50 μm; 19, chelicera, scale = 50 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277091/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Fig. 19</figureCitation>
). Tip broad, not tapered. Arthrodial corona absent. Movable digit reduced.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC7FE67FF9DFFCBFF0604B62410FA84" blockId="8.[151,1437,355,1496]" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFF0604B62738FC40" box="[199,268,969,992]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Venter</emphasis>
: (
<figureCitation id="1343E2E2FF9DFFCBFEE604B8274EFC7F" box="[295,378,967,991]" captionStart="FIGURES 16 19" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1863,1886]" captionTargetBox="[169,1423,316,1831]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,298,1842]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 16 19. Neolaelaps vitzthumi male. 16, Dorsum, scale = 50 μm; 17, Venter, scale = 50 μm; 18, Femur genu I, scale = 50 μm; 19, chelicera, scale = 50 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277091/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
) Tritosternal base squat 1215 μm long, 20 μm broad at base, with unfused laciniae (62 μm) arising directly from suture. Holoventral shield 98104 wide at st2, 63 wide at st5, narrowed posteriorly, bearing st15, circumanal setae and three pairs of setae between these, with Zv2 and Jv3 off shield. Subcircular genital opening placed anterior of st1 on edge of holoventral shield. Exopodal IV plates well-developed, 18 μm wide. Metapodal plates positioned strongly externally, principal and secondary plates conjoined, 17 long. Anal shield 56 60 wide at level of mid-anal opening. Cribral pores positioned at level of mid-anal opening. Anal opening large. Para-anal setae 16 long, postanal seta 1822 long (duplicated in one specimen). Cribral spicules in a dense field without recognisable bands or rows. Spiracular opening massively enlarged, 5153 μm wide. Peritrematal chamber extends anteriorly as a broad channel to level of anterior edge coxa III or mid coxa II, thereafter narrows sharply to a thin strip to posterior edge coxa I.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFF06024E26C8FAE8" box="[199,252,1329,1352]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Legs</emphasis>
: Leg chaetotaxy as in the majority of free-living
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Laelapidae (
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)
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except tibia I (2, 3/2,3/ 2, 2;
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2 present); genu I (2, 3/1,3/1, 2;
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFD90022A245FFACC" box="[593,619,1365,1388]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">av</emphasis>
2 absent,
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); genu IV (2, 2/1,2/1, 0;
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFBFB022A2260FACC" box="[1082,1108,1365,1388]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">pv</emphasis>
1 present,
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and
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3 absent); tibia IV (2, 1/1,2/1, 1;
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFE5802072781FA30" box="[409,437,1400,1424]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">pd</emphasis>
3 absent). Coxa I posterior seta inflated basally, trailing to filamentous tip. Femur I dorsally with a single triangular, retrose cuticular spur (
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). Femur I
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFC7802E325E1FA14" box="[953,981,1436,1460]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">pd</emphasis>
1 very long 6063. Femur II
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFAE202E3230BFA14" box="[1315,1343,1436,1460]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">pd</emphasis>
1 5155 long. Fe III and IV
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1 stout, 33 and 28 μm respectively. Legs stout, telescoped. Leg measurements as in
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Table
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I II III IV
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<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFF5601772730F9BD" bold="true" box="[151,260,1544,1565]" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">TABLE 3.</emphasis>
Lengths of leg segments in
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<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFDE3017724C3F9BE" box="[546,759,1544,1566]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Neolaelaps vitzthumi</emphasis>
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males (n = 2).
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Femur 6570 4854 4243 5355 Genu 5152 53 35 4347 Tibia 44 3335 3335 4647 Tarsus 6570 6572 6870 100105
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFF060045270FF8F2" bold="true" box="[199,315,1850,1874]" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Remarks.</emphasis>
Males of this species were previously undescribed.
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<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFC4600462240F8F1" box="[903,1140,1849,1873]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Neolaelaps vitzthumi</emphasis>
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has sexual dimorphism in femur I spurs. Females have two dorsal cuticular spurs on femur I. One spur originates from the base of
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFADB00222302F8D5" box="[1306,1334,1885,1909]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">ad</emphasis>
1 and the other originates from the base of
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFDD700FE2406F839" box="[534,562,1921,1945]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">pd</emphasis>
1. However males have only a raised boss next to
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFBB700FE22A6F839" box="[1142,1170,1921,1945]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">ad</emphasis>
1 and a well-developed spur at the base of
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFEAA00DA27B3F81D" box="[363,391,1957,1981]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">pd</emphasis>
1. Males also have only one spinose seta on posterior coxa I, and lack spinose anterior coxa I and spinose posterior coxa III. Compared to
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFD5400B52480F841" box="[661,692,1994,2017]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Ne</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFD0500B52510F841" box="[708,804,1994,2017]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">spinosus</emphasis>
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males, the capitular seta is not as stout (3 broad in
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9DFFCBFAB700B523A1F841" box="[1398,1429,1994,2017]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="49">Ne</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9CFFCAFF5607E726CAFF10" box="[151,254,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="50">vitzthumi</emphasis>
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, ca.
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<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9CFFCAFEAD07E627BFFF10" box="[364,395,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="50">Ne</emphasis>
.
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males). The host bat was “mangy” and carried a massive population of
<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9CFFCAFAFD07E6236FFF10" box="[1340,1371,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="50">Ne</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B90C2275FF9CFFCAFAAD07E626E3FF74" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="50">vitzthumi</emphasis>
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on its face. For other details on the health of this bat see
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.
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