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(
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<figureCitation id="639D74C6FFEDFF8F4EFDFBA6FEADFBE9" box="[158,323,1025,1049]" captionStart="FIGURES 19 – 27" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1828,1851]" captionTargetBox="[182,1417,250,1780]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1807]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 19 – 27. Myrmozerconn karajensis sp. nov., female. 19. dorsal shield; 20. ventral idiosoma; 21. hypostome; 22. epistome; 23. chelicera; 24. femur I, dorsal aspect; 25. femur II, dorsal aspect. 26. femur III, dorsal aspect. 27. femur IV, dorsal aspect. Scale bar = 100 μm for 19 and 20, 50 μm for 21 – 27." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/202827/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Figures 19–27</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFEDFF8F4EF4FBEDFE86FBAF" box="[151,360,1097,1119]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Specimens examined</emphasis>
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.
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, female,
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, Karaj, 35˚55’ N, 51˚04’ E, alt.
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,
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<date id="8F184E83FFEDFF8F4D97FBEEFB6DFBAF" box="[1012,1155,1097,1119]" pageId="7" pageNumber="29" value="2010-04-15">15 April 2010</date>
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,
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. Joharchi coll., in nest of
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sp. (in JAZM).
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(in ANIC).
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<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFEDFF8F4EF4FB0DFEC7FB33" bold="true" box="[151,297,1194,1219]" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Description.</emphasis>
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Female
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<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFEDFF8F4EA4FB69FE6CFB16" box="[199,386,1230,1254]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Dorsal idiosoma</emphasis>
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(
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<figureCitation id="639D74C6FFEDFF8F4FF2FB69FE0AFB16" box="[401,484,1230,1254]" captionStart="FIGURES 19 – 27" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1828,1851]" captionTargetBox="[182,1417,250,1780]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1807]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 19 – 27. Myrmozerconn karajensis sp. nov., female. 19. dorsal shield; 20. ventral idiosoma; 21. hypostome; 22. epistome; 23. chelicera; 24. femur I, dorsal aspect; 25. femur II, dorsal aspect. 26. femur III, dorsal aspect. 27. femur IV, dorsal aspect. Scale bar = 100 μm for 19 and 20, 50 μm for 21 – 27." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/202827/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Fig. 19</figureCitation>
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). Length 583–622 µm. Dorsal shield length 535–538 µm, width 491–504 µm (n = 2). Shield posteriorly truncate, not covering entire idiosoma, leaving a curved strip of unprotected skin posterior to setae J5, shield with distinct reticulate ornamentation over whole surface, individual polygons small, scale-shaped, transverse; with approximately 33 pairs of smooth pointed setae, some unpaired and asymmetrical, two pairs of setae in soft skin posterior to shield, setae on shield uniform in length and thickness except j1 fine and minute. Setae in R series reduced to only one or two setae. Pores and lyrifissures minute and obscure, in approximately ten pairs.
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<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFEDFF8F4EA4FA6CFE68FA13" box="[199,390,1483,1507]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Ventral idiosoma</emphasis>
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(
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<figureCitation id="639D74C6FFEDFF8F4FF6FA6DFE07FA12" box="[405,489,1482,1506]" captionStart="FIGURES 19 – 27" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1828,1851]" captionTargetBox="[182,1417,250,1780]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1807]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 19 – 27. Myrmozerconn karajensis sp. nov., female. 19. dorsal shield; 20. ventral idiosoma; 21. hypostome; 22. epistome; 23. chelicera; 24. femur I, dorsal aspect; 25. femur II, dorsal aspect. 26. femur III, dorsal aspect. 27. femur IV, dorsal aspect. Scale bar = 100 μm for 19 and 20, 50 μm for 21 – 27." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/202827/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">Fig. 20</figureCitation>
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). Tritosternum with short broad base (37µm × 12 µm wide), with smooth paired laciniae (105 µm); pre-sternal shields absent. Sternal shield (length 124 µm) narrowest between coxae II (131 µm) widest between coxae II and III (178 µm), with biconvex anterior margin; posterior margin indistinct and concave; shield bearing three pairs of smooth pointed setae (
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<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFEDFF8F4CB4F99FFD04F9BF" box="[727,746,1592,1615]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">st</emphasis>
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1 40 µm,
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2 42 µm,
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3 40 µm) and two pairs of lyrifissures, one pair between setae
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<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFEDFF8F4FFCF9FBFE5CF983" box="[415,434,1628,1651]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">st</emphasis>
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1 and
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<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFEDFF8F4F9BF9FBFDE5F983" box="[504,523,1628,1651]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">st</emphasis>
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2 and the other between
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<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFEDFF8F4D42F9FBFCDAF983" box="[801,820,1628,1651]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">st</emphasis>
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2 and
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<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFEDFF8F4D19F9FBFC63F983" box="[890,909,1628,1651]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">st</emphasis>
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3; surface with indistinct reticulate ornamentation and weak transverse lines near the anterior margin. Seta
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<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFEDFF8F4D2FF927FCB1F967" box="[844,863,1664,1687]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="29">st</emphasis>
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4 present in soft skin, metasternal pores and plates apparently absent. Endopodal plates III/IV free, narrow and elongate. Genital shield wide, strongly tapering posteriorly, 330–342 µm long, 150–153 maximum width. Surface of shield reticulate, ornamented with elongate cells in posterior half and longitudinal markings in anterior half; with one pair of simple setae
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5. Anal shield indistinct, bearing long thick post-anal seta 74 µm long, and a pair of para-anal setae 45 µm long. Opisthogastric soft skin with 11 pairs of smooth pointed setae (Jv1 32 µm, Jv2 37 µm, Jv3 17 µm, Jv5 44 µm, Zv1 37 µm, Zv2 37 µm), metapodal shields absent. Peritremes very short (71 µm), extending to mid-level of coxae Ш. Peritrematal shields absent, post-stigmatal plates and pores absent.
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<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE2FF804EF4F883FEBDF8CA" bold="true" box="[151,339,1828,1851]" pageId="8" pageNumber="30">FIGURES 19–27.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE2FF804F3AF881FDB1F8CB" box="[345,607,1829,1851]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="30">Myrmozerconn karajensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE2FF804C06F882FD58F8CA" bold="true" box="[613,694,1829,1850]" pageId="8" pageNumber="30">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, female. 19. dorsal shield; 20. ventral idiosoma; 21. hypostome; 22. epistome; 23. chelicera; 24. femur I, dorsal aspect; 25. femur II, dorsal aspect. 26. femur III, dorsal aspect. 27. femur IV, dorsal aspect. Scale bar = 100 μm for 19 and 20, 50 μm for 21–27.
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<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE2FF804EA4F802FEB8F84D" box="[199,342,1957,1981]" class="Secernentea" family="Gnathostomatidae" genus="Gnathosoma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="8" pageNumber="30" phylum="Nematoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE2FF804EA4F802FEB8F84D" box="[199,342,1957,1981]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="30">Gnathosoma</emphasis>
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. Hypostomal groove with ten rows of denticles, 9 to 15 very fine denticles per row, three rows sloping, not transverse (not visible in
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) (
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<figureCitation id="639D74C6FFE2FF804CA2F86FFCFBF810" box="[705,789,1992,2016]" captionStart="FIGURES 19 – 27" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1828,1851]" captionTargetBox="[182,1417,250,1780]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1807]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 19 – 27. Myrmozerconn karajensis sp. nov., female. 19. dorsal shield; 20. ventral idiosoma; 21. hypostome; 22. epistome; 23. chelicera; 24. femur I, dorsal aspect; 25. femur II, dorsal aspect. 26. femur III, dorsal aspect. 27. femur IV, dorsal aspect. Scale bar = 100 μm for 19 and 20, 50 μm for 21 – 27." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/202827/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="30">Fig. 21</figureCitation>
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). Hypostomal seta h1 26 µm, h2 23 µm, h3 37 µm, palp coxal seta 34 µm, surface of hypostome ornamented with transverse and curved lines. Palp chaetotaxy: trochanter 2, femur 5, genu 5, tibia 12;
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on femur very long and thick; palp tarsal claw two-tined. Epistome triangular, smooth, with pointed apex and a few longitudinal dorsal lines (
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<figureCitation id="639D74C6FFE3FF814D09FF78FC2EFF07" box="[874,960,223,247]" captionStart="FIGURES 19 – 27" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1828,1851]" captionTargetBox="[182,1417,250,1780]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1807]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 19 – 27. Myrmozerconn karajensis sp. nov., female. 19. dorsal shield; 20. ventral idiosoma; 21. hypostome; 22. epistome; 23. chelicera; 24. femur I, dorsal aspect; 25. femur II, dorsal aspect. 26. femur III, dorsal aspect. 27. femur IV, dorsal aspect. Scale bar = 100 μm for 19 and 20, 50 μm for 21 – 27." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/202827/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Fig. 22</figureCitation>
|
||
). Fixed digit of chelicera edentate, longer than movable digit; movable digit weakly sclerotised, distally curved, with a row of about eight minute denticles (
|
||
<figureCitation id="639D74C6FFE3FF814EFCFE80FF1DFECF" box="[159,243,295,319]" captionStart="FIGURES 19 – 27" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1828,1851]" captionTargetBox="[182,1417,250,1780]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1807]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 19 – 27. Myrmozerconn karajensis sp. nov., female. 19. dorsal shield; 20. ventral idiosoma; 21. hypostome; 22. epistome; 23. chelicera; 24. femur I, dorsal aspect; 25. femur II, dorsal aspect. 26. femur III, dorsal aspect. 27. femur IV, dorsal aspect. Scale bar = 100 μm for 19 and 20, 50 μm for 21 – 27." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/202827/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Fig. 23</figureCitation>
|
||
). Corniculi short, broad, weakly sclerotised.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FB196843FFE3FF814EA4FEEAFE9AFD74" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814EA4FEEAFF12FE94" box="[199,252,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Legs</emphasis>
|
||
: Legs II and III short (465 µm, 505 µm), I and IV longer (623–703 µm, 314–347 µm), ventral surface of most segments with reticulate ornamentation. Chaetotaxy: Leg I: coxa 0 0/1 0/1 0, trochanter 1 0/1 1/2 1 (
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814B25FED7FA8CFE78" box="[1350,1378,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">pd</emphasis>
|
||
very long and thick), femur 2 3/1 2/1 2 (
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814C41FE33FDD0FE5C" box="[546,574,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">ad</emphasis>
|
||
1 and
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814CE0FE33FD71FE5C" box="[643,671,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">pd</emphasis>
|
||
1 long and thick,
|
||
<figureCitation id="639D74C6FFE3FF814D00FE33FC5BFE5C" box="[867,949,404,428]" captionStart="FIGURES 19 – 27" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1828,1851]" captionTargetBox="[182,1417,250,1780]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1807]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 19 – 27. Myrmozerconn karajensis sp. nov., female. 19. dorsal shield; 20. ventral idiosoma; 21. hypostome; 22. epistome; 23. chelicera; 24. femur I, dorsal aspect; 25. femur II, dorsal aspect. 26. femur III, dorsal aspect. 27. femur IV, dorsal aspect. Scale bar = 100 μm for 19 and 20, 50 μm for 21 – 27." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/202827/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
|
||
), genu 2 3/1 2/1 2, tibia 2 3/1 2/1 2. Leg II: coxa 0 0/1 0/1 0, trochanter 1 0/1 0/2 1, femur 1 2/1 2/2 1 (
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814D50FE1FFCA1FE20" box="[819,847,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">ad</emphasis>
|
||
1 and
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814DF7FE1FFC5EFE20" box="[916,944,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">pd</emphasis>
|
||
1 long and thick,
|
||
<figureCitation id="639D74C6FFE3FF814A16FE10FB26FE3F" box="[1141,1224,439,463]" captionStart="FIGURES 19 – 27" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1828,1851]" captionTargetBox="[182,1417,250,1780]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1807]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 19 – 27. Myrmozerconn karajensis sp. nov., female. 19. dorsal shield; 20. ventral idiosoma; 21. hypostome; 22. epistome; 23. chelicera; 24. femur I, dorsal aspect; 25. femur II, dorsal aspect. 26. femur III, dorsal aspect. 27. femur IV, dorsal aspect. Scale bar = 100 μm for 19 and 20, 50 μm for 21 – 27." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/202827/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Fig. 25</figureCitation>
|
||
), genu 2 3/1 2/1 2, tibia 2 2/1 2/1 2. Leg III: coxa 0 0/1 0/1 0, trochanter 1 0/1 0/2 1, femur 2 2/1 1/0 1 (
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814A33FE7BFB82FE04" box="[1104,1132,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">pd</emphasis>
|
||
and
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814AC7FE7BFB54FE04" box="[1188,1210,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">pl</emphasis>
|
||
very short and fine,
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814EF4FDA7FF5DFDE8" box="[151,179,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">ad</emphasis>
|
||
1 and ad2 long and thick,
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814FBBFDA6FE1CFDE8" box="[472,498,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">av</emphasis>
|
||
proximal to lyrifissure,
|
||
<figureCitation id="639D74C6FFE3FF814D67FE58FCB9FDE7" box="[772,855,511,535]" captionStart="FIGURES 19 – 27" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1828,1851]" captionTargetBox="[182,1417,250,1780]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1807]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 19 – 27. Myrmozerconn karajensis sp. nov., female. 19. dorsal shield; 20. ventral idiosoma; 21. hypostome; 22. epistome; 23. chelicera; 24. femur I, dorsal aspect; 25. femur II, dorsal aspect. 26. femur III, dorsal aspect. 27. femur IV, dorsal aspect. Scale bar = 100 μm for 19 and 20, 50 μm for 21 – 27." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/202827/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Fig. 26</figureCitation>
|
||
), genu 2 2/1 2/1 2, tibia 2 1/1 2/1 2. Leg IV: coxa 0 0/1 0/0 0 (
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814F6FFD82FEC9FDCC" box="[268,295,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">av</emphasis>
|
||
very long and fine), trochanter 1 1/2 1/1 0, femur 2 2/1 1/0 1 (
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814D84FD83FBEDFDCC" box="[999,1027,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">pd</emphasis>
|
||
and
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814A59FD83FBBEFDCC" box="[1082,1104,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">pl</emphasis>
|
||
very short and fine,
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814B5AFD83FABBFDCC" box="[1337,1365,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">ad</emphasis>
|
||
1 long and thick,
|
||
<figureCitation id="639D74C6FFE3FF814F68FDE0FEB0FDAF" box="[267,350,583,607]" captionStart="FIGURES 19 – 27" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1828,1851]" captionTargetBox="[182,1417,250,1780]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1807]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 19 – 27. Myrmozerconn karajensis sp. nov., female. 19. dorsal shield; 20. ventral idiosoma; 21. hypostome; 22. epistome; 23. chelicera; 24. femur I, dorsal aspect; 25. femur II, dorsal aspect. 26. femur III, dorsal aspect. 27. femur IV, dorsal aspect. Scale bar = 100 μm for 19 and 20, 50 μm for 21 – 27." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/202827/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Fig. 27</figureCitation>
|
||
), genu 2 2/1 3/0 2, tibia 2 1/1 3/1 2. Tarsi I–IV with 16 setae, pre-tarsi with membranous ambulacrum, claws absent.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FB196843FFE3FF814EA4FD36FDE6FD3C" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814EA4FD36FE3FFD58" box="[199,465,657,680]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Insemination structures</emphasis>
|
||
: Insemination ducts opening on posterior margin of coxa III; sacculus foemineus not visible, apparently unsclerotised.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="B3BC3BC8FFE3FF824EA4FD7FFEA1FE04" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="32" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="FB196843FFE3FF814EA4FD7FFBC7FD1F" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,2013]" box="[199,1065,727,752]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814EA4FD7FFEA0FD00" bold="true" box="[199,334,728,752]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
The name of this species is derived from the
|
||
<typeStatus id="241DD6E1FFE3FF814D28FD7FFC95FD00" box="[843,891,728,752]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality, Karaj.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FB196843FFE3FF814EA4FD5BFAC0FA6C" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814EA4FD5BFEFFFCE4" bold="true" box="[199,273,764,788]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Notes.</emphasis>
|
||
Only eight species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814C7AFD5AFD5AFCE4" box="[537,692,765,788]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814C7AFD5AFD5AFCE4" box="[537,692,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Myrmozercon</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have been described from the Palaearctic Region.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814B62FD5AFEE4FCC8" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814B62FD5AFEE4FCC8" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Myrmozercon karajensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is distinctive in having only two ventral setae on genu I and tibia I instead of the normal three. It differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814EB6FCE2FDA6FCAC" authority="Berlese, 1902" authorityName="Berlese" authorityYear="1902" box="[213,584,836,860]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevipes">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814EB6FCE2FF02FCAC" box="[213,236,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814E98FCE3FEB7FCAC" box="[251,345,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">brevipes</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="9F3715B2FFE3FF814F03FCE3FE14FCAC" author="Berlese" box="[352,506,836,860]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" refString="Berlese, A. (1902) Specie di Acari nuovi. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 25, 697 - 700." type="journal article" year="1902">Berlese, 1902</bibRefCitation>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectingCountry id="83B128D3FFE3FF814C69FCE3FDAEFCAC" box="[522,576,836,860]" name="Italy" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Italy</collectingCountry>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814C1CFCE2FBC5FCAC" authority="(Michael, 1891) (Austria)" authorityName="Michael" authorityYear="1891" baseAuthorityName="Michael" baseAuthorityYear="1891" box="[639,1067,836,860]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flexuosa">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814C1CFCE2FD78FCAC" box="[639,662,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814CC6FCE3FCECFCAC" box="[677,770,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">flexuosa</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="9F3715B2FFE3FF814D72FCE3FC58FCAC" author="Michael" box="[785,950,836,860]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" refString="Michael, A. D. (1891) On the association of gamasids with ants. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 43, 638 - 653 + Plates XLIX - L." type="journal article" year="1891">Michael, 1891</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) (
|
||
<collectingCountry id="83B128D3FFE3FF814DADFCE3FBCAFCAC" box="[974,1060,836,860]" name="Austria" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Austria</collectingCountry>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
because it has many fewer setae on the dorsal shield; it differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814C47FCCEFD25FC70" box="[548,715,873,896]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acuminatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814C47FCCEFDD5FC70" box="[548,571,873,896]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814C29FCCEFD25FC70" box="[586,715,873,896]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">acuminatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="9F3715B2FFE3FF814CB9FCC0FC57FC8F" author="Berlese" box="[730,953,871,895]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" refString="Berlese, A. (1903) Diagnosi di alcuni nuove specie di Acari italiani, mirmecofili e liberi. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 27, 12 - 28." type="journal article" year="1903">
|
||
Berlese, 1903,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="83B128D3FFE3FF814DE7FCC0FC57FC8F" box="[900,953,871,895]" name="Italy" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Italy</collectingCountry>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) by its very short peritreme—in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814B4AFCCEFF3AFC54" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acuminatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814B4AFCCEFAAEFC70" box="[1321,1344,873,896]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814B2DFCCEFF3AFC54" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">acuminatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the peritreme is long enough to reach coxa I (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="9F3715B2FFE3FF814CB7FC2BFC9AFC54" author="Berlese" box="[724,884,908,932]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" refString="Berlese, A. (1903) Diagnosi di alcuni nuove specie di Acari italiani, mirmecofili e liberi. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 27, 12 - 28." type="journal article" year="1903">Berlese, 1903</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814DE4FC2AFB75FC54" box="[903,1179,908,932]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814DE4FC2AFB75FC54" box="[903,1179,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Myrmozercon karajensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814B4CFC2AFDAFFC37" authority="(Berlese, 1904) (Italy)" authorityName="Berlese" authorityYear="1904" baseAuthorityName="Berlese" baseAuthorityYear="1904" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="antennophoroides">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814B4CFC2AFAA8FC54" box="[1327,1350,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814B37FC2AFECCFC38" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">antennophoroides</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="9F3715B2FFE3FF814F58FC08FE0CFC37" author="Berlese" box="[315,482,943,967]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" refString="Berlese, A. (1904) Illustrazione iconografica degli Acari mirmecofili. Redia, 1, 299 - 474 + Plates 7 - 20." type="journal article" year="1904">Berlese, 1904</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) (
|
||
<collectingCountry id="83B128D3FFE3FF814C60FC08FDD7FC37" box="[515,569,943,967]" name="Italy" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Italy</collectingCountry>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
because its genital shield is posteriorly pointed whereas that of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814B1EFC16FE8EFC1C" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="antennophoroides">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814B1EFC16FA7AFC38" box="[1405,1428,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814EF4FC73FE8EFC1C" box="[151,352,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">antennophoroides</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is truncate; it differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814CFBFC72FBD3FC1C" authority="(Berlese, 1903) (Italy)" authorityName="Berlese" authorityYear="1903" baseAuthorityName="Berlese" baseAuthorityYear="1903" box="[664,1085,980,1004]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brachiatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814CFBFC72FD41FC1C" box="[664,687,981,1004]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814CDCFC73FCD9FC1C" box="[703,823,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">brachiatus</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="9F3715B2FFE3FF814D24FC73FC08FC1C" author="Berlese" box="[839,998,980,1004]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" refString="Berlese, A. (1903) Diagnosi di alcuni nuove specie di Acari italiani, mirmecofili e liberi. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 27, 12 - 28." type="journal article" year="1903">Berlese, 1903</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) (
|
||
<collectingCountry id="83B128D3FFE3FF814D9CFC73FBDBFC1C" box="[1023,1077,980,1004]" name="Italy" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Italy</collectingCountry>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the posterior margin of the dorsal shield, which is truncate in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814C78FC5EFD5AFBE0" box="[539,692,1016,1040]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814C78FC5EFDDCFBE0" box="[539,562,1017,1040]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814C22FC5FFD5AFBE0" box="[577,692,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">karajensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and rounded in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814D0DFC5EFBE2FBE0" box="[878,1036,1016,1040]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brachiatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814D0DFC5EFC6BFBE0" box="[878,901,1017,1040]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814DF7FC5FFBE2FBE0" box="[916,1036,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">brachiatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814A78FC5EFF21FBC4" authority="Karawajew, 1909" authorityName="Karawajew" authorityYear="1909" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ovatum">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814A78FC5EFAE1FBE0" box="[1051,1295,1017,1040]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Myrmozercon ovatum</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="9F3715B2FFE3FF814B74FC50FF21FBC4" author="Karawajew" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" refString="Karawajew, W. (1909) Myrmekophilen aus Transkaspien. Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozren i e, 9, 227 - 237." type="journal article" year="1909">Karawajew, 1909</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was described from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="83B128D3FFE3FF814FDFFBBBFDB4FBC4" box="[444,602,1052,1076]" name="Turkmenistan" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Turkmenistan</collectingCountry>
|
||
, close to the
|
||
<typeStatus id="241DD6E1FFE3FF814C8CFBBAFCF1FBC5" box="[751,799,1053,1077]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814DC1FBBAFBD2FBC4" box="[930,1084,1052,1076]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814DC1FBBAFC57FBC4" box="[930,953,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814DAAFBBBFBD2FBC4" box="[969,1084,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">karajensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. However,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814ADCFBBAFAD6FBC4" box="[1215,1336,1053,1076]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ovatum">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814ADCFBBAFB38FBC4" box="[1215,1238,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814A86FBBAFAD6FBC4" box="[1253,1336,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">ovatum</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is easily distinguished from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814F10FBE6FDE3FBA8" box="[371,525,1088,1112]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814F10FBE6FE64FBA8" box="[371,394,1089,1112]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814FF9FBE7FDE3FBA8" box="[410,525,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">karajensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by its very distinctive short legs, shorter than the width of the idiosoma, and its wide genital shield.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814FE7FBC2FD72FB8C" box="[388,668,1124,1148]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814FE7FBC2FD72FB8C" box="[388,668,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Myrmozercon karajensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is most similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814D1CFBC2FB08FB8C" authority="Berlese, 1903" authorityName="Berlese" authorityYear="1903" box="[895,1254,1124,1148]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmonyssus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="diplogenius">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814D1CFBC2FC78FB8C" box="[895,918,1125,1148]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814DCBFBC3FBC4FB8C" box="[936,1066,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">diplogenius</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="9F3715B2FFE3FF814A5DFBC3FB30FB8C" author="Berlese" box="[1086,1246,1124,1148]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" refString="Berlese, A. (1903) Diagnosi di alcuni nuove specie di Acari italiani, mirmecofili e liberi. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 27, 12 - 28." type="journal article" year="1903">Berlese, 1903</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectingCountry id="83B128D3FFE3FF814A9AFBC3FAC0FB8C" box="[1273,1326,1124,1148]" name="Italy" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Italy</collectingCountry>
|
||
and East Africa), but differs from it because the posterior half of the dorsal shield has at least 19 pairs of setae in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814B43FB2EFF28FB34" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmonyssus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="diplogenius">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814B43FB2EFF28FB34" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M diplogenius</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and 15 pairs in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814FE3FB0AFDF4FB34" box="[384,538,1196,1220]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814FE3FB0AFE79FB34" box="[384,407,1197,1220]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814FC4FB0BFDF4FB34" box="[423,538,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">karajensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and the posterior dorsal shield setae are 48–50 µm long in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814AAAFB0AFA85FB34" box="[1225,1387,1196,1220]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmonyssus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="diplogenius">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814AAAFB0AFA85FB34" box="[1225,1387,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M diplogenius</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and 53–58 µm long in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814F09FB76FDEDFB18" box="[362,515,1232,1256]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814F09FB76FE6FFB18" box="[362,385,1233,1256]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814FF3FB77FDEDFB18" box="[400,515,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">karajensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814C71FB76FBB4FB17" authority="Ueckermann & Loots, 1995" authorityName="Ueckermann & Loots" authorityYear="1995" box="[530,1114,1231,1256]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yemeni">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814C71FB76FCEBFB18" box="[530,773,1233,1256]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Myrmozercon yemeni</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="9F3715B2FFE3FF814D70FB68FBBCFB17" author="Ueckermann" box="[787,1106,1231,1256]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" refString="Ueckermann, E. A. & Loots, G. C. (1995) A new laelapid genus and species (Acari: Parasitiformes: Laelapidae) from Yemen. African Entomology, 3, 35 - 38." type="journal article" year="1995">Ueckermann & Loots, 1995</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was described from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="83B128D3FFE3FF814B24FB76FA76FB18" box="[1351,1432,1233,1256]" name="Yemen" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Yemen</collectingCountry>
|
||
, geographically close to
|
||
<collectingCountry id="83B128D3FFE3FF814FC0FB52FE3DFAFC" box="[419,467,1269,1292]" name="Iran" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Iran</collectingCountry>
|
||
, but it differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814CCEFB52FCA8FAFC" box="[685,838,1268,1292]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814CCEFB52FD2AFAFC" box="[685,708,1269,1292]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814CB0FB53FCA8FAFC" box="[723,838,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">karajensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in many ways, especially in the absence of metasternal seta st4, and the fusion of the sternal and endopodal shields.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814D14FABEFA79FADF" authority="Trach & Khaustov, 2011" authorityName="Trach & Khaustov" authorityYear="2011" box="[887,1431,1303,1328]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tauricus">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814D14FABEFB9BFAC0" box="[887,1141,1305,1328]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Myrmozercon tauricus</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="9F3715B2FFE3FF814A1DFAB0FA79FADF" author="Trach" box="[1150,1431,1303,1327]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" refString="Trach, V. A. & Khaustov, A. A. (2011) A myrmecophilous mite Myrmozercon tauricus sp. n. of the family Laelapidae (Acari, Mesostigmata) from Ukraine. Vestnik Zoologii, 45, 23 - 27." type="journal article" year="2011">Trach & Khaustov, 2011</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, described from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="83B128D3FFE3FF814F2BFA9BFE4BFAA4" box="[328,421,1340,1364]" name="Ukraine" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Ukraine</collectingCountry>
|
||
, also lacks metasternal setae, and differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814DD4FA9AFBBFFAA4" box="[951,1105,1340,1364]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814DD4FA9AFC20FAA4" box="[951,974,1341,1364]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814DBDFA9BFBBFFAA4" box="[990,1105,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">karajensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having pilose setae on the dorsal shield.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814F50FAC6FDA9FA88" box="[307,583,1376,1400]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814F50FAC6FDA9FA88" box="[307,583,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Myrmozercon karajensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is very similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814D70FAC6FA83FA88" authority="(Baker & Strandtmann, 1948) (Mexico)" authorityName="Baker & Strandtmann" authorityYear="1948" baseAuthorityName="Baker & Strandtmann" baseAuthorityYear="1948" box="[787,1389,1376,1400]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chapmani">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814D70FAC6FCC4FA88" box="[787,810,1377,1400]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814D5BFAC7FC49FA88" box="[824,935,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">chapmani</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="9F3715B2FFE3FF814DD6FAC7FB1DFA88" author="Baker" box="[949,1267,1376,1400]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" refString="Baker, E. W. & Strandtmann, R. W. (1948) Myrmonyssus chapmani, a new species of hypoaspid mite (Acarina: Laelaptidae). Journal of Parasitology, 34, 386 - 388." type="journal article" year="1948">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="83B128D3FFE3FF814DD6FAC7FC14FA88" box="[949,1018,1376,1400]" name="United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Baker</collectingCountry>
|
||
& Strandtmann, 1948
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) (
|
||
<collectingCountry id="83B128D3FFE3FF814B69FAC7FA8BFA88" box="[1290,1381,1376,1400]" name="Mexico" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Mexico</collectingCountry>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but differs from it by the presence of very long thick setae on the femora of all legs (absent in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814AE9FA22FAF3FA6C" box="[1162,1309,1412,1436]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chapmani">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814AE9FA22FB4FFA6C" box="[1162,1185,1413,1436]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814ACCFA23FAF3FA6C" box="[1199,1309,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">chapmani</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FB196843FFE3FF814EA6FA0FFA81F94C" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="9F3715B2FFE3FF814EA6FA0FFE32FA30" author="Shaw" box="[197,476,1448,1472]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" refString="Shaw, M. D. & Seeman, O. D. (2009) Two new species of Myrmozercon (Acari: Laelapidae) from Australian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa, 2025, 43 - 55." type="journal article" year="2009">Shaw & Seeman (2009)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
drew attention to some distinctive character states in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814A35FA0EFB1FFA30" box="[1110,1265,1449,1472]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814A35FA0EFB1FFA30" box="[1110,1265,1449,1472]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Myrmozercon</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The palp trochanter usually has one ventral seta, but
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814C39FA6AFD1CFA14" box="[602,754,1484,1508]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814C39FA6AFD9FFA14" box="[602,625,1485,1508]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814C1CFA6BFD1CFA14" box="[639,754,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">karajensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814D44FA6AFC49FA14" box="[807,935,1484,1508]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="beardae">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814D44FA6AFCD0FA14" box="[807,830,1485,1508]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814D2FFA6BFC49FA14" box="[844,935,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">beardae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have the normal mesostigmatid complement of two ventral setae. The corniculi of most species, including
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814D2FFA56FC0AF9F8" box="[844,996,1520,1544]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814D2FFA56FC8DF9F8" box="[844,867,1521,1544]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814D12FA57FC0AF9F8" box="[881,996,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">karajensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, are short and broad, not strongly sclerotised and horn-like. The genus is variable in the presence or absence of seta
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814A65F9B2FBF7F9DC" box="[1030,1049,1557,1580]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">st</emphasis>
|
||
4 (present in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814ACEF9B2FAA8F9DC" box="[1197,1350,1556,1580]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814ACEF9B2FB2AF9DC" box="[1197,1220,1557,1580]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814AB0F9B3FAA8F9DC" box="[1235,1350,1556,1580]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">karajensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) and in the degree of fusion of the sternal shield with the endopodal plates. In
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814DD3F99EFBA7F9A0" box="[944,1097,1592,1616]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814DD3F99EFC29F9A0" box="[944,967,1593,1616]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814DB5F99FFBA7F9A0" box="[982,1097,1592,1616]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">karajensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the endopodal plates between coxae III and IV are completely free.
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<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814C5CF9FAFD34F984" box="[575,730,1629,1652]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Myrmozercon</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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also has reduced chaetotaxy on some leg segments. This trend is developed further in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814FFDF926FD5AF968" box="[414,692,1664,1688]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814FFDF926FD5AF968" box="[414,692,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Myrmozercon karajensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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, which has only two ventral setae on genu I and tibia I instead of the normal three. This requires an expansion of the definition of the genus, and of the subfamily Melittiphinae.
|
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</paragraph>
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||
Most species of
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814F18F96EFDF8F910" box="[379,534,1737,1760]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Myrmozercon</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
, including the
|
||
<typeStatus id="241DD6E1FFE3FF814CDEF96FFD03F910" box="[701,749,1736,1760]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">type</typeStatus>
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species
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814D2FF96EFC3EF910" box="[844,976,1736,1760]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevipes">
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||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814D2FF96EFC8DF910" box="[844,867,1737,1760]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814D11F96FFC3EF910" box="[882,976,1736,1760]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">brevipes</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, show moderate to strong hypertrichy on the dorsal shield. However,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814FB6F94AFC89F8F4" authority="Shaw & Seeman, 2009" authorityName="Shaw & Seeman" authorityYear="2009" box="[469,871,1772,1796]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burwelli">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814FB6F94AFE02F8F4" box="[469,492,1773,1796]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814F9FF94BFDB4F8F4" box="[508,602,1772,1796]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">burwelli</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="9F3715B2FFE3FF814C01F94BFC89F8F4" author="Shaw" box="[610,871,1772,1796]" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" refString="Shaw, M. D. & Seeman, O. D. (2009) Two new species of Myrmozercon (Acari: Laelapidae) from Australian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa, 2025, 43 - 55." type="journal article" year="2009">Shaw & Seeman, 2009</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(24–25 pairs), and the new species
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814B61F94AFA72F8F4" box="[1282,1436,1772,1796]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814B61F94AFAF7F8F4" box="[1282,1305,1773,1796]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814B4AF94BFA72F8F4" box="[1321,1436,1772,1796]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">karajensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(33 pairs), have a reduced dorsal chaetotaxy. All species appear to have asymmetrical and unpaired setae on the dorsal shield, which makes it difficult to recognise their homology. For that reason, the setal notations in
|
||
<figureCitation id="639D74C6FFE3FF814B53F893FA72F8BC" box="[1328,1436,1844,1868]" captionStart="FIGURES 10 – 18" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1938,1961]" captionTargetBox="[179,1430,232,1893]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,193,1917]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 10 – 18. Gymnolaelaps prestoni sp. nov., female. 10. dorsal shield; 11. opisthosomal seta enlarged; 12. ventral idiosoma; 13. hypostome; 14. palp tarsal claw; 15. epistome; 16. chelicera; 17. genu III, dorsal aspect; 18, genu and tibia IV, dorsal aspect. Scale bar = 100 μm for 10 and 12, 50 μm for 13, 15, 16, 17, 18; 10 μm for 14. Figure 11 not to scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/202826/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Figure 13</figureCitation>
|
||
must be regarded as provisional. In most species the dorsal shield is reduced or truncated posteriorly to expose a strip of unsclerotised opisthonotal skin, but this is not true in every species. Species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814A17F8DAFAE1F864" box="[1140,1295,1917,1940]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814A17F8DAFAE1F864" box="[1140,1295,1917,1940]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">Myrmozercon</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
also vary in the presence or absence of metasternal setae
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814CEBF806FD75F848" box="[648,667,1953,1976]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">st</emphasis>
|
||
4, and the extent to which the sternal shield is fused with the endopodal plates. The sternal shield of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814F9CF862FD76F82C" box="[511,664,1988,2012]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814F9CF862FDF8F82C" box="[511,534,1989,2012]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE3FF814C46F863FD76F82C" box="[549,664,1988,2012]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="31">karajensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is similar to that of many free-living
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE3FF814A22F863FB0FF82C" box="[1089,1249,1988,2012]" class="Arachnida" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Mesostigmata</taxonomicName>
|
||
, with three pairs of setae and two pairs of lyrifissures, separate endopodal plates between coxae III and IV, and separate metasternal setae in the soft skin. The leg chaetotaxy of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE0FF824CE3FF1AFCF4FF24" box="[640,794,189,212]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="10" pageNumber="32" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE0FF824CE3FF1AFCF4FF24" box="[640,794,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="32">Myrmozercon</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species is variable, and does not provide diagnostic characters that define the genus (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="9F3715B2FFE0FF824FB6FF78FD32FF07" author="Shaw" box="[469,732,223,247]" pageId="10" pageNumber="32" refString="Shaw, M. D. & Seeman, O. D. (2009) Two new species of Myrmozercon (Acari: Laelapidae) from Australian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa, 2025, 43 - 55." type="journal article" year="2009">Shaw & Seeman, 2009</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). The new species
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE0FF824DCDFF46FBA8FF08" box="[942,1094,224,248]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="10" pageNumber="32" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE0FF824DCDFF46FC2BFF08" box="[942,965,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="32">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE0FF824DB0FF47FBA8FF08" box="[979,1094,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="32">karajensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
adds some further variation to the leg chaetotaxy, by having only two ventral setae on genu I and tibia I, where most species have three. It also has two ventral setae on the palp trochanter where most species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE0FF824D0CFE8EFBE4FEB0" box="[879,1034,297,320]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="10" pageNumber="32" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE0FF824D0CFE8EFBE4FEB0" box="[879,1034,297,320]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="32">Myrmozercon</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have one.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="9F3715B2FFE0FF824AEAFE80FA72FECF" author="Shaw" box="[1161,1436,295,319]" pageId="10" pageNumber="32" refString="Shaw, M. D. & Seeman, O. D. (2009) Two new species of Myrmozercon (Acari: Laelapidae) from Australian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa, 2025, 43 - 55." type="journal article" year="2009">Shaw & Seeman (2009)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
described a swelling on the dorso-distal edge of the palp trochanter in several species, but this structure is not present in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE0FF824EBFFED6FE9AFE78" box="[220,372,368,392]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="10" pageNumber="32" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE0FF824EBFFED6FF1DFE78" box="[220,243,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="32">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE0FF824F62FED7FE9AFE78" box="[257,372,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="32">karajensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. This instability in morphology, and the edentate chelicerae and short peritremes of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE0FF824B43FED6FF51FE5C" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="10" pageNumber="32" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE0FF824B43FED6FF51FE5C" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="32">Myrmozercon</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, suggest that
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE0FF824F3FFE32FE04FE5C" box="[348,490,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="32">Myrmozeron</emphasis>
|
||
is parasitic on its ant hosts, and not simply a commensal in its host's nests, but this has not been established experimentally. The specimens of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3CA613C0FFE0FF824D50FE1EFC22FE20" box="[819,972,440,464]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Myrmozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="10" pageNumber="32" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karajensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE0FF824D50FE1EFCA4FE20" box="[819,842,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="32">M</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="C9D2B451FFE0FF824D3AFE1FFC22FE20" box="[857,972,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="32">karajensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
were found clinging to the abdomen and head of the ants.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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