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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.926.48741" ID-GBIF-Dataset="faeaaebf-605f-4cb0-a845-3bdb5fb7d2f5" ID-PMC="PMC7170984" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-926-1" ID-Pensoft-UUID="6677D012D76F5C73894419DC46130BC6" ID-PubMed="32336917" ID-ZooBank="1BB22C603A7943E1A591C92EAC8B430F" ModsDocID="1313-2970-926-1" checkinTime="1586878986792" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Bernard, Jared, Lumley, Lisa M., Buck, Matthias &amp; Cobb, Tyler P." docDate="2020" docId="DE2AB6DEB6835DCFADA4A1678DF6EAA5" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 926: 1-23" docOrigin="ZooKeys 926" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.926.48741" docTitle="Caeculus cassiopeiae Bernard &amp; Lumley 2020, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docUuid="BC876F53-B89C-4AEA-ABC7-EA8CA18B7F91" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="4" id="6677D012D76F5C73894419DC46130BC6" lastPageNumber="1" masterDocId="6677D012D76F5C73894419DC46130BC6" masterDocTitle="A new species of rake-legged mite, Caeculus cassiopeiae (Prostigmata, Caeculidae), from Canada and a systematic analysis of its genus" masterLastPageNumber="23" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="1" updateTime="1668168707114" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>A new species of rake-legged mite, Caeculus cassiopeiae (Prostigmata, Caeculidae), from Canada and a systematic analysis of its genus</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Bernard, Jared</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Lumley, Lisa M.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Buck, Matthias</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Cobb, Tyler P.</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="DE2AB6DE-B683-5DCF-ADA4-A1678DF6EAA5" authority="Bernard &amp; Lumley" authorityName="Bernard &amp; Lumley" authorityYear="2020" class="Arachnida" family="Caeculidae" genus="Caeculus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Caeculus cassiopeiae" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cassiopeiae" status="sp. nov.">Caeculus cassiopeiae Bernard &amp; Lumley</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female A micrograph showing coloration B habitus illustrating cerotegument texture. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398993" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 1</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female idiosoma A dorsum B venter; PG, progenital valve; AG, aggenital sclerite; AD, adanal sclerite; PS, pseudanal sclerite C detail of bs seta, exemplifying typical clavate idiosomal seta. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398994" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 2</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female A anterodorsal view of rostrum and gnathosoma B detail of palp tarsus C detail of distal bothridial seta. Abbreviations: CH, chelicera; PA, palp; bo, bothridial seta; d, dorsal; df, reduced fixed cheliceral digit; dm, movable cheliceral digit; ζ, eupathidium; hyp, hypostome; l &quot;, posterolateral; ld, laterodorsal; me, median eye; Po, naso seta; ω, solenidion; v ', anteroventral; v, ventral; v &quot;, posteroventral. Scale bar: 0.1 mm (A)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398995" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 3</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female A-D dorsal view of legs I-IV E detail of solenidion ω on tarsus I. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A-D). Abbreviations: ε, famulus; ζ, eupathidium; κ &quot;, microseta; φ, tibial solenidion; ω, tarsal solenidion; bt, tarsal bothridial seta; d, dorsal; l ', anterolateral; l &quot;, posterolateral; v ', anteroventral; v, ventral; v &quot;, posteroventral." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398996" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 4</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Canada • 1 ♀; Alberta, Medicine Hat, near Gas City Campground;
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,
<geoCoordinate degrees="110" direction="west" minutes="43.56" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="-110.726">110°43.56'W</geoCoordinate>
; elev. ca 700 m; 26-27 Jul. 2014; M. Buck leg.; yellow pan traps; arid SW slope and adjacent disturbed plain of
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Agropyron" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Agropyron cristatum" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cristatum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Agropyron cristatum</emphasis>
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and
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Medicago" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Medicago sativa" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sativa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Medicago sativa</emphasis>
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; det. J. Bernard and L. Lumley, 30 Aug. 2016; cleared in 85% lactic acid, dissected, and slide-mounted; PMAE M00019466.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Paratype</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Canada • 1 ♀; ibid.; stored in 95% EtOH; PMAE M00030967.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Other material.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Canada • 8 ♀♀; ibid.; 26 Jun. 2017; L. Lumley leg.; collected with paintbrush; hard dry soil surface; det. L. Lumley; stored in 95% EtOH; PMAE M00030972 to M00030979.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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The five
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setae on the centrodorsal opisthosoma are arranged in an M, three pairs of
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pp</emphasis>
setae are aligned on the posterior third of the aspidosoma, and trochanter III has three setae along anterolateral surface.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Female description</paragraph>
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(
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= 2, all measurements in micrometres,
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Idiosoma dorsum</emphasis>
(Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female A micrograph showing coloration B habitus illustrating cerotegument texture. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398993" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">1</figureCitation>
-
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female A anterodorsal view of rostrum and gnathosoma B detail of palp tarsus C detail of distal bothridial seta. Abbreviations: CH, chelicera; PA, palp; bo, bothridial seta; d, dorsal; df, reduced fixed cheliceral digit; dm, movable cheliceral digit; ζ, eupathidium; hyp, hypostome; l &quot;, posterolateral; ld, laterodorsal; me, median eye; Po, naso seta; ω, solenidion; v ', anteroventral; v, ventral; v &quot;, posteroventral. Scale bar: 0.1 mm (A)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398995" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3</figureCitation>
). 1380-1592 = idiosomal length (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">IL</emphasis>
); 1.920
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longer than greatest width (at level of posterior margin of mediodorsal opisthosomal sclerites) (718-829 =
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). Sclerites tawny with pale ridges, ochre to raw sienna between sclerites, translucent white setae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female A micrograph showing coloration B habitus illustrating cerotegument texture. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398993" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">1A</figureCitation>
). All clavate idiosomal setae barbed (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female idiosoma A dorsum B venter; PG, progenital valve; AG, aggenital sclerite; AD, adanal sclerite; PS, pseudanal sclerite C detail of bs seta, exemplifying typical clavate idiosomal seta. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398994" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2C</figureCitation>
). Rostral region with dark brown anteriorly projecting naso bearing one pair elongated clavate setae
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Po</emphasis>
(74-94, ~0.054
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">IL</emphasis>
), one median eye immediately inferior to base of naso (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female A anterodorsal view of rostrum and gnathosoma B detail of palp tarsus C detail of distal bothridial seta. Abbreviations: CH, chelicera; PA, palp; bo, bothridial seta; d, dorsal; df, reduced fixed cheliceral digit; dm, movable cheliceral digit; ζ, eupathidium; hyp, hypostome; l &quot;, posterolateral; ld, laterodorsal; me, median eye; Po, naso seta; ω, solenidion; v ', anteroventral; v, ventral; v &quot;, posteroventral. Scale bar: 0.1 mm (A)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398995" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3A</figureCitation>
), one pair long, thickened attenuate bothridial seta
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(162-188, ~0.118
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">IL</emphasis>
) with barbed distal end (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female A anterodorsal view of rostrum and gnathosoma B detail of palp tarsus C detail of distal bothridial seta. Abbreviations: CH, chelicera; PA, palp; bo, bothridial seta; d, dorsal; df, reduced fixed cheliceral digit; dm, movable cheliceral digit; ζ, eupathidium; hyp, hypostome; l &quot;, posterolateral; ld, laterodorsal; me, median eye; Po, naso seta; ω, solenidion; v ', anteroventral; v, ventral; v &quot;, posteroventral. Scale bar: 0.1 mm (A)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398995" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3C</figureCitation>
), each inserted in anterolaterally projecting bothridium posterolaterad to median eye. Aspidosoma length 485-560 (0.352
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), width 425-491 (0.592
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) anterior to eyes, posterior margin of sclerite 309-357 (0.430
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">IW</emphasis>
); pronounced furrow along length of medial axis containing three or four shallow longitudinal reticulated ridges, anterior furrow width 135-157 (~0.189
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">IW</emphasis>
), posterior furrow width 102-118 (~0.142
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">IW</emphasis>
), posterior furrow depth 35-41 (~0.050
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">IW</emphasis>
); two pairs procurved clavate
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setae on anterior margin; none or one pair clavate
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setae near corners of anterior margin; three pairs clavate
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setae medial to eyes on posterior lateral margins, aligned parallel to mid-sagittal plane; area around eyes dark, posterior eyes 1.077
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
diameter of anterior eyes (Fig.
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), holotype with diminutive fourth
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seta anterior to other three on right side. Centrodorsal opisthosomal sclerite trapezoidal, length 425-490 (0.308
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), posterior margin 477-552 (0.665
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); one pair clavate
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setae near anterior margin of sclerite midway between mid-sagittal plane and lateral margins; 2.5 pairs clavate
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setae:
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pair anterior to mid-transverse plane and third of distance between mid-sagittal plane and lateral margins,
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pair posterior to mid-transverse plane and midway between mid-sagittal plane and lateral margins, one unpaired median
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">bs</emphasis>
seta present between anterior and posterior pairs, the five setae together forming M-shape; one or two pairs clavate
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">c</emphasis>
setae along posterior margin (sometimes
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">c1</emphasis>
, always
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">c2</emphasis>
) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female idiosoma A dorsum B venter; PG, progenital valve; AG, aggenital sclerite; AD, adanal sclerite; PS, pseudanal sclerite C detail of bs seta, exemplifying typical clavate idiosomal seta. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398994" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2A</figureCitation>
). Laterodorsal opisthosomal sclerites each bearing five or six clavate setae in tandem, two (
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and
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) near anterior margin, one or two
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setae at middle of sclerite (always
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, sometimes
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), and two
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">c</emphasis>
setae near posterior margin (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">c3</emphasis>
and
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">c4</emphasis>
); lyrifissure
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">ia</emphasis>
between
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">a3</emphasis>
and
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">b3</emphasis>
; lyrifissure
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">im</emphasis>
between
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">b4</emphasis>
and
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">c3</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female idiosoma A dorsum B venter; PG, progenital valve; AG, aggenital sclerite; AD, adanal sclerite; PS, pseudanal sclerite C detail of bs seta, exemplifying typical clavate idiosomal seta. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398994" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2A</figureCitation>
). Mediodorsal opisthosomal sclerites fused, bearing clavate
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">d1</emphasis>
,
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, and
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setal pairs, with or without unpaired median clavate
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seta slightly anterior to these; posterior opisthosomal sclerite length 0.161
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">IL</emphasis>
, bearing clavate
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,
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, and
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setal pairs and unpaired clavate
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seta slightly anterior to these; lyrifissure
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near lateral margin between mediodorsal and posterior opisthosomal sclerites (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female idiosoma A dorsum B venter; PG, progenital valve; AG, aggenital sclerite; AD, adanal sclerite; PS, pseudanal sclerite C detail of bs seta, exemplifying typical clavate idiosomal seta. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398994" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2A</figureCitation>
). Pluriposterior accessory sclerite bearing three clavate setae, including one unpaired median clavate
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">hs</emphasis>
seta (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female idiosoma A dorsum B venter; PG, progenital valve; AG, aggenital sclerite; AD, adanal sclerite; PS, pseudanal sclerite C detail of bs seta, exemplifying typical clavate idiosomal seta. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398994" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 1.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bernard &amp; Lumley" authorityYear="2020" class="Arachnida" family="Caeculidae" genus="Caeculus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Caeculus cassiopeiae" order="Prostigmata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cassiopeiae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Caeculus cassiopeiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., female
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
micrograph showing coloration
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
habitus illustrating cerotegument texture. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Idiosoma venter</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female idiosoma A dorsum B venter; PG, progenital valve; AG, aggenital sclerite; AD, adanal sclerite; PS, pseudanal sclerite C detail of bs seta, exemplifying typical clavate idiosomal seta. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398994" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2B</figureCitation>
). Epimeres black to dark brown, cerotegument tawny, progenital valves dark sienna, aggenital sclerites raw sienna, adanal sclerites brown ochre, pseudanal sclerites raw sienna, translucent white setae. Epimeral setal formula (I-IV) 7-3-4-5. Epimeres I and II fused, anterior margin of epimere I bearing seven clavate setae, most proximal seta slightly less expanded than others and setae get progressively longer distally, distalmost ~76-120 (~0.071
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">IL</emphasis>
), epimere II with three clavate setae along anterior margin; epimeres III and IV fused (separate from I + II), epimere III with three clavate setae along anterior margin and one clavate seta midway along proximal margin, epimere IV with one clavate seta at anteroproximal margin, one clavate seta on midline a third epimeral length from proximal margin, and three clavate setae along posterior margin (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female idiosoma A dorsum B venter; PG, progenital valve; AG, aggenital sclerite; AD, adanal sclerite; PS, pseudanal sclerite C detail of bs seta, exemplifying typical clavate idiosomal seta. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398994" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2B</figureCitation>
). Progenital valves (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">PG</emphasis>
) each with seven smooth acuminate simple setae; aggenital sclerites (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">AG</emphasis>
) each with three clavate setae; surrounding ventral cuticle bearing nine pairs of clavate setae, including pair
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">ag1</emphasis>
between epimeres IV (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female idiosoma A dorsum B venter; PG, progenital valve; AG, aggenital sclerite; AD, adanal sclerite; PS, pseudanal sclerite C detail of bs seta, exemplifying typical clavate idiosomal seta. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398994" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2B</figureCitation>
). Adanal sclerites (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">AD</emphasis>
) each bearing two clavate setae; pseudanal sclerites (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">PS</emphasis>
) each with three clavate setae; one unpaired medial clavate seta posterior to anus; lyrifissure
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">ih</emphasis>
laterad to anterior pseudanal sclerite (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female idiosoma A dorsum B venter; PG, progenital valve; AG, aggenital sclerite; AD, adanal sclerite; PS, pseudanal sclerite C detail of bs seta, exemplifying typical clavate idiosomal seta. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398994" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398994" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 2.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bernard &amp; Lumley" authorityYear="2020" class="Arachnida" family="Caeculidae" genus="Caeculus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Caeculus cassiopeiae" order="Prostigmata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cassiopeiae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Caeculus cassiopeiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., female idiosoma
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
dorsum
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
venter;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">PG</emphasis>
, progenital valve;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">AG</emphasis>
, aggenital sclerite;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">AD</emphasis>
, adanal sclerite;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">PS</emphasis>
, pseudanal sclerite
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
detail of
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">bs</emphasis>
seta, exemplifying typical clavate idiosomal seta. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A, B</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Gnathosoma</emphasis>
(Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female idiosoma A dorsum B venter; PG, progenital valve; AG, aggenital sclerite; AD, adanal sclerite; PS, pseudanal sclerite C detail of bs seta, exemplifying typical clavate idiosomal seta. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398994" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female A anterodorsal view of rostrum and gnathosoma B detail of palp tarsus C detail of distal bothridial seta. Abbreviations: CH, chelicera; PA, palp; bo, bothridial seta; d, dorsal; df, reduced fixed cheliceral digit; dm, movable cheliceral digit; ζ, eupathidium; hyp, hypostome; l &quot;, posterolateral; ld, laterodorsal; me, median eye; Po, naso seta; ω, solenidion; v ', anteroventral; v, ventral; v &quot;, posteroventral. Scale bar: 0.1 mm (A)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398995" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3A, B</figureCitation>
). Palps black, chelicerae dark brown, subcapitulum black to dark sienna, translucent white setae. All clavate setae barbed, all simple setae smooth. Palps (
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) five-segmented, setal formula, trochanter-tarsus, solenidia
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ω">ω</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
and eupathidia
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
in brackets: 0-2-1-5-10(1
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ω">ω</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
+1
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
); trochanter without setae; femur bearing two dorsal clavate setae midway along length, with proximal seta a third length of distal seta; genu bearing longest subclavate seta on tubercle at distal laterodorsal margin; tibia bearing five setae: one proximal anteroventral barbed spiniform seta, one laterodorsal spiniform seta with barbed distal end, one proximal dorsal elongated clavate seta, one distal dorsal barbed spiniform seta, and one posterolateral clavate seta (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female A anterodorsal view of rostrum and gnathosoma B detail of palp tarsus C detail of distal bothridial seta. Abbreviations: CH, chelicera; PA, palp; bo, bothridial seta; d, dorsal; df, reduced fixed cheliceral digit; dm, movable cheliceral digit; ζ, eupathidium; hyp, hypostome; l &quot;, posterolateral; ld, laterodorsal; me, median eye; Po, naso seta; ω, solenidion; v ', anteroventral; v, ventral; v &quot;, posteroventral. Scale bar: 0.1 mm (A)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398995" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3A</figureCitation>
); well-developed tarsus (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female A anterodorsal view of rostrum and gnathosoma B detail of palp tarsus C detail of distal bothridial seta. Abbreviations: CH, chelicera; PA, palp; bo, bothridial seta; d, dorsal; df, reduced fixed cheliceral digit; dm, movable cheliceral digit; ζ, eupathidium; hyp, hypostome; l &quot;, posterolateral; ld, laterodorsal; me, median eye; Po, naso seta; ω, solenidion; v ', anteroventral; v, ventral; v &quot;, posteroventral. Scale bar: 0.1 mm (A)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398995" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3B</figureCitation>
) bearing three dorsal smooth acuminate spiniform setae, one elongated spiniform seta with barbed distal end midway on ventral surface, one elongated barbed subclavate seta midway along posterolateral surface slightly distal to a minute solenidion
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ω">ω</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
recessed in large receptacle, one anterolateral smooth acuminate spiniform seta a third tarsal distance from distal end, one short smooth acuminate seta at distal posteroventral margin, two simple setae at distal end, and one eupathidium
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
posterior to one minute smooth spiniform seta at distal ventral margin. Chelicerae (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">CH</emphasis>
) each with fixed digit regressed to lobe and movable digit uncinate (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female A anterodorsal view of rostrum and gnathosoma B detail of palp tarsus C detail of distal bothridial seta. Abbreviations: CH, chelicera; PA, palp; bo, bothridial seta; d, dorsal; df, reduced fixed cheliceral digit; dm, movable cheliceral digit; ζ, eupathidium; hyp, hypostome; l &quot;, posterolateral; ld, laterodorsal; me, median eye; Po, naso seta; ω, solenidion; v ', anteroventral; v, ventral; v &quot;, posteroventral. Scale bar: 0.1 mm (A)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398995" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3A</figureCitation>
). Subcapitulum bearing two pairs of simple adoral
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">or</emphasis>
setae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female A anterodorsal view of rostrum and gnathosoma B detail of palp tarsus C detail of distal bothridial seta. Abbreviations: CH, chelicera; PA, palp; bo, bothridial seta; d, dorsal; df, reduced fixed cheliceral digit; dm, movable cheliceral digit; ζ, eupathidium; hyp, hypostome; l &quot;, posterolateral; ld, laterodorsal; me, median eye; Po, naso seta; ω, solenidion; v ', anteroventral; v, ventral; v &quot;, posteroventral. Scale bar: 0.1 mm (A)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398995" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3A</figureCitation>
) and two pairs of elongated thickened acuminate simple hypostomal setae
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">m</emphasis>
and
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">n</emphasis>
along base of hypostome,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">m</emphasis>
medial to and slightly longer (53-63, ~0.039
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">IL</emphasis>
) than
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">n</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female idiosoma A dorsum B venter; PG, progenital valve; AG, aggenital sclerite; AD, adanal sclerite; PS, pseudanal sclerite C detail of bs seta, exemplifying typical clavate idiosomal seta. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398994" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398995" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bernard &amp; Lumley" authorityYear="2020" class="Arachnida" family="Caeculidae" genus="Caeculus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Caeculus cassiopeiae" order="Prostigmata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cassiopeiae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Caeculus cassiopeiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., female
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
anterodorsal view of rostrum and gnathosoma
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
detail of palp tarsus
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
detail of distal bothridial seta. Abbreviations:
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, chelicera;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">PA</emphasis>
, palp;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">bo</emphasis>
, bothridial seta;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">d</emphasis>
, dorsal;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">df</emphasis>
, reduced fixed cheliceral digit;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">dm</emphasis>
, movable cheliceral digit;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
, eupathidium;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">hyp</emphasis>
, hypostome;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">l</emphasis>
&quot;, posterolateral;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">ld</emphasis>
, laterodorsal;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">me</emphasis>
, median eye;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Po</emphasis>
, naso seta;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ω">ω</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
, solenidion;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">v</emphasis>
', anteroventral;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">v</emphasis>
, ventral;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">v</emphasis>
&quot;, posteroventral. Scale bar: 0.1 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Legs</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female A-D dorsal view of legs I-IV E detail of solenidion ω on tarsus I. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A-D). Abbreviations: ε, famulus; ζ, eupathidium; κ &quot;, microseta; φ, tibial solenidion; ω, tarsal solenidion; bt, tarsal bothridial seta; d, dorsal; l ', anterolateral; l &quot;, posterolateral; v ', anteroventral; v, ventral; v &quot;, posteroventral." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398996" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">4</figureCitation>
). Black with translucent white setae. All clavate setae barbed, all rake/spiniform setae smooth. Formulae of leg setae (including rake setae), trochanter-tarsus, tarsal bothridial setae
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">bt</emphasis>
, solenidia
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="φ">φ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
/
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ω">ω</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
, eupathidia
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
, microseta
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="κ">κ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
&quot;, and famulus
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<normalizedToken originalValue="ε">ε</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
in brackets: leg I 5/6-8+3(1
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
)-21(2
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
)-22(1
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="φ">φ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
+1
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
+1
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="κ">κ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
&quot;)-12(1
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ω">ω</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
+5
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
+1
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ε">ε</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
); leg II 5-10+4-16-17(1
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="φ">φ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
)-14(1
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ω">ω</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
+1
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ε">ε</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
); leg III 7-5+2(2
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
)-9(1
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
)-15(1
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="φ">φ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
+1
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
)-9(1
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">bt</emphasis>
+1
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
); leg IV 7-2(1
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
)+3(2
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
)-9(1
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
)-13(2
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
)-13(1
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">bt</emphasis>
+1
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ω">ω</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
). Leg I length 1301-1502 (~0.943
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">IL</emphasis>
; Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Caeculus cassiopeiae sp. nov., female A-D dorsal view of legs I-IV E detail of solenidion ω on tarsus I. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A-D). Abbreviations: ε, famulus; ζ, eupathidium; κ &quot;, microseta; φ, tibial solenidion; ω, tarsal solenidion; bt, tarsal bothridial seta; d, dorsal; l ', anterolateral; l &quot;, posterolateral; v ', anteroventral; v, ventral; v &quot;, posteroventral." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.926.48741.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/398996" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">4A</figureCitation>
); trochanter I bearing three procurved clavate setae on tubercles along anterolateral margin, two or three dorsal clavate setae; basifemur I with one rake seta on anteroventral margin and one rake seta on posteroventral surface; telofemur I with one rake seta on anteroventral margin and one eupathidium
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
a third the length from distal end on posteroventral margin; genu I with two anteroventral rake setae, one elongated anteroventral subclavate seta near proximal margin aligned with rake setae, three anterolateral clavate setae, one short anterolateral eupathidium
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
near distal margin, five clavate dorsal setae, five posterolateral setae with middle seta elongated subclavate and remainder clavate, one short eupathidium
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
near distal posterolateral margin, five posteroventral setae with most proximal clavate, followed by one rake seta and three elongated subclavate setae; tibia I with four anteroventral rake setae, one elongated spiniform seta near proximal anteroventral margin in line with rake setae, four anterolateral clavate setae, five clavate dorsal setae, four posterolateral clavate setae, three posteroventral rake setae, and one spiniform seta on posteroventral surface proximad to rake setae, and the following three near distal anterolateral margin, most distal to least: one microseta
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="κ">κ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
&quot;, one recessed solenidion
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="φ">φ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
in large receptacle, and one eupathidium
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
; tarsus I bearing four spiniform setae along each anterolateral, posterolateral, and posteroventral margins, one recessed solenidion
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken originalValue="ω">ω</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
in large receptacle situated a third the tarsal length from distal end on dorsal surface (Fig.
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), one famulus
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</emphasis>
midway along anteroventral surface, and eupathidia
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<normalizedToken originalValue="ζ">ζ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
at the following locations: proximal dorsal surface, midway along posterolateral margin, a tenth the tarsal length from distal end on posteroventral margin, at distal anteroventral margin, and at distal anterolateral margin. Remaining clavate setation for leg I as in Fig.
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. Chaetotaxy of other legs as in Fig.
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. Basifemur II with one elongated barbed subclavate seta midway along posteroventral surface; genu II with one rake seta a third the distance along posteroventral surface; tibia II with three posteroventral rake setae, one dorsal solenidion
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<normalizedToken originalValue="φ">φ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
near distal margin; tarsus II bearing one recessed solenidion
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<normalizedToken originalValue="ω">ω</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
in large receptacle a third length from distal end on dorsal surface, slightly distal to one anteroventral famulus
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<normalizedToken originalValue="ε">ε</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
(Fig.
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). Trochanter III with three anterolateral clavate setae and two or three dorsal clavate setae; tibia III with one solenidion
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<normalizedToken originalValue="φ">φ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
near distal margin on dorsal surface (Fig.
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). Tarsi III and IV each with one elongated smooth slender bothridial seta
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a quarter of the length from distal margin on dorsal surface (125-145 [~0.091
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] on tarsus III; 143-166 [~0.104
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] on tarsus IV); tarsus IV with one solenidion
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</emphasis>
a third the length from distal end on dorsal surface (Fig.
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). Tarsal claws on all legs equal in size.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Male</emphasis>
and immatures unknown.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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sp. nov., female
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dorsal view of legs I-IV
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detail of solenidion
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<normalizedToken originalValue="ω">ω</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
on tarsus I. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (
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). Abbreviations:
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</emphasis>
, famulus;
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</emphasis>
, eupathidium;
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</emphasis>
&quot;, microseta;
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</emphasis>
, tibial solenidion;
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<normalizedToken originalValue="ω">ω</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
, tarsal solenidion;
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, tarsal bothridial seta;
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, dorsal;
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', anterolateral;
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&quot;, posterolateral;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">v</emphasis>
', anteroventral;
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, ventral;
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&quot;, posteroventral.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The
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setal arrangement on the centrodorsal opisthosoma resembles the five-star constellation named for Cassiopeia, the vain wife of King Cepheus in Greek mythology. The constellation is also known as the &quot;Celestial M&quot; given its orientation to the horizon when it ascends in the night sky on its arc around Polaris, and is known as the &quot;Celestial W&quot; as it sets.
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rise is most observable in the evenings during northern autumns. The genitive epithet abides by Articles 11.9.1.3 and 31.1.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, and hence means
<normalizedToken originalValue="“Cassiopeias">&quot;Cassiopeia's</normalizedToken>
rake-legged mite.&quot;
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Ethology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">We observed individuals both walking and motionless with legs I positioned in a raptorial manner above the soil surface. A captive individual consumed a prostigmatan we collected from the same exposed soil.</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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