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<taxonomicName id="4C0AEFB93F7DF44682DAFEC7B41BFE02" authority="Berlese, 1910" authorityName="Berlese" authorityYear="1910" box="[151,590,367,394]" class="Arachnida" family="Tegoribatidae" genus="Lepidozetes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="1" pageNumber="494" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="singularis">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF44682DAFEC7B41BFE02" bold="true" box="[151,590,367,394]" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF44682DAFEC7B7F7FE01" bold="true" box="[151,418,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">Lepidozetes singularis</emphasis>
Berlese, 1910
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<taxonomicName id="4C0AEFB93F7DF44682DAFE1EB417FE44" authority="Berlese, 1910: 386" authorityName="Berlese" authorityPageNumber="386" authorityYear="1910" box="[151,578,438,460]" class="Arachnida" family="Tegoribatidae" genus="Lepidozetes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="1" pageNumber="494" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="singularis">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF44682DAFE1EB72CFE44" box="[151,377,438,460]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">Lepidozetes singularis</emphasis>
Berlese, 1910: 386
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.
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<taxonomicName id="4C0AEFB93F7DF44682DAFE7DB40AFE63" authority="Willmann 1931: 180" authorityName="Willmann" authorityPageNumber="180" authorityYear="1931" box="[151,607,469,491]" class="Arachnida" family="Tegoribatidae" genus="Lepidozetes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="1" pageNumber="494" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="singularis">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF44682DAFE7DB72EFE63" box="[151,379,469,491]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">Lepidozetes singularis</emphasis>
: Willmann 1931: 180
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; Hammer 1952: 61, fig. 97; Mahunka 1993: 233, fig. 16; Pérez-Iñigo 1993: 122, fig. 44b; Mahunka &amp; Mahunka-Papp 1995: 205; Weigmann 2006: 359, figs. 191a,b.
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<taxonomicName id="4C0AEFB93F7DF44682DAFDBAB40FFDA0" authority="Schweizer, 1922: 57" authorityName="Schweizer" authorityPageNumber="57" authorityYear="1922" box="[151,602,530,552]" class="Arachnida" family="Tegoribatidae" genus="Lepidozetes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="1" pageNumber="494" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="conjunctus">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF44682DAFDBAB7D7FDA0" box="[151,386,530,552]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">Lepidozetes conjunctus</emphasis>
Schweizer, 1922: 57
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.
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<taxonomicName id="4C0AEFB93F7DF44682DAFD99B43DFDCF" authority="Schweizer 1956: 354" authorityName="Schweizer" authorityPageNumber="354" authorityYear="1956" box="[151,616,561,583]" class="Arachnida" family="Tegoribatidae" genus="Lepidozetes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="1" pageNumber="494" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="conjunctus">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF44682DAFD99B7D7FDCF" box="[151,386,561,583]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">Lepidozetes conjunctus</emphasis>
: Schweizer 1956: 354
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; Bayartogtokh &amp; Aoki 1999: 108, figs 1–17.
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF44682DAFDDCB729FD05" bold="true" box="[151,380,628,653]" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">Material examined</emphasis>
. Slides of the Berlese collection in Istituto Sperimentale per la Zoologia Agraria, Florence,
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, including the
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specimen (from
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).—Slides of the Willmann collection in Zoologische Staatssammlung in Munich (origin from northern Czech Republik, bog on mountain Novou Seninkou).—Slide with
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specimen of
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF44682F6FD48B790FD7F" box="[187,453,736,760]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">Lepidozetes conjunctus</emphasis>
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of the Schweizer collection in Naturhistorisches Museum Basel,
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.—12 unmounted specimens surrounding Basel (
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), collected by S. Sobeck 2001 from tree canopies (cf. Weigmann et al. 2004).—Two unmounted specimens from Schwarzwald Moutains (South-West-Germany), collected by B. Schnebele 1986 from lichens on tree bark.—Three unmounted specimens from the Sciliar region near Tires (Prov. Bolzano, Northern-Italy), collected by Irene Schatz 2006 from willow litter.—12 unmounted specimens from Sciliar (Prov. Bolzano, Northern-Italy), collected by H. Schatz 2006 from moss and grass under mountain pine, subalpine region.
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF446828AFC74B7ABFC7D" bold="true" box="[199,510,988,1013]" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">Redescription of the adult</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF4468041FC74B4D2FC7D" bold="true" box="[524,647,988,1013]" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Body length 380–510 µm; anterior border of lamellar shield rounded; sensillus with claviform head and moderately long stalk; tutorium angulated, distally with acute-angled dens; rostral seta stout, long (50–60 µm), heavily barbed, straight or bowed; setiform notogastral setae barbed, length about 25–38 µm; interlamellar setae small.
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF446828AFBC4B7E2FB0D" bold="true" box="[199,439,1132,1157]" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">General characters.</emphasis>
Body length 380–510 µm (400–510 µm in the studied specimens: females 445–510, n=21; males 400–450, n=10); length-width ratio about 1.5:1. Colour pale brown.
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<paragraph id="8BB5943A3F7DF446828AFB1CB6BCFA08" blockId="1.[151,1436,628,1846]" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF446828AFB1CB71BFB45" bold="true" box="[199,334,1204,1229]" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">Prodorsum</emphasis>
. Surface smooth; rostrum rounded, edge more or less protruding; lamellar shield rounded distally and laterally and constricted at the base. Setiform lamellar seta sparsely barbed, 45–60 µm long; interlamellar seta fine, small, 15–20 µm long; sensillus about 60 µm long, with claviform granulated head and moderately long stalk (figs 1a, 2). Tutorium angulate with long upper part and shorter part ventrad reaching insertion of leg I, distally with acute-angled dens about 25–45 µm in length. Rostral seta strong, long (50–60 µm), bushily barbed, straight or bowed.
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF446828AFA24B71DFA2D" bold="true" box="[199,328,1420,1445]" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">Notogaster</emphasis>
. Surface smooth. Anterior border overlapping posterior part of prodorsum with bothridia and insertion of interlamellar setae (fig. 1a); dorsophragmata large, broadly rounded, subparallel, well separated; movable pteromorphs protruding anteriorly, latero-anterior edge slightly concave (fig 2a). Ten pairs of fine setiform setae barbed, length about 25–38 µm. Porose areas roundish,
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF44681FBFA50B580F987" box="[950,981,1528,1551]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">Aa</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF4468643FA50B279F998" box="[1038,1068,1528,1552]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">A1</emphasis>
largest (diameter about 16 µm); five pairs of fissures.
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF446828AF997B471F9D0" bold="true" box="[199,548,1599,1624]" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">Podosoma and ventral region</emphasis>
. Pedotecta (
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF44680E2F9E9B481F9D0" box="[687,724,1601,1624]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">Ptc</emphasis>
) I well developed, upper posterior border concave (fig. 2a),
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF446873BF9E9B6FFF9F4" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">Ptc II</emphasis>
small. Custodium tooth moderately long, straight or bent (fig. 1b). Formula of epimeral setae 3-1-3-3, fine setae short (about 10 µm); six pairs of genital setae, 2-3 on anterior margin; one pair of aggenital setae, two pairs of anal setae (10-15 µm), three pairs of adanal setae (about 10 µm),
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF4468114F904B520F94C" box="[857,885,1708,1732]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">ad</emphasis>
1 and
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2 inserted parallel to posterior border of ventral plate,
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF446837DF97BB719F963" box="[304,332,1747,1771]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">ad</emphasis>
3 and fissure
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF4468391F97BB455F963" box="[476,512,1747,1771]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">iad</emphasis>
lateral and parallel to anal shield.
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<paragraph id="8BB5943A3F7DF446828AF951B773F8BE" blockId="1.[151,1436,628,1846]" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7DF446828AF951B6AAF89A" bold="true" box="[199,255,1785,1810]" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">Legs</emphasis>
. All tarsi hetero-tridactylous. Formula of leg setation as follows (famulus included, solenidia given in parenthesis):
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<th id="76EBFF043F7D0BB882DAF8CDB6B8F82A" box="[151,237,1893,1954]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">Leg I: Leg II:</th>
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<th id="76EBFF043F7D0BB882DAF806B6B8F84E" box="[151,237,1966,1990]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">Leg III:</th>
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<td id="76EBFF043F7D0BB8831AF806B730F84E" box="[343,357,1966,1990]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">2</td>
<td id="76EBFF043F7D0BB88321F806B720F84E" box="[364,373,1966,1990]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">-</td>
<td id="76EBFF043F7D0BB88330F806B410F84E" box="[381,581,1966,1990]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">1(1) - 3(1) - 14</td>
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<th id="76EBFF043F7D0BB882DAF87AB6B8F862" box="[151,237,2002,2026]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">Leg IV:</th>
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<td id="76EBFF043F7D0BB88330F87AB410F862" box="[381,581,2002,2026]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="494">2 - 3(1) - 12</td>
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F7EF44582DAFB3DB746FB22" bold="true" box="[151,275,1173,1195]" pageId="2" pageNumber="495">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F7EF4458354FB3DB7A9FB23" box="[281,508,1173,1195]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="495">Lepidozetes singularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7EF4458044FB3EB440FB23" bold="true" box="[521,533,1174,1195]" pageId="2" pageNumber="495">a</emphasis>
—Dorsal view, legs omitted;
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7EF4458173FB3EB519FB23" bold="true" box="[830,844,1174,1195]" pageId="2" pageNumber="495">b</emphasis>
—ventral view, legs omitted. Scale bar 100 µm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BB5943A3F7EF44582DAF916B6A0F89A" blockId="2.[151,1436,1726,1810]" pageId="2" pageNumber="495">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7EF44582DAF916B740F95C" bold="true" box="[151,277,1726,1748]" pageId="2" pageNumber="495">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F7EF4458353F916B456F95C" box="[286,515,1726,1748]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="495">Lepidozetes singularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
..
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7EF4458054F917B467F95C" bold="true" box="[537,562,1727,1748]" pageId="2" pageNumber="495">a–</emphasis>
specimen from Basel sourrounding, anterior part in lateral view;
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7EF4458696F917B2BCF95C" bold="true" box="[1243,1257,1727,1748]" pageId="2" pageNumber="495">b</emphasis>
—specimen from Schwarzwald, anterior part in laterodorsal view. Scale bar 100 µm. Abbreviations:
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7EF4458658F975B272F97B" box="[1045,1063,1757,1779]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="495">le</emphasis>
–lamellar seta;
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7EF4458681F976B2B4F97B" box="[1228,1249,1758,1779]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="495">ro</emphasis>
–rostral seta;
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7EF4458739F976B3DAF97B" box="[1396,1423,1758,1779]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="495">tut</emphasis>
– tutorium.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C310C7B13F7EF445828AF891B4A0F812" pageId="2" pageNumber="495" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BB5943A3F7EF445828AF891B4A0F812" blockId="2.[151,1436,1849,2018]" pageId="2" pageNumber="495">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7EF445828AF891B7A6F8DA" bold="true" box="[199,499,1849,1874]" pageId="2" pageNumber="495">Distribution and ecology</emphasis>
. The species occurs in the Holarctic region (Europe, North-America), mostly in subarctic, subalpine or montane areas. It is found in European bogs, in litter, in lichens on tree bark and in tree canopies. Obviously the species prefers cold climates.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C310C7B13F7EF443828AF80DB713FDB4" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="497" pageId="2" pageNumber="495" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BB5943A3F7EF444828AF80DB7BAFF70" blockId="2.[151,1436,1849,2018]" lastBlockId="3.[151,1437,151,608]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="496" pageId="2" pageNumber="495">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7EF445828AF80DB719F836" bold="true" box="[199,332,1957,1982]" pageId="2" pageNumber="495">Discussion.</emphasis>
From today’s view, both species,
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F7EF44580B0F80DB254F835" box="[765,1025,1957,1981]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="495">Lepidozetes singularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C0AEFB93F7EF4458605F80EB2BDF835" box="[1096,1256,1958,1981]" class="Arachnida" family="Tegoribatidae" genus="Lepidozetes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="495" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="conjunctus">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7EF4458605F80EB2BDF835" box="[1096,1256,1958,1981]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="495">L. conjunctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, are described insufficiently in the original papers (Berlese 1910; Schweizer 1922), and also subsequent authors (Schweizer 1956; Shaldybina 1975; Mahunka 1993; Bayartogtokh &amp; Aoki 1999) did not describe and image all important characters sufficiently, e.g. the tutorium and rostral setae. This contribution tries to present a revised redescription which is in accordance with
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material.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB5943A3F7FF444828AFEACB343FDD7" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,608]" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF444828AFEACB734FE95" bold="true" box="[199,353,260,285]" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">Rostral setae</emphasis>
. The
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specimen slide of Berlese was studied in Florence in 1995 by the author. The stout and bushy rostral seta has been detected (fig. 3a), a character which is used by some authors to discriminate
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF4448755FE80B3C9FEC8" box="[1304,1436,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">Lepidozetes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species, but mostly the rostral setae are not described for
<taxonomicName id="4C0AEFB93F7FF444816AFEE5B5E3FEEC" box="[807,950,332,356]" class="Arachnida" family="Tegoribatidae" genus="Lepidozetes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="496" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="singularis">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF444816AFEE5B5E3FEEC" box="[807,950,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">L. singularis</emphasis>
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(Willmann 1931: fig 308; Mahunka 1993: fig. 16; Pérez-Iñigo 1993: p. 122, fig. 44b). When studying the slides of Willmann, typical stout and bushy rostral setae are visible (cf. fig. 3b). In the key of Shaldybina (1975: p. 338, fig. 850v),
<taxonomicName id="4C0AEFB93F7FF444867DFE3DB2EAFE24" box="[1072,1215,404,428]" class="Arachnida" family="Tegoribatidae" genus="Lepidozetes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="496" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="singularis">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF444867DFE3DB2EAFE24" box="[1072,1215,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">L. singularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is characterized by “lamellar setae very small, rostral setae not visible from the dorsal aspect” (translated from Russian text). Following this characterization, Bayartogtokh and Aoki (1999: 116, figs 27–40) indicate in a key for
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF444874BFE75B3C1FE7C" box="[1286,1428,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">L. singularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: “rostral setae invisible”, for
<taxonomicName id="4C0AEFB93F7FF44483A5FDA9B4D1FD9F" box="[488,644,512,536]" class="Arachnida" family="Tegoribatidae" genus="Lepidozetes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="496" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="conjunctus">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF44483A5FDA9B4D1FD9F" box="[488,644,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">L. conjunctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: “rostral setae well developed” (“long barbed” in the description). Obviously “
<taxonomicName id="4C0AEFB93F7FF4448352FD8CB44FFDB4" authority="Shaldybina" authorityName="Shaldybina" box="[287,538,548,572]" class="Arachnida" family="Tegoribatidae" genus="Lepidozetes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="496" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="singularis">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF4448352FD8CB44FFDB4" box="[287,538,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">Lepidozetes singularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” sensu Shaldybina and sensu Bayartogtokh &amp; Aoki is not Berlese’s species, but possibly “
<taxonomicName id="4C0AEFB93F7FF444834AFDE1B568FDE8" authority="Bayartogtokh &amp; Aoki (1999)" authorityName="Bayartogtokh &amp; Aoki" authorityYear="1999" box="[263,829,583,608]" class="Arachnida" family="Tegoribatidae" genus="Lepidozetes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="496" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="conjunctus">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF444834AFDE1B7CBFDD7" box="[263,414,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">L. conjunctus</emphasis>
” sensu Bayartogtokh &amp; Aoki (1999)
</taxonomicName>
can be considered as Berlese’s
<taxonomicName id="4C0AEFB93F7FF44486D2FDE0B35AFDE8" box="[1183,1295,584,608]" class="Arachnida" family="Tegoribatidae" genus="Lepidozetes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="496" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="singularis">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF44486D2FDE0B35AFDE8" box="[1183,1295,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">singularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BB5943A3F7FF44482DAFB15B503FA98" blockId="3.[151,1436,1213,1296]" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF44482DAFB15B746FB5A" bold="true" box="[151,275,1213,1235]" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF4448354FB15B7AEFB5B" box="[281,507,1213,1235]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">Lepidozetes singularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF4448045FB15B441FB5A" bold="true" box="[520,532,1213,1234]" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">a</emphasis>
—dorsal view of prodorsum; sketch of the partly broken mounted type specimen, slide in Berlese-collection;
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF4448310FB74B73EFB79" bold="true" box="[349,363,1244,1265]" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">b</emphasis>
—dorsal view of lamellar shield, sensillus and rostral seta; sketch of the partly broken type specimen in a microscope slide, Willmann-collection. Abbreviation:
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF44480F3FB53B486FA98" box="[702,723,1275,1296]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">ro</emphasis>
–rostral seta.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BB5943A3F7FF44482DAF8D5B477F866" blockId="3.[151,1436,1916,2031]" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF44482DAF8D5B740F81A" bold="true" box="[151,277,1917,1939]" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF4448351F8D4B45FF81B" box="[284,522,1916,1939]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">Lepidozetes conjunctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Sketch with details of anterior body part in dorsal view of the mounted type specimen, slide in Schweizer-collection; heavily broken and disarranged, interrupted line marks the axis of lamellar shield. Scale bar 100 µm. Abbreviations:
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF444832FF813B738F858" box="[354,365,1979,2000]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">c</emphasis>
—notogastral seta
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF4448066F813B463F858" box="[555,566,1979,2000]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">c</emphasis>
;
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF444800EF812B43CF858" box="[579,617,1978,2000]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">lam</emphasis>
—border of lamellar shield;
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF44481C4F812B5CEF858" box="[905,923,1978,2000]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">le</emphasis>
—lamellar seta;
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF444860FF813B232F858" box="[1090,1127,1979,2000]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">ptm</emphasis>
–pteromorph;
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF44486B5F813B358F858" box="[1272,1293,1979,2000]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">ro</emphasis>
—rostral seta;
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF44482DAF872B6E3F867" box="[151,182,2010,2031]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">ros</emphasis>
—border of rostrum;
<emphasis id="B97E48283F7FF44483C2F872B7FFF867" box="[399,426,2010,2031]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="496">tut</emphasis>
—tutorium.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BB5943A3F78F443828AFF30B239FE94" blockId="4.[151,1436,151,1256]" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">
In the descriptions and figures of
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F443800CFF31B48DFF27" box="[577,728,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">L. conjunctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by Schweizer (1922, 1956), no rostral setae are mentioned nor figured. But in one original draft, Schweizer draw a stout and barbed rostral seta. The
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specimen is mounted on a microscope slide; it is heavily crushed and partly dried. Nevertheless the barbed rostal setae are visible (fig. 4). Regarding the rostral setae, there is no difference between
<taxonomicName id="4C0AEFB93F78F4438165FEADB5E0FE94" box="[808,949,260,284]" class="Arachnida" family="Tegoribatidae" genus="Lepidozetes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="497" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="singularis">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F4438165FEADB5E0FE94" box="[808,949,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">L. singularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C0AEFB93F78F44381A1FEADB230FE94" box="[1004,1125,261,284]" class="Arachnida" family="Tegoribatidae" genus="Lepidozetes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="497" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="conjunctus">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F44381A1FEADB230FE94" box="[1004,1125,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">conjunctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB5943A3F78F443828AFE8FB713FDB4" blockId="4.[151,1436,151,1256]" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F443828AFE8FB76CFEC8" bold="true" box="[199,313,295,320]" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">Tutorium</emphasis>
. To the knowledge of the author, in the descriptions of all
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F4438190FE80B234FEC8" box="[989,1121,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">Lepidozetes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species the structure of the tutorium is not mentioned nor illustrated except in
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F44380ACFEE5B520FEEC" box="[737,885,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">L. latipilosus</emphasis>
Hammer, 1952
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from the Arctic North-America, which has an acute large dens distally. In all studied specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C0AEFB93F78F443813BFED9B256FE00" box="[886,1027,368,392]" class="Arachnida" family="Tegoribatidae" genus="Lepidozetes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="497" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="singularis">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F443813BFED9B256FE00" box="[886,1027,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">L. singularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from different European origins, the tutorium shows the angulated structure with a strong distal dens; this dens is variable in length, from 25–45 µm (cf. figs 2a,b). Unfortunately the author did not pay attention to the tutorium explicitly, when studying the slides in the collections of Berlese and Willmann. But the tutorium could be detected in the
<typeStatus id="54B12A983F78F4438658FE75B210FE7D" box="[1045,1093,477,501]" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">type</typeStatus>
slide of
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F44386E5FE75B36AFE7C" box="[1192,1343,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">L. conjunctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(fig. 4), having an acute large dens distally. Regarding the tutorium structure, there is no difference between
<taxonomicName id="4C0AEFB93F78F4438740FDA9B3C9FD90" box="[1293,1436,512,536]" class="Arachnida" family="Tegoribatidae" genus="Lepidozetes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="497" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="singularis">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F4438740FDA9B3C9FD90" box="[1293,1436,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">L. singularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C0AEFB93F78F443828BFD8DB76AFDB4" box="[198,319,549,572]" class="Arachnida" family="Tegoribatidae" genus="Lepidozetes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="497" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="conjunctus">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F443828BFD8DB76AFDB4" box="[198,319,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">conjunctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C310C7B13F78F443828AFDEFB59AFB6F" pageId="4" pageNumber="497" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BB5943A3F78F443828AFDEFB789FCD4" blockId="4.[151,1436,151,1256]" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">
<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F443828AFDEFB42FFDE8" bold="true" box="[199,634,583,608]" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">
Synonymy of
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F4438321FDEFB42FFDE8" bold="true" box="[364,634,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">Lepidozetes conjunctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
. The length range of
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F443813CFDE1B25DFDD7" box="[881,1032,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">L. conjunctus</emphasis>
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varies from 378 until 432 µm after published and unpublished measurements of Schweizer (1922, 1956, values in the drafts). This range overlaps partly that by other authors and the actually measured range. The specimens of the
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series of Berlese does not exceed 420 µm (Bernini 1971). Further characters (occasionally used in descriptions of other species) are not suitable to differentiate between
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F4438047FD71B4CCFD78" box="[522,665,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">L. singularis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F443809FFD71B53FFD67" box="[722,874,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">L. conjunctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: rounded anterior border of lamellar shield, short interlamellar setae, length and shape of sensillus, length of notogastral setae, size and positions of porose areas of notogaster. Other specific characters, especially ventral ones, in the description of
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F4438612FC89B2A4FCB0" box="[1119,1265,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">L. singularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
above are not considered for
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F4438372FCEDB780FCD4" box="[319,469,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">L. conjunctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB5943A3F78F443828AFCCFB373FB17" blockId="4.[151,1436,151,1256]" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">
Mahunka (1993) published a sketchy drawing of the anterior dorsal part of a single “
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F44386CDFCC1B342FCF7" box="[1152,1303,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">L. conjunctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” specimen, found in a cave near Genova (
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). Subsequently he advanced the view that
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F443860AFC25B288FC2C" box="[1095,1245,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">L. conjunctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
should represent a valid species (Mahunka &amp; Mahunka-Papp 1995, 2004). I borrowed the specimen from the Museum of Natural History Genova and studied the characters in detail. Most characters fit into the frame of
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F44386AEFC7DB322FC64" box="[1251,1399,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">L. singularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as redescribed above (e.g. total length 450 µm; rostral setae stout and bushy). Minor differences are: anterior border of the lamellar shield slightly concave; anterior dens of tutorium shorter (20 µm, sharply pointed); custodium bent sidewards (more distinct than in some
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F443800BFBE8B4E3FBD0" box="[582,694,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">singularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
specimens). These different characters do not coincide better with Schweizer’s
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F443836BFBCDB7E9FBF4" box="[294,444,1125,1148]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">L. conjunctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
than with
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F443807EFBCDB495FBF4" box="[563,704,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">L. singularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but give no convincing basis to establish a new species. We must take into account that the single specimen may represent aberrant characters due to isolation in the cave.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB5943A3F78F443828AFB04B59AFB6F" blockId="4.[151,1436,151,1256]" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">
This study confirms the general opinion in the literature (Willmann 1931; Bernini 1971;
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F4438751FB05B318FB4C" box="[1308,1357,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">et al</emphasis>
. 1987; Pérez-Iñigo 1993) that
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F44383D7FB79B465FB6F" box="[410,560,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">L. conjunctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="B97E48283F78F4438176FB79B59DFB60" box="[827,968,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="497">L. singularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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