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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.701.13261" ID-GBIF-Dataset="a9b15909-ea61-40d7-ba04-325b8af91669" ID-PMC="PMC5674090" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-701-1" ID-PubMed="29118596" ID-ZBK="23BDD7CE1C7E4D2092A8ED47267579FD" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2017" ModsDocID="1313-2970-701-1" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 701" ModsDocTitle="Revision of torrent mites (Parasitengona, Torrenticolidae, Torrenticola) of the United States and Canada: 90 descriptions, molecular phylogenetics, and a key to species" checkinTime="1506095869158" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Fisher, J. Ray, Fisher, Danielle M., Skvarla, Michael J., Nelson, Whitney A. &amp; Dowling, Ashley P. G." docDate="2017" docId="EDEA8A9FEDF3BE55FE1C97F4B82C98C1" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 701: 1-496" docOrigin="ZooKeys 701" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.701.13261" docTitle="Torrenticola nortoni Fisher &amp; Dowling, sp. n." docType="treatment" docUuid="6F164498-113D-4319-8ADB-D85FE40CBC46" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="5" lastPageNumber="1" masterDocId="3D440132FFABFFFC1505FFA0FFDDEA09" masterDocTitle="Revision of torrent mites (Parasitengona, Torrenticolidae, Torrenticola) of the United States and Canada: 90 descriptions, molecular phylogenetics, and a key to species" masterLastPageNumber="496" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="1" updateTime="1668164828938" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/6F164498-113D-4319-8ADB-D85FE40CBC46" authority="Fisher &amp; Dowling" class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Torrenticola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Torrenticola nortoni" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nortoni">Torrenticola nortoni Fisher &amp; Dowling</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="1">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material examined.</paragraph>
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HOLOTYPE (♀): from USA, California, Trinity County, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Wilson Creek (
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="40.42139">40°25'17&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-123.05139">123°3'5&quot;W</geoCoordinate>
), 20 Aug 2013, by JR Fisher, JRF 13-0820-003, DNA 3000.
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PARATYPES (9 ♀; 5 ♂): California, USA: 1 ♂ (ALLOTYPE) from USA, California, Trinity County, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Wilson Creek (
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="40.42139">40°25'17&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-123.05139">123°3'5&quot;W</geoCoordinate>
), 20 Aug 2013, by JR Fisher, JRF 13-0820-003, DNA 2996
<normalizedToken originalValue="•">*</normalizedToken>
5 ♀ and 2 ♂ from Plumas County, Plumas National Forest, Silver Creek (
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="39.95">39°56'60&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-121.038055">121°2'17&quot;W</geoCoordinate>
), 24 Aug 2013, by JR Fisher, JRF 13-0824-005
<normalizedToken originalValue="•">*</normalizedToken>
3 ♀ and 1 ♂ from Trinity County, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Wilson Creek (
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="40.42139">40°25'17&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-123.05139">123°3'5&quot;W</geoCoordinate>
), 20 Aug 2013, by JR Fisher, JRF 13-0820-003
<normalizedToken originalValue="•">*</normalizedToken>
1 ♀ and 1 ♂ from Tulare County, Sequoia National Forest, Brush Creek (
<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="35.965836">35°57'57&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-118.478615">118°28'43&quot;W</geoCoordinate>
), 3 Sep 2013, by JR Fisher, JRF 13-0903-002.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type deposition.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype (♀), allotype (♂), and some paratypes (5 ♀; 2 ♂) deposited in the CNC; other paratypes (4 ♀; 2 ♂) deposited in ACUA.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Torrenticola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Torrenticola nortoni" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nortoni">Torrenticola nortoni</taxonomicName>
are similar to other members of the
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Rusetria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rusetria" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Rusetria</taxonomicName>
&quot;Western 2-Plates&quot; group (
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. mulleni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="mulleni">T. mulleni</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. walteri" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="walteri">T. walteri</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. welbourni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="welbourni">T. welbourni</taxonomicName>
) in having anterio-lateral platelets fused to the dorsal plate, having faint dorsal coloration (some are colorless), and being distributed in the west. Female
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. nortoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nortoni">T. nortoni</taxonomicName>
can be differentiated from
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. welbourni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="welbourni">T. welbourni</taxonomicName>
(female only known) by having stockier pedipalp tibiae (3.13-3.33 in A33, 3.73 in A30) and shorter pedipalp femora (112.5-122.5 in A33, 137.5 in A30). Female
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. nortoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nortoni">T. nortoni</taxonomicName>
can be differentiated from female
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. mulleni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="mulleni">T. mulleni</taxonomicName>
by having a shorter medial suture (10-12.5 in A33; 20-22.5 in A31) and a shorter genital field (177.5-192.5 in A33, 195-205 in A31). Male
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. nortoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nortoni">T. nortoni</taxonomicName>
can be differentiated from male
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. mulleni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="mulleni">T. mulleni</taxonomicName>
by having shorter pedipalp femora (85-93 in
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. nortoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nortoni">T. nortoni</taxonomicName>
, 97-103 in
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. mulleni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="mulleni">T. mulleni</taxonomicName>
). Additionally,
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. nortoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nortoni">T. nortoni</taxonomicName>
can be differentiated from
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. mulleni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="mulleni">T. mulleni</taxonomicName>
by being distributed in California, instead of in the Rocky Mountains (Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming). Female
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. nortoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nortoni">T. nortoni</taxonomicName>
can be differentiated from female
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. walteri" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="walteri">T. walteri</taxonomicName>
by having slightly longer pedipalp femora with respect to genua (1.69-1.82 in
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. nortoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nortoni">T. nortoni</taxonomicName>
, 1.52-1.64 in
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. walteri" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="walteri">T. walteri</taxonomicName>
) and slightly more elongate anterio-medial platelets (2.74-3.06 in
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. nortoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nortoni">T. nortoni</taxonomicName>
, 2.58-2.72 in
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. walteri" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="walteri">T. walteri</taxonomicName>
). Male
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. nortoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nortoni">T. nortoni</taxonomicName>
can be differentiated from male
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. walteri" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="walteri">T. walteri</taxonomicName>
by having longer pedipalp femora (85-92.5 in
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. nortoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nortoni">T. nortoni</taxonomicName>
, 95-100 in
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. walteri" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="walteri">T. walteri</taxonomicName>
) and slightly more elongate pedipalp tibiae (2.73-3.0 in
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. nortoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nortoni">T. nortoni</taxonomicName>
, 3.05-3.10 in
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. walteri" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="walteri">T. walteri</taxonomicName>
).
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Female (Figure 168) (n = 5) (holotype measurements in parentheses when available) with characters of the genus with following specifications.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Dorsum - (570-645 (580) long; 420-480 (435) wide) ovoid with faint orange coloration or colorless. Anterio-medial platelets (122.5-131.25 (125) long; 40-47.5 (42.5) wide). Anterio-lateral platelets (155-180 (162.5) long; 50-57.5 (57.5) wide) fused to dorsal plate. Dgl-4 closer to the edge of the dorsum than to the muscle scars (distance between Dgl-4 295-320 (310)). Dorsal plate proportions: dorsum length/width 1.31-1.36 (1.33); dorsal width/distance between Dgl-4 1.40-1.50 (1.40); anterio-medial platelet length/width 2.74-3.06 (2.94); anterio-lateral platelet length/width 2.83-3.20 (2.83); anterio-lateral/anterio-medial length 1.22-1.38 (1.30).</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Gnathosoma - Subcapitulum (310-330 (325) long (ventral); 232.5-243.25 (240) long (dorsal); 132.5-140 (132.5) tall) colorless. Rostrum (125-130 (130) long; 43.75-50 (45) wide). Chelicerae (315-325 (325) long) with curved fangs (60-66 (60) long). Subcapitular proportions: ventral length/height 2.34-2.45 (2.45); rostrum length/width 2.60-2.89 (2.89). Pedipalps with tuberculate ventral extensions on femora and genua. Palpomeres: trochanter (45-50 (45) long); femur (112.5-122.5 (120) long); genu (62.5-72.5 (70) long); tibia (80-90 87.5) long; 25-28.75 (26.25) wide); tarsus (17.5-20 (17.5) long). Palpomere proportions: femur/genu 1.69-1.82 (1.71); tibia/femur 0.71-0.73 (0.73); tibia length/width 3.13-3.33 (3.33).</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Venter - (710-760 (730) long; 470-560 (490) wide) colorless. Gnathosomal bay (152.5-167.5 (167.5) long; 81.25-95 (85) wide). Cxgl-4 subapical. Medial suture (10-12.5 (12.5) long). Genital plates (177.5-192.5 (182.5) long; 160-182.5 (160) wide). Additional measurements: Cx-1 (270-281 (280) long (total); 110-124 (110) long (medial)); Cx-3 (300-365 (320) wide); anterior venter (157.5-177.5 (157.5) long). Ventral proportions: gnathosomal bay length/width 1.61-1.97 (1.97); anterior venter/genital field length 0.86-0.92 (0.86); anterior venter length/genital field width 0.97-0.98 (0.98); anterior venter/medial suture 12.6-17.75 (12.6).</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Male (Figure 169) (n = 5) (allotypic measurements in parentheses when available) with characters of the genus with following specifications.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Dorsum - (450-500 (455) long; 310-380 (320) wide) ovoid with faint orange coloration or colorless. Anterio-medial platelets (97.5-105 (102.5) long; 35-37.5 (37.5) wide). Anterio-lateral platelets (127.5-145 (137.5) long; 45-53.75 (45) wide) fused to dorsal plate. Dgl-4 closer to the edge of the dorsum than to the muscle scars (distance between Dgl-4 240-285 (245)). Dorsal plate proportions: dorsum length/width 1.32-1.45 (1.42); dorsal width/distance between Dgl-4 1.29-1.37 (1.31); anterio-medial platelet length/width 2.67-2.80 (2.73); anterio-lateral platelet length/width 2.60-3.06 (3.06); anterio-lateral/anterio-medial length 1.28-1.44 (1.34).</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Gnathosoma - Subcapitulum (250-267.5 (252.5) long (ventral); 180-195 (192.5) long (dorsal); 95-107.5 (97.5) tall) colorless. Rostrum (97.5-105 (105) long; 35-37.5 (37.5) wide). Chelicerae (246-260 (250) long) with curved fangs (45-52 (50) long). Subcapitular proportions: ventral length/height 2.49-2.63 (2.59); rostrum length/width 2.67-2.80 (2.80). Pedipalps with tuberculate ventral extensions on femora and genua. Palpomeres: trochanter (35-42.5 (37.5) long); femur (85-92.5 (92.5) long); genu (52.5-60 (56.25) long); tibia (66.25-75 (67.5) long; 22.5-27.5 (22.5) wide); tarsus (15-17.5 (17.5) long). Palpomere proportions: femur/genu 1.54-1.64 (1.64); tibia/femur 0.73-0.81 (0.73); tibia length/width 2.73-3.00 (3.00).</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Venter - (560-620 (590) long; 350-431 (370) wide) colorless. Gnathosomal bay (106-128 (122.5) long; 65-67.5 (65) wide). Cxgl-4 subapical. Medial suture (82.5-110 (102.5) long). Genital plates (112.5-125 (115) long; 90-102.5 (90) wide). Additional measurements: Cx-1 (211-230 (230) long (total); 100-110 (110) long (medial)); Cx-3 (260-292 (270) wide); anterior venter (232.5-250 (240) long). Ventral proportions: gnathosomal bay length/width 1.60-1.89 (1.88); anterior venter/genital field length 1.96-2.13 (2.09); anterior venter length/genital field width 2.39-2.67 (2.67); anterior venter/medial suture 2.18-2.82 (2.34).</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Immatures unknown.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Specific epithet (
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Arrenuridae" genus="Lebertioidea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lebertioidea nortoni" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nortoni">nortoni</taxonomicName>
) named in honor of acarologist Roy Norton who taught JRF oribatids during the Soil Mite Course at The Ohio State University Acarology Summer Program; specifically for his talent in weaving biological stories into his lessons.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">California (Figure 167).</paragraph>
<caption pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Figure 167.
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Torrenticola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Torrenticola nortoni" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nortoni">Torrenticola nortoni</taxonomicName>
sp. n. distribution.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Figure 168.
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Torrenticola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Torrenticola nortoni" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nortoni">Torrenticola nortoni</taxonomicName>
sp. n. female: A dorsal plates B venter (legs removed) C subcapitulum D pedipalp (setae not accurately depicted). Scale = 100
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Figure 169.
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Torrenticola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Torrenticola nortoni" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nortoni">Torrenticola nortoni</taxonomicName>
sp. n. male: A dorsal plates B venter (legs removed) C subcapitulum D pedipalp (setae not accurately depicted). Scale = 100
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Torrenticola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Torrenticola nortoni" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nortoni">Torrenticola nortoni</taxonomicName>
groups with other members of the
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Rusetria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rusetria" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Rusetria</taxonomicName>
Complex with high support and specimens are less than 2% different in COI sequence from each other. In the all analyses,
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. mulleni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="mulleni">T. mulleni</taxonomicName>
groups with the three other members of the
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Rusetria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rusetria" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Rusetria</taxonomicName>
Complex that are found in western North America:
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. mulleni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="mulleni">T. mulleni</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. walteri" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="walteri">T. walteri</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. welbourni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="welbourni">T. welbourni</taxonomicName>
. These species are 5-7% different in COI sequence from each other and together make up the Western 2-Plate Identification Group.
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Torrenticola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Torrenticola nortoni" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nortoni">Torrenticola nortoni</taxonomicName>
is one of three of these that occur in California (including
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. walteri" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="walteri">T. walteri</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. welbourni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="welbourni">T. welbourni</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">This species hypothesis is supported by low COI divergence within the species (0-2%) and high divergence between species (3-15%), and by the morphological characters outlined in the diagnosis.</paragraph>
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