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<taxonomicName id="4C5D008B0022FF9EFDA5F9FEFB86F9DD" ID-CoL="8T9QZ" authority="Coetzee, 2013" authorityName="Coetzee" authorityYear="2013" box="[572,901,1554,1580]" class="Arachnida" family="Humerobatidae" genus="Afroleius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="315" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="deformatoides" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B929A71A0022FF9EFDA5F9FEFB86F9DD" bold="true" box="[572,901,1554,1580]" pageId="8" pageNumber="315">Afroleius deformatoides</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BE27B080022FF9EFD23F9DAFB57F9A0" blockId="8.[698,852,1590,1617]" box="[698,852,1590,1617]" pageId="8" pageNumber="315">
<heading id="D0AACC640022FF9EFD23F9DAFB57F9A0" box="[698,852,1590,1617]" centered="true" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="315" reason="3">(Figs 1517)</heading>
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<subSubSection id="C34728830022FF9CFEFEF983FB77F90C" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="317" pageId="8" pageNumber="315" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BE27B080022FF9FFEFEF983F9E0FE02" blockId="8.[299,1251,1647,1774]" lastBlockId="9.[336,1288,405,499]" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="316" pageId="8" pageNumber="315">Diagnosis Dorsalsurfaceandventralplatefoveate; epimeralsurface partlyfoveate; octotaxicsystemconsistingofporoseareas; inlateralview notogasterindented, ventralplateconvex; bothridialsetaclavate, stalkshort; bothridialopeningwide, directedanteriorly; rostralsetaminute; lamellarseta long, smooth, curvingmedially; interlamellarsetaminute; notogastralsetae veryshort; tarsusIwithoutdorsaldens; dorsaldensontarsusIIreducedto smallpoint.</paragraph>
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Dimensions
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(female): Length 374 μm, width 279 μm.
<typeStatus id="54E6C5AA0023FF9FFBA7FDFAFCABFDDA" box="[1086,1192,534,555]" pageId="9" pageNumber="316" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
: Females (n = 2): Length 363 μm (362364 μm), width 281 μm (279282 μm). Males (n = 2): Length 331 μm (325338 μm), width 247 μm (238256 μm).
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<paragraph id="8BE27B080023FF9FFE14FD80FD0BFCDE" blockId="9.[336,1289,533,1621]" pageId="9" pageNumber="316">Prodorsum (Figs 15 &amp; 16) Rostrumroundedindorsalview; prodorsalsurfacefo- veate; lamellawide, extendingoverlateralmarginofprodorsum, surfacefinelypunctate; rostralseta (ventrallyvisible) minute (~ 5 μm), insertedatanteriorapexoftutorium; lamellarsetalong (~ 66 μm), smooth, curvedmedially; interlamellarsetaminute (~ 8 μm); bothridiumlarge, openingwide, directedanteriorly; headofbothridialsetaclavate, granular, surfacesmooth; prodorsalprofileinlateralviewdecliningsharplyfromlamellarapexto- wardsrostrum, withnarrowridgesfromlamellarapextowardsrostralseta (seeremarks).</paragraph>
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Notogaster (Figs 15 &amp; 16) Tenpairsofminutenotogastralsetae (~ 8 μm) present; entiresurfacefoveate; indorsalviewanteriorlywithhighelevation, mediallyslightlyele- vated, laterallywithdeepdepressioninregionof
<emphasis id="B929A71A0023FF9FFCC2FC9CFB77FC74" box="[859,884,880,901]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="316">im</emphasis>
; postero- lateralmarginslightlyundulate; fourpairsofporoseareas, canalsoftenclearlyvisible; poroseareasA1 andA2 situated closetogether, nearsetah
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; opisthosomalgland
<emphasis id="B929A71A0023FF9FFCD5FC45FB6AFC4F" box="[844,873,937,958]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="316">gla</emphasis>
small.
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Podosomaandgnathosoma (Figs 16 &amp; 17) Surfaceofmentumwithfineridgesand punctae; genalnotchabsentbutsmallridgepresentextendingfromgenalbordertowards anteriorendoftutorium; axillarysacculeofmediumlength, epimeralsetaeminute; epimeralsurfaceanteriorlyfoveate, posteriorlyfinelypunctate; epimeralsetae
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,
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and
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absent; tutoriumnarrow; anteriorsurfacebelowtutoriumfinelygranulate; pedotectum Ilarge, wide, surfacefoveate, inventralviewwithdeepnotchatpointoffusionwith epimereI; pedotectumIIsmall.
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<paragraph id="8BE27B080023FF9FFE14FB7CFB5FFB2F" blockId="9.[336,1289,533,1621]" pageId="9" pageNumber="316">Ventralplate (Fig. 17) Ventralplatehighlyconvex; surfaceofgenitalplatesstriated, analplatesfaintlyfoveate, ventralplatewithlargefoveae; aggenitalsetaepresent; preanal organlong, narrow; postanalporoseareaabsent.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE27B080023FF9FFE14FB0AFB80FAC5" blockId="9.[336,1289,533,1621]" pageId="9" pageNumber="316">Legs Setalformula (trochantertotarsus, famulusincluded): LegI 153420; Leg II 143415; LegIII 221315; LegIV 022312; Solenidialformula (genutotarsus): Leg I 122; Leg II 112; Leg III 110; Leg IV 000.</paragraph>
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Legs similar to
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<bibRefCitation id="EFCC06F90023FF9FFD33FAD0FB4DFAA0" author="Mahunka, S." box="[682,846,1340,1362]" pageId="9" pageNumber="316" pagination="393 - 444" refId="ref3193" refString="Mahunka, S. (1984) OribatidsoftheeasternpartoftheEthiopianRegion (Acari) VI. Acta Zoologica Hungarica 30: 393 - 444." type="journal article" year="1984">Mahunka, 1984</bibRefCitation>
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(see
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); dorsal integument of tarsi I, II and IV and tibiae I, II and IV thick. Leg I: Antiaxial fastigial seta short and thin; famulusveryshort; distalendofgenuantiaxiallywithdorsalandventralcusps. LegII: Tarsuswithsmallpointondorsalsideproximaltotectalsetae; distalendofgenuantiaxiallywithdorsalandventralcusps. LegIII: Lesssclerotizedthanotherlegs. LegIV: Dorsal surfaceoftarsusandtibiaslightlyuneven; tarsusantiaxiallywithdiagonaltectumrunning from
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toproximo- ventralbaseofsegment; femurventrallywithwideflange; Solenidion ΦontibiaIVabsent, solenidialcanalpresent.
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<paragraph id="8BE27B080023FF9FFE14F9CEFAA6F9A4" blockId="9.[336,1289,533,1621]" pageId="9" pageNumber="316">Thelimitednumberofspecimensavailableforstudyprohibiteddissectionofmate- rialfordetailedsketchesoflegs.</paragraph>
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Materialexamined Theholotype (female) (
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) andfourpara-
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(twofemales, twomales) (
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,
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. 4, 2902.5) RoyalNatalNational Park
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,
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<collectingDate id="EFA7A4200023FF9FFDA7F95EFB00F936" box="[574,771,1714,1736]" pageId="9" pageNumber="316" value="1982-12-14">14 December 1982</collectingDate>
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(
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), soilandlitterinforested gorgesoneasternslopesofthenorthernDrakensbergmountainrange
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.
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<paragraph id="8BE27B080020FF9CFEFEFE7AFCE0FE5D" blockId="10.[299,1251,406,457]" box="[359,1251,406,428]" pageId="10" pageNumber="317">Etymology Thesuffix oidesmeaning “like” or “similarto” referstothesuperficial</paragraph>
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resemblanceofthenewspeciesto
<taxonomicName id="4C5D008B0020FF9CFD0EFE5FFB04FE39" authorityName="Mahunka" authorityYear="1984" box="[663,775,435,456]" class="Arachnida" family="Humerobatidae" genus="Afroleius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="317" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="deformis">
<emphasis id="B929A71A0020FF9CFD0EFE5FFB04FE39" box="[663,775,435,456]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="317">A. deformis</emphasis>
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.
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Remarks Thisspeciesisverysimilartothetypespeciesofthegenus,
<emphasis id="B929A71A0020FF9CFEB2FDE3F9FFFDD8" box="[299,508,527,553]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="317">Afroleiusdeformis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFCC06F90020FF9CFD9DFDE3FAC0FDD8" author="Mahunka, S." box="[516,707,527,553]" pageId="10" pageNumber="317" pagination="393 - 444" refId="ref3193" refString="Mahunka, S. (1984) OribatidsoftheeasternpartoftheEthiopianRegion (Acari) VI. Acta Zoologica Hungarica 30: 393 - 444." type="journal article" year="1984">Mahunka, 1984</bibRefCitation>
intheunusualindentedshapeofthenoto- gasterandconvexshapeoftheventralplate. Itdiffersfrom
<taxonomicName id="4C5D008B0020FF9CFBA0FDDDFCBCFDBB" authorityName="Mahunka" authorityYear="1984" box="[1081,1215,560,587]" class="Arachnida" family="Humerobatidae" genus="Afroleius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="317" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="deformis">
<emphasis id="B929A71A0020FF9CFBA0FDDDFCBCFDBB" box="[1081,1215,560,587]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="317">A. deformis</emphasis>
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in havingporoseareasinsteadoftheunusuallyshapedsacculipresentin
<emphasis id="B929A71A0020FF9CFB51FDBFFCE0FD9C" box="[1224,1251,595,621]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="317">A.</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B929A71A0020FF9CFEB1F927F99EF911" bold="true" box="[296,413,1739,1761]" pageId="10" pageNumber="317">Figs 1517.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C5D008B0020FF9CFE3DF927FA8BF911" authority="Coetzee, 2013" authorityName="Coetzee" authorityYear="2013" box="[420,648,1739,1760]" class="Arachnida" family="Humerobatidae" genus="Afroleius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="317" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="deformatoides" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B929A71A0020FF9CFE3DF927FA8BF911" box="[420,648,1739,1760]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="317">Afroleius deformatoides</emphasis>
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: 15 = dorsal aspect, 16 = lateral aspect, 17 = ventral aspect. Scalebarμm.
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<taxonomicName id="4C5D008B0021FF9DFEC9FE79F9B3FE5E" authorityName="Mahunka" authorityYear="1984" box="[336,432,405,431]" class="Arachnida" family="Humerobatidae" genus="Afroleius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="11" pageNumber="318" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="deformis">
<emphasis id="B929A71A0021FF9DFEC9FE79F9B3FE5E" box="[336,432,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="318">deformis</emphasis>
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, centralpartofthenotogasterfoveate (smoothin
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<emphasis id="B929A71A0021FF9DFB80FE79FC98FE5E" box="[1049,1179,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="318">A. deformis</emphasis>
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) andthe presenceofaggenitalsetae (absentin
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<emphasis id="B929A71A0021FF9DFCBDFE5BFBA5FE20" box="[804,934,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="318">A. deformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Theridgesextendingfrom thelamellarapicestowardstherostralsetaareinmyviewnothomologous toprolamellae, butmaybetheresultoftheunusualshapeoftheprodorsum. Theseridgesarealsopresentin
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<emphasis id="B929A71A0021FF9DFD70FDF0FB6EFDC4" box="[745,877,539,566]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="318">A. deformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Thenewspeciesisalsosmaller than
<emphasis id="B929A71A0021FF9DFE09FDD1FA18FDA6" box="[400,539,573,599]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="318">
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.
</emphasis>
The average length and width of
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<emphasis id="B929A71A0021FF9DFC26FDD1FC41FDA6" box="[959,1090,573,599]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="318">A. deformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is 392 μm × 323 μm, while in the new species it is 353 μm × 271 μm.
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<emphasis id="B929A71A0021FF9DFC42FDB3FC5DFD88" box="[987,1118,607,633]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="318">A. deformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is an inhabit- antoflowlyingforestedareasinthesouthandeastofthecountry, while
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<emphasis id="B929A71A0021FF9DFB77FD6DF9EFFD4D" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="318">A. deformatoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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hassofaronlybeenfoundinthehighaltitudeforested gorgesoftheDrakensbergmountainrange.
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