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<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFF11FF72FE5D6A8D" bold="true" box="[151,392,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">Autogneta schusteri</emphasis>
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47
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<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFF11FEE7FE586B27" bold="true" box="[151,397,258,283]" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">Material Examined.</emphasis>
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: adult male,
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, Mendocino Co., Angelo Coast Range Reserve,
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,
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(V. Behan-Pelletier and G. Pelletier), from redwood litter in riparian area; deposited in the
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number 24203.
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with same collection data as
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deposited in the
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, and RNC.
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. Adult. Apophyses posteriorly on prodorsum expressed as 1 pair of discrete tubercles overhanging dorsosejugal scissure. Bothridial seta capitate, about 38, globular head (about 12) with minute spicules throughout. Genital setae 6 pairs. Notogastral setae thin smooth acuminate, 2030 long, with
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shortest. Seta
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about 20 long, curved posteromedially, strongly barbed in male, acuminate and weakly barbed in female. Femur I without tubercles on proximal third of leg. Genua I and II with seta
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present. Dimorphism expressed as striking posteromedial cavity (about 20 wide) with faintly porose walls, positioned between lyrifissures
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in male. Setae
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and
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borne internally in cavity in male; and strongly modified from those of female: thick, with tendril-like barbs, length about 20. Mutual distance
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and
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subequal; in male about 20, in female 2427.
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<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFF41FD5EFE8C68E8" bold="true" box="[199,345,699,724]" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">Description.</emphasis>
Adults.
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFE3FFD59FD9368EF" box="[441,582,700,723]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">Dimensions:</emphasis>
Total length: females (
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= 3) 330 (322336); male (
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= 1) 300. Notogastral length: females (
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= 3) 213 (202226); male (
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFD1EFD05FD7368CB" box="[664,678,736,759]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">n</emphasis>
= 1) 185.
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<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFF41FCE1FE9B6927" box="[199,334,772,795]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">Integument:</emphasis>
Microtuberculate. Pleural region strongly tuberculate from base of pedotectum I to acetabulum IV. Microtubercles on trochanters III, IV and proximally on femora IIV more evident than on other leg segments. Margin of epimeres II and IV weakly defined medially.
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<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFF41FC8BFE9869BB" box="[199,333,878,903]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">Prodorsum:</emphasis>
Rostral incision about 16. Rostral setae about 19, barbed, acuminate, curved anteromedially. Costulae about 54, lateral edge defined, medial edge defined in distal third; bearing setae
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFBFBFC76FB446990" box="[1149,1169,915,940]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">le</emphasis>
anteriorly, about 1520 long, acuminate, weakly barbed; longitudinal ridge present lateral of costula. Enantiophysis
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weakly developed lateral to proximal third of costula. Apophyses posteriorly on prodorsum expressed as 2 discrete tubercles overhanging dorsosejugal scissure (
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, 42). Seta
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about 1215,
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about 10, acuminate. Mutual distance
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFF11FBC1FF066E07" box="[151,211,1060,1083]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">roro</emphasis>
about 18,
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about 21,
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about 30. Humeral enantiophysis well-developed (Fig. 44). Bothridial seta about 38, with globular head about 12, head with minute spicules (
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, 44).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8B5918FF99AF4BFF41FB89FE816F7C" blockId="16.[151,1437,258,2005]" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFF41FB89FE996EBF" box="[199,332,1132,1155]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">Notogaster:</emphasis>
With U-shaped furrow weakly defined, outlined by microtubercles (
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). Notogastral setae thin, smooth acuminate (other than
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFDA9FB6BFD906E90" box="[559,581,1166,1196]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">h1</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFD08FB7BFD436E90" box="[654,662,1182,1196]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">1</emphasis>
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male), 2030 long, with
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shortest, positioned as in
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. Dimorphism expressed as striking posteromedial cavity (about 20 wide) in male with faintly porose walls, positioned between lyrifissures
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFE7BFB3EFDCB6ECE" box="[509,542,1243,1266]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">ips</emphasis>
. Setae
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and
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borne internally in cavity and strongly modified from those of female: thick, with tendril-like barbs, length about 20. Mutual distance
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and
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subequal; in male about 20, in female 2427.
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<paragraph id="8B8B5918FF99AF4BFF41FAAEFE1D6C23" blockId="16.[151,1437,258,2005]" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFF41FAAEFEAC6F5F" box="[199,377,1355,1380]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">Ventral Region:</emphasis>
Epimeral setae 814 long, tapered, slightly roughened. Genital setae 6 pairs, about 12 long, acuminate, smooth. Aggenital seta, anal and
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFD1DFA8AFD216FB0" box="[667,756,1391,1420]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">ad3, ad2</emphasis>
about 12 long, smooth, acuminate; seta
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFB4FFA8AFB396FB0" box="[1225,1260,1391,1420]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">ad1</emphasis>
about 20 long, curved posteromedially, strongly barbed in male, acuminate and weakly barbed in female. Setae
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFB5DFA73FAE46F8F" box="[1243,1329,1430,1459]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">ad1, ad2</emphasis>
posterior to anal plate in both sexes; seta
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFD94FA59FDE36FE6" box="[530,566,1468,1498]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">ad3</emphasis>
posterior to level of
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFCB7FA59FC806FE9" box="[817,853,1468,1493]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">iad</emphasis>
in male, anterior to
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFBCEFA59FBB96FE9" box="[1096,1132,1468,1493]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">iad</emphasis>
in female. Lyrifissure
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFAFEFA59FA496FE9" box="[1400,1436,1468,1493]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">iad</emphasis>
parallel to anterolateral margin of anal plate. Posterior border of epimere IV smooth (Fig. 45). Tubercles absent posterior to acetabulum IV.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8B5918FF99AF4BFF41F9C9FE286C79" blockId="16.[151,1437,258,2005]" box="[199,509,1580,1605]" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF99AF4BFF41F9C9FE506C78" authority="As" authorityName="As" box="[199,389,1580,1605]" class="Secernentea" family="Gnathostomatidae" genus="Gnathosoma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="16" pageNumber="71" phylum="Nematoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFF41F9C9FE8A6C79" box="[199,351,1580,1605]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">Gnathosoma:</emphasis>
As
</taxonomicName>
for genus.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8B5918FF99AF4BFF41F9B4FB4C6CB0" blockId="16.[151,1437,258,2005]" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFF41F9B4FED36C54" box="[199,262,1617,1640]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">Legs:</emphasis>
Setation: leg I: 1-5-3(1)-4(2)-18(2); leg II: 1-5-3(1)-4(1)-15(2); leg III: 2-3-1(1)-3(1)-15; leg IV: 1-2-2- 3(1)-12. Femur I without tubercles positioned antiaxially. Seta
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFCD8F990FCA16CB0" box="[862,884,1653,1676]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">v</emphasis>
present on genua I and II.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8B5918FF99AF4BFF41F97CFE176C93" blockId="16.[151,1437,258,2005]" box="[199,450,1687,1712]" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFF41F97CFEEB6C8C" box="[199,318,1689,1712]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">Immatures</emphasis>
: Unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32E0A93FF99AF4BFF41F959FA8B6CE9" box="[199,1374,1724,1749]" pageId="16" pageNumber="71" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8B8B5918FF99AF4BFF41F959FA8B6CE9" blockId="16.[151,1437,258,2005]" box="[199,1374,1724,1749]" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFF41F959FE9B6CE9" bold="true" box="[199,334,1724,1749]" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">Etymology.</emphasis>
This species is named in honour of the eminent acarologist, Professor Dr. Reinhart Schuster.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32E0A93FF99AF4FFF41F93AFB7B6F68" lastPageId="20" lastPageNumber="75" pageId="16" pageNumber="71" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B8B5918FF99AF4BFF41F93AFB456DB7" blockId="16.[151,1437,258,2005]" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFF41F93AFEE16CC4" bold="true" box="[199,308,1759,1784]" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">Remarks</emphasis>
. Both males and females of this species are easily recognized by the capitate bothridial seta, short notogastral setae, and apophyses posteriorly on the prodorsum expressed as 1 pair of discrete tubercles overhanging the dorsosejugal scissure. Sexual dimorphism in this species consists of males with posteromedial weakly porose cavity, about 20 width, positioned between lyrifissures
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFC4CF8A8FC3E6D58" box="[970,1003,1869,1892]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">ips</emphasis>
, bearing setae
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFB1BF8A9FB666D54" box="[1181,1203,1868,1896]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">h1</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFB76F8A8FAD36D54" box="[1264,1286,1869,1896]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">p1</emphasis>
internally in cavity. Setae
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFEADF897FE946DB3" box="[299,321,1906,1935]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">h1</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B940850AFF99AF4BFEF1F891FE586DB3" box="[375,397,1908,1935]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">p1</emphasis>
thick, strongly modified from that of female, with tendril-like barbs.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8B5918FF99AF4BFF41F87CFF336DE9" blockId="16.[151,1437,258,2005]" pageId="16" pageNumber="71">Gravid females carry up to 2 large eggs. Gut contents are primarily darkly pigmented fungal hyphae and spores.</paragraph>
<caption id="DF4B0990FF98AF4AFF11F844FCBA6DC9" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/288322/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="72" targetBox="[212,1380,196,1917]" targetPageId="17">
<paragraph id="8B8B5918FF98AF4AFF11F844FCBA6DC9" blockId="17.[151,1436,1953,2037]" pageId="17" pageNumber="72">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF98AF4AFF11F844FE816D8B" bold="true" box="[151,340,1953,1976]" pageId="17" pageNumber="72">FIGURES 3739.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B940850AFF98AF4AFEDCF847FDFD6D84" box="[346,552,1954,1976]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="72">Autogneta schusteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2733871FF98AF4AFDB4F846FD516D84" box="[562,644,1955,1976]" pageId="17" pageNumber="72" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, adults, dorsal aspect: 37, female, legs not illustrated, except for proximal segments of leg I and II; 38, male, legs not illustrated, except for proximal segments of legs IIII; 39, male, detail of posterior of notogaster (specimen flattened, and partially broken). Scale bar = 50.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF4B0990FF9BAF49FF11F844FEE56DEA" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/288323/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="73" targetBox="[235,1358,201,1921]" targetPageId="18">
<paragraph id="8B8B5918FF9BAF49FF11F844FEE56DEA" blockId="18.[151,1437,1953,2006]" pageId="18" pageNumber="73">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9BAF49FF11F844FE866D8B" bold="true" box="[151,339,1953,1976]" pageId="18" pageNumber="73">FIGURES 40, 41.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9BAF49FED5F847FDF46D84" box="[339,545,1954,1976]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Autogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="18" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schusteri" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9BAF49FED5F847FDF46D84" box="[339,545,1954,1976]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="73">Autogneta schusteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2733871FF9BAF49FDACF846FDA96D84" box="[554,636,1955,1976]" pageId="18" pageNumber="73" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, adults, ventral aspect, from genital plate posteriorly: 40, female; 41, male. Scale bar = 50.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8B8B5918FF9AAF48FF11F8B6FE906DCF" blockId="19.[151,1436,1875,2035]" pageId="19" pageNumber="74">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9AAF48FF11F8B6FE866D55" bold="true" box="[151,339,1875,1898]" pageId="19" pageNumber="74">FIGURES 4247.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9AAF48FED5F8B1FDCB6D56" box="[339,542,1876,1898]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Autogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="19" pageNumber="74" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schusteri" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9AAF48FED5F8B1FDCB6D56" box="[339,542,1876,1898]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="74">Autogneta schusteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2733871FF9AAF48FDA3F8B0FDA16D56" box="[549,628,1877,1898]" pageId="19" pageNumber="74" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
Differential interference contrast microscope images of adult males: 42, dorsal habitus, modified posterior of notogaster indicated by arrow; 43, detail of posterior of notogaster (5 layers combined); 44, prodorsum and anterior of notogaster (4 layers combined); 45, ventral plate, with arrow to modified posterior (5 layers combined); 46, 47, detail of posterior cavity of male, showing modified setae
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9AAF48FC37F852FC106DED" box="[945,965,1975,2001]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="74">h1</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9AAF48FC71F85CFBDE6DED" box="[1015,1035,1977,2001]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="74">p1</emphasis>
(4 layers combined). Scale bar: 4245, 47 = 20, 46 = 10.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8B5918FF9DAF4FFF41FF72FB1268B8" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1365]" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFF41FF72FD8D6A8C" bold="true" box="[199,600,151,176]" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">
Sexual dimorphism in
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFE5CFF7DFD846A8C" box="[474,593,152,176]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Autogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFE5CFF7DFD846A8C" bold="true" box="[474,593,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">Autogneta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
Most oribatid mites exhibit slight sexual dimorphism in size, but strong dimorphism is uncommon (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA524E9FF9DAF4FFE51FF59FC906AE8" author="Behan-Pelletier" box="[471,837,188,213]" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" refString="Behan-Pelletier, V. M. &amp; Eamer, B. (2010) The first sexually dimorphic species of Oribatella (Acari, Oribatida, Oribatellidae) and a review of sexual dimorphism in the Brachypylina. Zootaxa, 2332, 1 - 20." type="journal article" year="2010">Behan-Pelletier &amp; Eamer 2010</bibRefCitation>
). In
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFCF8FF59FBC06AE9" box="[894,1045,188,213]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Autognetidae</taxonomicName>
it was previously known only in
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFF11FF05FE586AC4" box="[151,397,223,248]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Cosmogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impedita">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFF11FF05FE586AC4" box="[151,397,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">Cosmogneta impedita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFE42FF05FD476AC4" box="[452,658,223,248]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Cosmogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kargi">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFE42FF05FD476AC4" box="[452,658,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">Cosmogneta kargi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which show a modified seta
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFC63FF05FC296ACB" box="[997,1020,224,247]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">a</emphasis>
on tarsus I (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA524E9FF9DAF4FFB0CFF3AFA846AC4" author="Grandjean" box="[1162,1361,223,248]" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" refString="Grandjean, F. (1960 b) Les Autognetidae n. fam. (Oribates). Acarologia, 2, 575 - 609." type="journal article" year="1960" yearSuffix="b">Grandjean 1960b</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA524E9FF9DAF4FFADBFF3AFA4D6AC4" author="Grandjean" box="[1373,1432,223,248]" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" refString="Grandjean, F. (1963) Les Autognetidae (Oribates). Deuxieme partie. Acarologia, 5, 653 - 689." type="journal article" year="1963">1963</bibRefCitation>
, respectively), and an unidentified
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFD9CFEE1FD586B27" box="[538,653,260,283]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Autogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFD9CFEE1FD586B27" box="[538,653,260,283]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">Autogneta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species from Madeira which has thickening of the integument in the humeral region of the notogaster (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA524E9FF9DAF4FFD97FECDFD436B7C" author="Trave" box="[529,662,295,320]" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" refString="Trave, J. (1959) Dimorphisme sexuel chez Pirnodus detectidens Grandjean (Acariens, Oribates). Notes ecologiques et ethologiques. Vie et Milieu, 9, 454 - 468." type="journal article" year="1959">Travé 1959</bibRefCitation>
). Herein I have shown that dimorphism also exists in other species of
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFF11FEA9FEDF6B5F" box="[151,266,332,355]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Autogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFF11FEA9FEDF6B5F" box="[151,266,332,355]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">Autogneta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, including the rather well-known
<typeStatus id="548FE7BAFF9DAF4FFD0FFEA8FD6C6B59" box="[649,697,333,357]" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">type</typeStatus>
species,
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFCA6FEA9FC366B59" box="[800,995,332,357]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Autogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longilamellata">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFCA6FEA9FC366B59" box="[800,995,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">A. longilamellata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and that it takes a form that is novel in the family. In
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFEC8FE95FCD06BB4" box="[334,773,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFEC8FE95FDF36BB4" box="[334,550,368,392]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Autogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amnica">Autogneta amnica</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFDBCFE95FCD06BB4" box="[570,773,367,392]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Autogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longilamellata">A. longilamellata</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
and the 3
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFC1AFE95FBDA6BBB" box="[924,1039,368,391]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Autogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFC1AFE95FBDA6BBB" box="[924,1039,368,391]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">Autogneta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species described above, sexual dimorphism is expressed as a porose region posteriorly on the notogaster in males. Although I have no direct evidence, the restriction of this porose region to the male suggests that these are secretory structures, secreting semiochemicals to enhance associative mating in these species, or to facilitate location of spermatophores by females, by marks on the substrate. A function of cuticular maintenance is also possible, as “behavior of adult males of dimorphic species may require greater production of maintenance materials” (Norton &amp; Alberti 1997), though as these authors noted, it is less likely than that these are secreting semiochemicals. These porose regions are present despite these
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFE29FD89FDF768BF" box="[431,546,620,643]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Autogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFE29FD89FDF768BF" box="[431,546,620,643]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">Autogneta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species not expressing the octotaxic system of porose areas.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8B5918FF9DAF4FFF41FD75FBA46E64" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1365]" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">
In this they are not unique, as other non-poronotic
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFC87FD6AFC4E6894" box="[769,923,655,680]" class="Arachnida" infraOrder="Brachypylina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="infraOrder">Brachypylina</taxonomicName>
, express sexual dimorphism involving porose regions. In the amerobelbid (Ameroidea)
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFDF7FD51FBF068F0" authority="Mahunka, 1974" authorityName="Mahunka" authorityYear="1974" box="[625,1061,692,717]" class="Arachnida" family="Amerobelbidae" genus="Hellenamerus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ionicus">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFDF7FD51FCB268F0" box="[625,871,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">Hellenamerus ionicus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA524E9FF9DAF4FFCF6FD51FBF068F0" author="Mahunka" box="[880,1061,692,717]" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" refString="Mahunka, S. (1974) Neue und interessante Milben aus dem Genfer Museum. XII. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Oribatiden-Fauna Griechenlands (Acari). Revue Suisse Zoologie, 81 (2), 569 - 590." type="journal article" year="1974">Mahunka, 1974</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, porose regions are found on the ventral plate of males only (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA524E9FF9DAF4FFE66FD32FC9E68CC" author="Behan-Pelletier" box="[480,843,727,752]" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" refString="Behan-Pelletier, V. M. &amp; Eamer, B. (2010) The first sexually dimorphic species of Oribatella (Acari, Oribatida, Oribatellidae) and a review of sexual dimorphism in the Brachypylina. Zootaxa, 2332, 1 - 20." type="journal article" year="2010">Behan-Pelletier &amp; Eamer 2010</bibRefCitation>
). In
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFC07FD32FB2668CC" authority="Ameronothroidea" authorityName="Ameronothroidea" box="[897,1267,727,752]" class="Arachnida" family="Fortuyniidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Fortuyniidae (Ameronothroidea)</taxonomicName>
males only of
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFF11FD18FD616928" authority="Krisper &amp; Schuster, 2008" authorityName="Krisper &amp; Schuster" authorityYear="2008" box="[151,692,764,789]" class="Arachnida" family="Fortuyniidae" genus="Fortuynia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atlantica">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFF11FD18FEAD6929" box="[151,376,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">Fortuynia atlantica</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA524E9FF9DAF4FFE02FD19FD616928" author="Krisper" box="[388,692,764,789]" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" refString="Krisper, G. &amp; Schuster, R. (2008) Fortuynia atlantica sp. nov., a thalassobiontic oribatid mite from the rocky coast of the Bermuda Islands (Acari: Oribatida: Fortuyniidae). Annales Zoologici (Warszawa), 58 (2), 419 - 432. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.3161 / 000345408 X 326753" type="journal article" year="2008">Krisper &amp; Schuster, 2008</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
have 4 pairs of porose regions on the notogaster, along with modifications of notogastral shape and some notogastral setae. These expressions of sexual dimorphism and those in species of
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFEBEFCA1FE7E6967" box="[312,427,836,859]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Autogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFEBEFCA1FE7E6967" box="[312,427,836,859]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">Autogneta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, described above, confirm that porose organs with a possible secretory function, that apparently occur independent of the octotaxic system, can express sexual dimorphism. For example, possibly secretory porose organs are found on anal plates in males only of the zetomimid
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFBC4FC68FF0F69F4" authority="Banks, 1895" authorityName="Banks" authorityYear="1895" class="Arachnida" family="Heterozetidae" genus="Heterozetes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aquaticus">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFBC4FC68FAE96998" box="[1090,1340,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">Heterozetes aquaticus</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, and on the ventral plate in males only of
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<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFD43FC54FC5369F4" box="[709,902,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">H. minnesotensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA524E9FF9DAF4FFC1EFC4AFBF869F4" author="Ewing" box="[920,1069,943,968]" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" refString="Ewing H. E. (1913) New Acarina. Part I. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 32, 93 - 121." type="journal article" year="1913">Ewing, 1913</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, species in which the octotaxic system is absent, presumably lost, as it is expressed in the con-familial genus
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFBB2FC30FAE369D1" authority="Hull, 1916" authorityName="Hull" authorityYear="1916" box="[1076,1334,980,1005]" class="Arachnida" family="Ceratozetidae" genus="Zetomimus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFBB2FC30FB7A69D0" box="[1076,1199,981,1004]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">Zetomimus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA524E9FF9DAF4FFB3DFC31FAE369D1" author="Hull" box="[1211,1334,980,1005]" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" refString="Hull, J. E. (1916) Terrestrial Acari of the Tyne Province, I. Oribatidae. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, New Series, 4, 381 - 410." type="journal article" year="1916">Hull, 1916</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(Behan-
<bibRefCitation id="EFA524E9FF9DAF4FFF11FC12FE7A6E2C" author="Pelletier" box="[151,431,1015,1040]" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" refString="Behan-Pelletier, V. M. &amp; Eamer, B. (2003) Zetomimidae (Acari: Oribatida) of North America. In: Smith, I. M. (Ed.), An Acarological Tribute to David R. Cook (from Yankee Springs to Wheeny Creek). Indira Publishing House, West Bloomfield, Michigan, pp. 21 - 56." type="book chapter" year="2003">Pelletier &amp; Eamer 2003</bibRefCitation>
). The close association of setae, often modified, with these sexually dimorphic porose regions, as is found in
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFE1DFBF9FD286E09" box="[411,765,1052,1077]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFE1DFBF9FDB06E09" box="[411,613,1052,1077]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Autogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flaheyi">Autogneta flaheyi</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFDF7FBF9FD2F6E09" box="[625,762,1052,1077]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Autogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schusteri">A. schusteri</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFCB0FBF9FC656E08" box="[822,944,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFCB0FBF9FC796E08" box="[822,940,1052,1076]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Autogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amnica">A. amnica</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
suggests that these setae may contribute in some as yet undefined way to the dispersal of semiochemicals (Norton &amp; Alberti 1997).
</paragraph>
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Species of
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<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFECEFB81FE696E47" box="[328,444,1124,1147]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">Autogneta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
expressing sexual dimorphism are associated with habitats that are spatially discrete, e.g., decaying wood and fungi (
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFD86FB6DFBFC6E9C" box="[512,1065,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFD86FB6DFD8E6E9C" box="[512,603,1159,1184]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Autogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aokii">A. aokii</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFDE1FB6DFD026E9C" box="[615,727,1159,1184]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Autogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flaheyi">A. flaheyi</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFD65FB6DFC7F6E9C" box="[739,938,1159,1184]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Autogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longilamellata">A. longilamellata</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFC31FB6DFBFC6E9C" box="[951,1065,1160,1184]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Autogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amnica">A. amnica</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
) and ferns (
<taxonomicName id="4C34229BFF9DAF4FFB33FB6DFAFD6E9C" box="[1205,1320,1160,1184]" class="Arachnida" family="Autognetidae" genus="Autogneta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amnica">
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFB33FB6DFAFD6E9C" box="[1205,1320,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">A. amnica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); they are rarely found in general forest litter. Norton and Alberti (1997) noted that sexually dimorphic species generally inhabit non-soil microhabitats. This possibly explains why
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<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFCD4FB35FBCC6ED4" box="[850,1049,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">A. longilamellata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, a species with a Palearctic and Nearctic distribution, is rarely encountered in ecological studies on soil microarthropods, and has been recorded primarily from decaying wood habitats, such as tree hollows (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA524E9FF9DAF4FFCF6FAF2FBAE6F0C" author="Taylor" box="[880,1147,1303,1328]" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" refString="Taylor, A. R. &amp; Ranius, T. (2014) Tree hollows harbour a specialised oribatid mite fauna. Journal of Insect Conservation, 18, 39 - 55. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10841 - 014 - 9613 - 0" type="journal article" year="2014">Taylor &amp; Ranius 2014</bibRefCitation>
), fallen logs (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA524E9FF9DAF4FFA99FAF2FEFB6F68" author="Skubala" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" refString="Skubala, P. &amp; Marzek, A. (2013) Importance of different types of beech dead wood for soil microarthropod fauna. Polish Journal of Ecology, 61 (3), 545 - 560." type="journal article" year="2013">Skubała &amp; Marzec 2013</bibRefCitation>
), tree stumps (Skubała 2008), and decaying fungi on trees (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA524E9FF9DAF4FFC40FAD9FB776F68" author="Maraun" box="[966,1186,1340,1365]" pageId="20" pageNumber="75" refString="Maraun, M., Augustin, D., Muller, J., Bassler, C. &amp; Scheu, S. (2014) Changes in the community composition and trophic structure of microarthropods in sporocarps of the wood decaying fungus Fomitopsis pinicola along an altitudinal gradient. Applied Soil Ecology, 84, 16 - 23. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1016 / j. apsoil. 2014.06.004" type="journal article" year="2014">
Maraun
<emphasis id="B940850AFF9DAF4FFBA0FAD8FB8B6F69" box="[1062,1118,1340,1365]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="75">et al.</emphasis>
2014
</bibRefCitation>
).
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</subSubSection>
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