Rhinoseius cf. antioquiensis Fain & Hyland, 1980,

Dusbabek, Frantisek, Literak, Ivan, Capek, Miroslav & Havlicek, Martin, 2007, Ascid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ascidae) from Costa Rican hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae), with description of three new species and a key to the Proctolaelaps belemensis species group, Zootaxa 1484, pp. 51-67: 63

Rhinoseius cf. antioquiensis Fain & Hyland, 1980  Edit

( Figs. 19–23)

In five species of Rhinoseius  Edit some dorsal setae in the anterior part of the male opisthonotal shield are strongly modified, thick and spine-like: R. richardsoni Hunter, 1972  Edit , R. panamensis Fain et al., 1977  Edit , R. antioquiensis Fain & Hyland, 1980  Edit , R. rafinskii Micherdzinski & Lukoschus, 1980  Edit and R. nadachowskyi Wiese & Fain, 1993  Edit . While in R. nadachowskyi  Edit and R. rafinskii  Edit these setae are multiple (3 pairs in R. rafinskii  Edit and 5 pairs in R. nadachowskyi  Edit ), in the remaining species only two pairs (J 1 and Z 1) are modified. Naskrecki & Colwell, (1998) synonymized R. panamensis  Edit with R. richardsoni  Edit . They discussed the variability of the male opisthonotal and opisthoventral setae and consider R. panamensis  Edit to be the heteromorphic form of R. panamensis  Edit , in which these setae are setiform. According to these authors, R. richardsoni  Edit differs from R. antioquiensis  Edit mainly by the absence of setae z 1, the thick opisthonotal setae Z 5 and shorter peritreme, extending anteriorly to the level of z 2 or z 4.

Our specimen represents an intermediate form between R. richardsoni  Edit and R. antioquiensis  Edit , having setae Z 5 and S 5 spine-like rather than flageliform, and the peritreme reaching the level of z 2. However, the presence of setae z 1, and short dorsal propodosomal setae lead us to the conclusion that our specimen is assignable to R. antioquiensis  Edit rather than R. richardsoni  Edit . We believe that the differences are those of homo- and heteromorphism common in males of these mites.

Fain & Hyland (1980) collected R. antioquiensis  Edit on the head feathers of the Colombian hummingbirds Chalybura urochrysia  Edit , Androdon aequatorialis Gould, 1863  Edit and Phaethornis guy  Edit . Naskrecki & Colwell (1998) reported this mite also from the plants Cavendishia lindauiana  Edit and C. palustris  Edit ( Ericaceae  Edit ) from Colombia. Our record is the first outside Colombia.

Material examined. One male from Amazilia tzacatl, Barbilla  Edit NP, September 2004, coll. I. Literak.

Figures

FIGURES 19 – 23. Rhinoseius cf. antioquiensis Fain & Hyland, 1980, male. Fig. 19. Dorsal view. Fig. 20. Ventral view. Fig. 21. Chelicera and spermatodactyl. Fig. 22. Leg II ventrally. Fig. 23. Epistome.