Tycherobius hawaiiensis Bolland & Swift

Fan, Qing-Hai & Walter, David E., 2006, A review of the genus Tycherobius (Acari: Camerobiidae), with descriptions of four new species from Australia, Zootaxa 1121, pp. 1-52 : 9-10

Tycherobius hawaiiensis Bolland & Swift

Tycherobius hawaiiensis Bolland & Swift, 2000: 347 .

Diagnosis

Adult female. Peritremes complex; palptarsus with 2 + 1 eupathidium + 1; pdx absent; idiosomal setae lanceolate; c1 and d1 much longer than others; c1: c2 = 2.4–2.6, d1: d2 = 3.4–4.7, e1: e2 = 1.7–2.0, f1: f2 = 2.0–2.1, c1: d1: e1: f1 = 2.0–2.4: 1.9–2.2: 1.0: 1.0; femora I–IV with 4, 3, 3, 2; tarsi I–II with 9 + 1, 9 + 1.

Adult male. As adult female but: c1 much longer than other setae; c1: c2 = 2.2–2.8, d1: d2 = 1.6–2.4, e1: e2 = 1.0, c1: d1: e1: f1 = 4.0–5.9: 1.6–2.4: 1.0: 1.0; tibia I with an additional long terminal solenidion and each tarsus with an enlarged and elongate solenidion.

Distribution and habitat

HAWAII ISLANDS. Nihoa I.: from Chenopodiium oahuense litter, Solanum nelsoni litter, Eragrostis variabilis litter ( Bolland & Swift 2000); Oahu I.: from ground litter, duff on ground, Koa litter, soil ( Bolland & Swift 2000); Hawaii I.: lichen on lava flow; Maui I.: from pitfall trap ( Bolland & Swift 2000).