Tarsonemus waitei Banks

Lofego, A. C., Ochoa, R. & Moraes, G. J., 2005, “ Cerrado ” vegetation, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 823, pp. 1-27 : 25

Tarsonemus waitei Banks

Tarsonemus waitei Banks, 1912: 96 ; Beer, 1954: 1181; Lindquist, 1978: 1024.

Tarsonemus setifer Ewing, 1939:19 (synonymy according to Lindquist, 1978).

Tarsonemus pauperoseatus Suski, 1967: 267 (synonymy according to Lindquist, 1978).

Material examined: São Carlos: Campomanesia pubescens (DC.) Berg, X­2000 (1); Myrcia venulosa DC., X­2000 (2). Pirassununga: M. venulosa , XI­2000 (1); Psidium guajava L., VII­2000 (1); Psidium guineense Sw. , XI­2000 (4). Luiz Antonio: P. c i n e re u m Mart. Ex DC., X­2000 (1).

Previous records ( Lin & Zhang, 2002): Brazil, Canada, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Egypt, Korea, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Turkey, Ukraine and USA.

Remarks: the measurements of the five adult females collected in this study are close to those given by Lindquist (1978) for type series from USA. The average measurements of the specimens collected are given subsequently. Gnathosoma: length 36 (34–37), maximum width 29 (27–33), seta ch 13,5 (13–15), seta vm 10,5 (10–11), pharynx 11 (10–12) long by 5 (4–6) wide at widest region. Idiosoma: length 182 (175–200) (excluding gnathosoma) maximum width 106 (100–125). Dorsal setae: v1 27 (25–28), sc1 13 (12–14), sc2 105 (100–110), c1 12 (10–13), c2 30 (24–35), d 12 (10–16), e 11 (9–12), f 13 (11–15), h 11 (10–13). Distances between setae: v1–v1 23 (21–26), sc2–sc2 40 (36–48), v1 –sc2 27 (24– 29), c1–c1 48 (43–55) c2–c2 87 (77–100), c1–c2 25 (20–30), d–d 30 (27–33), f–f 20 (17– 22), e–f 18 (15–23), h–h 29 (28–32). Ventral setae: 1a 10, 2 a 14 (12–15), 3a 15 (12–18), 3b 12 (10–15). Tegula 15 (13–17) long and 21 (18–23) wide. Setae of legs: leg I: 4, 1 3 (2–3), k 5, d of tibia 33 (31–35); leg II: 3 (3–4), d of tibia 22 (20–25); leg IV: v’ F 10 (9– 11), v’G 11 (10–11), v’Ti 24 (23–25), tc’’ 97 (92–100).