Mediolata ozkani, Dönel & Doğan, 2012

Dönel, Güldem & Doğan, Salih, 2012, Three new mite species of the genus Mediolata Canestrini (Acari, Stigmaeidae) from Turkey and re-description of Mediolata granaria Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Journal of Natural History 46 (11 - 12), pp. 683-699 : 692-694

Mediolata ozkani sp. nov.

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Type material

Holotype female from lichen on tree, 40 ◦ 44 ′ 56 ′′ N, 36 ◦ 18 ′ 17 ′′ E, 242 m, Taşova, 21 June 2010.

Female ( Figures 9 , 10 )

Length of body 300, width 148.

Dorsum. Dorsal shields incompletely separated. Propodosomal shield with four pairs of setae, one pair of eyes and one pair of post-ocular bodies. Eyes 8 in diameter, post-ocular bodies 15 in diameter. Hysterosomal shield with six pairs of setae, bearing suture on posterior of setae f 1. Suranal shield with two pairs of setae. All dorsal shields clearly punctuated. Dorsal setae strongly serrated. Dimensions of setae as follows: vi 35; ve 40, sci 43; sce 48; c 1 45; d 1 35; d 2 38; e 1 43; e 2 48; f 1 50; h 1 38; h 2 35; distances between setae: vi–vi 25; ve–ve 60; vi–ve 27; sci–sci 75; ve–sci 25; sce–sce 123; sci–sce 40; c 1 – c 1 50; d 2 – d 2 125; c 1 – d 1 53; c 1 – d 2 43; d 1 – d 1 52; d 1 – d 2 40, e 2 – e 2 115; d 2 – e 2 43; d 1 – e 1 50; d 1 – e 2 43; e 1 – e 1 40; e 2 – e 1 35; f 1 – f 1 57; e 1 – f 1 30; e 2 – f 1 50; f 1 – h 1 30; f 1 – h 2 24; h 1 – h 1 30; h 2 – h 2 63; h 1 – h 2 18.

Venter. Venter covered with striae. Humeral and coxisternal shields absent. Ventral podosoma with three pairs of setae. Aggenital area with three pairs of aggenital setae (ag 1–3). Anogenital shields with one pair of genital setae (g 1) and three pairs of pseudanal setae (ps 1–3).

Legs. Leg I 185; leg II 163; leg III 154; leg IV 170. Counts of setae on leg segments as follows (solenidia in parenthesis): coxae 2–1–2–2, trochanters 1–1–1–0, femora 5–5– 2–1, genua 4(Κ)–3–1–1, tibiae 6(ϕρ)–6(ϕρ)–6(ϕρ)–5(ϕρ), tarsi 12(ω)–10(ω)–8(ω)–8(ω).

Gnathosoma . With two pairs of adoral setae (ro 1,2), one pair of subcapitular setae (m). Length of subcapitular setae as follows; m 18; m–m 23. Chelicera 84, palp 115. Palp setal formula (from trochanters to tarsi) 0–2–2–3+1 claw–7 (including solenidion and eupathidium), eupathidium trifid distally.

Male and other immature stages

Unknown.

Etymology

This species is named in honour of Prof. Dr Muhlis Özkan (Uludağ University, Turkey) our teacher and a leader of Turkish acarologists, for his great and valuable contributions to acarology in Turkey.

Remarks

This new species resembles Mediolata granaria Gonzalez-Rodriguez in the details of leg and palp chaetotaxy; however, it can be distinguished from the latter by propodosomal, metapodosomal and opisthosomal shields being incompletely separated from each other, and by dorsal body setae being strongly serrated and relatively long.

Figures

Figure 9. Mediolata ozkani sp. nov., female – (A) Dorsal view of idiosoma; (B) ventral view of idiosoma.

Figure 10. Mediolata ozkani sp. nov., female – (A) Leg I; (B) leg II; (C) leg III; (D) leg IV; (E) palp.