Chelonuropoda banari, Kontschán & Starý, 2012

Kontschán, Jenő & Starý, Josef, 2012, Notes on the genus Chelonuropoda Sellnick, 1954 with description of three new species (Acari: Uropodina: Oplitidae), Journal of Natural History 46 (11 - 12), pp. 741-756 : 744-745

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2011.651650
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6907872
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F6EF76-FF8D-FFEC-FE59-F9F9793CF960
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Chelonuropoda banari
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Chelonuropoda banari sp. nov.

( Figures 1–2 View Figure 1 View Figure 2 )

Material examined

Holotype. Female. MAG007: Madagascar, CE, Ranomafana National Park , 16–18 November 2010, 1079 m above sea level, GPS 21 ◦ 14 ′ 51 ′′ S, 47 ◦ 24 ′ 13 ′′ E, litter sifting, leg. P. Baňař. GoogleMaps

Paratype. Male. Locality and date same as holotype.

Holotype is deposited in NHMG, paratype in ISB.

Description

Female. Length of idiosoma 1265 µm, width 960 µm (n = 1). Shape oval, posterior margin rounded.

Dorsal side ( Figure 1A View Figure 1 ). Dorsal and marginal shields fused close to the anterior margin. Anterior marginal shield wide, bearing short, smooth, needle-like setae (c.20–25 µm). All dorsal setae smooth and needle-like (c.40–60 µm), placed in small, rounded depressions ( Figure 1B View Figure 1 ). Two strongly sclerotized C-shaped rings present on posterolateral areas of dorsal shield and one pair of small, strongly sclerotized pore-like structures situated on anterolateral area of dorsal shield.

Ventral side ( Figure 1C View Figure 1 ). Sternal and ventral shields without ornamentation, all sternal setae smooth and needle-like (c.23–30 µm). Ventral setae smooth, needle-like (c. 30–35 µm) and placed in small rounded depressions. Metapodal region each with deep transversal furrow bordered with two rows of phylliform setae (c. 70–80 µm). Adanal and postanal setae similar in shape and length to ventral setae. Stigmata situated between coxae II and III. Peritremes R-shaped ( Figure 1D View Figure 1 ). Genital shield wide, linguliform, with small, oval pits on its surface and without anterior process. Tritosternum with wide, quadrangular basis; laciniae with three, marginally pilose branches, central one longer than other two ( Figure 2A View Figure 2 ).

Legs. All segments with simple and smooth setae and a pair of claws at the tip of the ambulacral prolongation.

Gnathosoma ( Figure 2B View Figure 2 ). Corniculi horn-like, laciniae with several smooth and long branches. Hypostomal setae h1 smooth (c.38–40 µm), h2 (c.45–50 µm) and h4 (c.19–23 µm) apically, h3 marginally serrate (c.115–120 µm). Palp trochanter with one short smooth seta and one long, marginally serrate seta. Epistome triangular and apically pilose ( Figure 2C View Figure 2 ), chelicerae with one tooth on movable digit and four teeth on the fixed digit, internal sclerotized node absent, one dorsal seta present ( Figure 2D View Figure 2 ).

Male. Length of idiosoma 1120 µm, width 850 µm (n = 1). Shape oval, posterior margin rounded. Dorsal side. Ornamentation and chaetotaxy as in female.

Ventral side. Ornamentation and chaetotaxy of ventral shield as in female. Sternal shield without sculptural pattern, the positions of sternal setae as in Figure 2E View Figure 2 . All sternal setae smooth and needle-like (c.15–20 µm). Genital shield rounded and placed between coxae III. Gnathosoma and other appendages same as in female.

Nymph and larva are unknown.

Etymology

We dedicate our new species to Dr Petr Baňař (Brno, Czech Republic), who collected this species in Madagascar.