Kleemannia plumea Oudemans, 1930

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Kleemannia plumea Oudemans, 1930

Plates 48 , 49

Seiulus plumosus . - Oudemans 1902: 17 (in part).

Kleemannia plumea Oudemans, 1930: 139.

Ameroseius plumeus . - Westerboer and Bernhard 1963: 535.

Ameroseius plumea . - Shcherbak (in Bregetova 1977: 149); Bregetova 1977: 150; Kazemi and Rajaei 2013: 66; Nemati et al. 2013: 19; Narita et al. 2015: 395.

Ameroseius tauricus Livshits & Mitrofanov, 1975: 462. Synonymy by Bregetova (1977).

Ameroseius (Kleemannia) plumea . - Hajizadeh et al. 2013a: 150.? Ameroseius plumea . - Ehrnsberger and Błaszak 1999: 124.

Type depository.

Of Kleemannia plumea - National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands; of Ameroseius tauricus - Nikita Botanical Gardens, National Scientific Center, Yalta, Crimea, Russia (the type specimens not found and probably lost, based on personal communication from Alex Khaustov).

Type locality and habitat.

Of Kleemannia plumea - Netherlands, Arnhem, on red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris ( Mammalia, Rodentia ); of Ameroseius tauricus - Russia, Crimea, Nikita Botanical Gardens, tree hollow of oak ( Quercus sp.), wood detritus.

Comparative material.

Netherlands: Slide RMNH: ACA.P.4300 (28. 10. 1896, Arnhem, Sciurus vulgaris , ♀ vent., leg. Oudemans), received for a study and labelled Kleemannia plumea , is bearing no mounted specimens .

Published material from Slovakia.

Laborecká Vrchovina Highland: Stakčín Village, Starina Dam, Gazdoráň Forest ( Fenďa et al. 1998, Fenďa and Mašán 2003). Podunajská Rovina Flatland: Bratislava Capital, Botanical Gardens ( Švaňa et al. 2006). Dobrohošť Village, Dunajské Kriviny Forest ( Krumpál et al. 2001). Gabčíkovo Town, Ostrov Orliaka Morského Forest ( Fenďa and Lengyel 2007). Svätý Jur Town, Šúr Forest ( Fenďa et al. 1998, Švaňa et al. 2006, Fenďa et al. 2011). All records cited as Ameroseius plumea .

New material from Slovakia.

Burda Hills: 1 ♀ - 9. 11. 1997, Kamenica Nad Hronom Village , Kováčovské Kopce-juh Forest, oak forest ( Quercetum cerris ), leaf litter and soil detritus, altitude 330 m, leg. P. Mašán.

Remarks.

This species may be easily distinguished from other species of Kleemannia by the presence of inverted U-shaped sclerotised structure on epigynal shield, z6 on dorsal shield and absence of pseudo-metasternal platelets (st3 on soft integument).

Figures

Plate 48. Kleemannia plumea, female, dorsal idiosoma.

Plate 49. Kleemannia plumea, female, ventral idiosoma.