Eustigmaeus turcicus Doğan and Ayyıldız, 2003

Sali & Doğan, H, 2005, Eustigmaeus mites from Turkey (Acari: Stigmaeidae), Journal of Natural History 39 (11), pp. 835-861 : 846-847

Eustigmaeus turcicus Doğan and Ayyıldız, 2003

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Eustigmaeus turcicus Doğan and Ayyıldız 2003, p 2115 .

Examined materials

Allotype male and seven females from litter under Pinus sp., Yozgat, 7 September 2001; three females from soil and litter under Quercus sp., Karaçubuk village, Adaklı, Bingöl, 30 September 2001.

Male

Allotype: length of body (excluding gnathosoma) 257, width 150.

Dorsum

Dorsal ornamentation as in female, fossettes on dorsal shields as illustrated. Propodosomal shield with four pairs of setae and one pair of eyes. Hysterosomal shield undivided, with six pairs of setae, suranal shield with two pairs of setae. Dorsal body setae long, unsheathed, with axial core, bilaterally spinulate. Setae h 1 and h 2 much shorter than others, with small spinules but without axial core. Dimensions of setae as follows: υi 60, υe 67, sci 5 sce 50, c 1 47, c 2 37, d 1 60, d 2 50, e 15 e 2 37, f 1 53, h 1 26, h 2 20. Distance between setae: υi–υi 23, υe–υe 63, υi–υe 30, sci–sci 107, υe–sci 26, sce–sce 137, sci–sce 33, c 1 –c 1 43, d 1 –d 1 53, c 1 –d 1 37, c 1 –d 2 50, d 2 – d 2 140, d 1 – d 2 47, e 1 –e 1 63, e 2 –e 2 117, e 1 – e 2 30, d 1 – e 1 48, d 1 – e 2 40, d 2 – e 2 50, f 1 –f 1 37, e 1 –f 1 28, e 2 –f 1 60, h 1 –h 1 17, h 2 –h 2 37, h 1 –h 2 8.

Venter

Setae c 2 on triangular humeral shields. Humeral regions without callosities. Coxisternal shields completely fused, 1a, 3a and 4a present. Venter of ophistosoma with one pair of aggenital setae on aggenital shield. Pseudanal covers with three pairs of setae (ps 1, 2, 3).

Legs

Leg I 223, leg II 183, leg III 187, leg IV 203. Number of setae (solenidia in parentheses) on leg segments (I–IV) as follows: tarsi 15(v, v„)-11(v, v„)-9(v, v„)-8(v„); tibiae 7(w, w p)-6(w p)- 6(w p)-6(w p); genua 4(k)-4(k)-1-1; femora 6-4-3-2; trochanters 1-1-2-1; coxae 2-2-2-2.

Distribution

Turkey (Doğan and Ayyıldız 2003).

Remarks

Adult male of E. turcicus was not known before. The male can be distinguished from female by the following features: dorsal body setae unsheathed, anogenital covers on posterior margin of idiosoma, with only one pair of aggenital setae, all tarsi with solenidion v„ and body smaller.

Figures

Figure 7. Eustigmaeus turcicus Doğan and Ayyıldız (male): (A) dorsal view; (B) ventral view.