Aceria pulicaris, Xue, Xiao-Feng, Sadeghi, Hussein, Hong, Xiao-Yue & Sinaie, Samira, 2011

Xue, Xiao-Feng, Sadeghi, Hussein, Hong, Xiao-Yue & Sinaie, Samira, 2011, Nine eriophyoid mite species from Iran (Acari, Eriophyidae), ZooKeys 143, pp. 23-45 : 27-29

Aceria pulicaris sp. n. Figures 68

Description.

Female (n = 10, dorsal view): Body vermiform, 203 (203-223), 58 (55-58) wide; light yellow. Gnathosoma 25 (25-26), projecting obliquely downwards, pedipalp coxal seta (ep) 3 (2-3), dorsal pedipalp genual seta (d) 5 (5-7), cheliceral stylets 18 (18-23). Prodorsal shield 31 (31-35), 35 (35-36) wide, median, admedian and submedian lines complete and parallel, between median and admedian lines with some short lines, prodorsal shield with many short lines at lateral; anterior shield lobe acuminate. Scapular tubercles near rear shield margin, 22 (22-24) apart, scapular setae (sc) 43 (43-44), projecting posteriorly. Coxigenital region with 6 (6-7) microtuberclated annuli. Coxisternal plates with short lines and granules, anterolateral setae on coxisternum І (1b) 11 (8-11), 10 (10-11) apart, proximal setae on coxisternum І (1a) 29 (27-29), 7 (7-8) apart, proximal setae on coxisternum ІІ (2a) 45 (45-48), 21 (21-22) apart, tubercles 1b and 1a apart 5 (5-6), tubercles 1a and 2a 7 (7-8) apart. Prosternal apodeme 6 (6-7). Legs with usual series of setae. Leg І 38 (38-41), femur 10 (10-11), basiventral femoral seta (bv) 14 (14-15); genu 5 (5-6), antaxial genual seta ( l’’) 32 (32-33); tibia 5 (5-6), paraxial tibial seta ( l’) 8 (7-8), located at 1/3 from dorsal base; tarsus 8 (7-8), seta ft’ 24 (24-25), seta ft’’ 30 (28-30), seta u’ 5 (5-6); tarsal empodium (em) 6 (6-7), simple, 4-rayed, tarsal solenidion (ω) 10 (10-11), slightly knobbed. Leg ІІ 33 (33-35), femur 8 (8-9), basiventral femoral seta (bv) 12 (12-13); genu 3 (3-4), antaxial genual seta ( l’’) 12 (12-13); tibia 4 (4-5); tarsus 7 (7-8), seta ft’ 6 (6-7), seta ft’’ 30 (30-31), seta u’ 5 (5-6); tarsal empodium (em) 6 (6-7), simple, 4-rayed, tarsal solenidion (ω) 10 (10-11), slightly knobbed. Opisthosoma: opisthosoma dorsally with 66 (66-69) annuli, with round microtubercles on rear annular margins, ventrally with 64 (64-68) annuli, with round microtubercles on rear annular margins. Setae c 2 40 (40-43) on ventral annulus 10 (10-11), 55 (55-56) apart; setae d 58 (58-62) on ventral annulus 24 (24-25), 38 (38-40) apart; setae e 21 (21-23) on ventral annulus 40 (40-41), 20 (20-23) apart; setae f 22 (22-23) on 6th ventral annulus from rear, 18 (18-20) apart. Setae h1 3 (3-4), h2 63 (63-66). Female genitalia 15 (15-16), 20 (20-21) wide, coverflap with 16 longitudinal ridges, setae 3a 21 (21-22), 13 (13-15) apart.

Male: Unknown.

Type material.

Holotype, female (slide number IRAN207, marked Holotype), from Pulicaria gnaphalodes (Vent.) Boiss. ( Asteraceae ), Ferdowsi University campus, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, 36.3000°N, 59.5167°E, elevation 915m, 21-VIII-2010, coll. Samira Sinaie, deposited as slide mounted specimens in the Arthropod/Mite Collection of the Department of Entomology, NJAU, Jiangsu Province, China. Paratypes, 2 females (slide number IRAN207), with the same data as holotype; 7females (slide number 207), from Pulicaria gnaphalodes (Vent.) Boiss. ( Asteraceae ), Ferdowsi University campus, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, 36.3000°N, 59.5167°E, elevation 915m, 21-VIII-2010, coll. Samira Sinaie, deposited as slides in the Department of Plant Protection, FUM, Iran.

Relation to host.

Vagrant.

Etymology.

The specific designation pulicaris is from the generic name of host plant, Pulicaria .

Differential diagnosis.

This species is similar to Aceria lactucae (Canestrini, 1893), but can be differentiated from the latter by female genital coverflap with 16 ridges (female genital coverflap with 12 ridges in Aceria lactucae ), empodium 4-rayed (empodium 5-rayed in Aceria lactucae ), between median and admedian lines with short lines on prodorsal shield (between median and admedian lines smooth in Aceria lactucae ).