Favognathus bafranus, Doğan, 2008

Doğan, Salih, 2008, A catalogue of cryptognathid mites (Acari: Prostigmata, Cryptognathidae) with the descriptions of a new species of Favognathus Luxton and a newly discovered male of F. amygdalus Doğan and Ayyıldız from Turkey, Journal of Natural History 42 (21 - 24), pp. 1665-1686 : 1681-1684

Favognathus bafranus sp. nov.

( Figures 5–7 )

Female

Length of body 300 Mm (including hood and anal covers), width 176 Mm. Length of hood 38 Mm.

Dorsum. Anterior margin of hood smooth, five or six dimples in each longitudinal row. Dorsal shield with 11 pairs of dorsal body setae, simple, 16–34 Mm in length. One pair of simple eyes and one pair of postocular bodies, laterally between setae sce and c 2. Dorsal shield covered with completely reticulate patterns, formed by polygonal dimples or cells. Surface reticulum on the region of setae f, h 1 and h 2 not apparent. Some dimples without pores, but some dimples with one to threepores. Dorsum with striae, also with cluster of cells associated with setae c 1 and d, these rosette patterns consist of four or five cells, no central cell in the rosette.

Venter. Prosternal apron with 11 dimples, concave at anterior edge. Ventral shield bearing six pairs of setae viz. 1a, 3a, 4a, 4c, ag 1 and ag 2, with two pair of genital setae

(g 122) set adjacent to genital shields. Anal opening terminal with three pseudanal setae (ps 123). Ventral shield with lateral reticulation, striae and pores.

Legs. Leg I 214 Mm, leg II 174 Mm, leg III 158 Mm, leg IV 186 Mm. Chaetotaxy of leg segments as follows: coxae 2–1–2–1, trochanters 1–1–2–1, femora 4–3–2–2, genua 6(K)–6(K) or 5(K)–2–3, tibiae 7(Q, QR)–6(QR)–5(QR)–3, tarsi 16(QR, v)–12(QR, v)–10(v)– 10(v). Segments of legs with striae, addorsal setae tc on tarsi II dissimilar, left and right genua II with six and five setae respectively.

Type Material

Holotype female from moss, Bafra , Samsun, Turkey, 25 December 2001.

Etymology

This species is named after the locality, Bafra where it was found.

Remarks

This new species resembles Favognathus luxtoni Koç and Ayyıldız, 1999 , but differs from F. luxtoni in that the dorsum is striated, rosette patterns consist of four or five cells, trochanters III and IV with two and one setae, respectively, femur I bears four setae, genu IV bears three setae and number of setae on tarsi: 16(Q p, v)–12(Q p, v)– 10(v)–10(v).

Figures

Figure 5. Favognathus bafranus nov. sp. (female). Dorsal aspect. Scale bar: 100 Mm.

Figure 6. Favognathus bafranus nov. sp. (female). Ventral aspect. Scale bar: 100 Mm.

Figure 7. Favognathus bafranus nov. sp. (female). Detail of rosette patterns. Scale bar: 40 Mm.