Tenuipalpus carlosflechtmanni Feres & Hernandes

Feres, Reinaldo J. F. & Hernandes, Fábio A., 2006, Three new species of Tenuipalpus Donnadieu (Acari, Tenuipalpidae) from the State of São Paulo, Brazil, Zootaxa 1125, pp. 57-68 : 58-60

Tenuipalpus carlosflechtmanni Feres & Hernandes n. sp. (Figs. 1–8)

Diagnosis: This species is placed in the caudatus group, annonae subgroup ( Baker & Tuttle 1987; Meyer 1993); it is similar to T. oliveirai Flechtmann (1994) , but differs from the latter mainly by the chaetotaxy of tarsi I–IV: 8(1)­8(1)­5­ 5 in T. carlosflechtmanni sp. n. and 7(1)­6(1)­3­ 3 in T. oliveirai .

Female: (6 individuals)—Body length 286 (275–291); width 176 (165–176). Reddish colour when alive.

Dorsum (Fig.1): prodorsal ve 4 (3–4) and sci 3 (3–4) setae reduced, sce setae 30 (27–30) developed, slightly curved and serrate; hysterosomal setae similar to ve and sci, except h2 whiplike; c1 4 (3–6), c3 9 (8–9), d1 4 (4–6), d3 5 (4–6), e1 6 (4–6), e3 11 (10–15), f1 13 (12–15), f2 14 (13–17), h1 13 (12–14), h2 128 (122–136).

Ven te r (Figs.2–3): IC3 setae relatively short and IC4 elongate; pre­genital setae reaching the bases of genital setae; in one specimen an extra IC4 seta was observed (Fig.3); with 2 pairs of genital setae longer than anal setae.

Gnathosoma (Fig.4): Palpus 3­segmented, 2nd segment elongate with a long hairy seta dorso­distally; 3rd segment short (3) with a terminal prominent rod­like solenidion (9 m), 3 times as long as the segment.

Legs ( Figs.5–8 ): chaetotaxy (from coxa to tarsus): I 3 (including 1a)­1­4­3­5­8(1), II 2­1 ­4­3­5­8(1), III 1­2 ­2­1­3­5, IV 1­1 ­1­0­3­5. Femur I with 2 serrate dorso­lateral setae and two pubescent ventral setae; femur II with 3 serrate dorso­lateral setae and 1 pubescent ventral seta.

Male: Unknown.

Relation to host: inhabits the upper surface of leaves, mainly along the midrib.

Type material: Holotype female, ex. Qualea grandiflora Mart. (Vochysiaceae) , September 17, 1987, “Sítio” Santo Antônio (20º44’S; 49º21’W), São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil (DZSJRP n.6282). Paratypes: 5 females, same data as holotype (DZSJRP n. 6282–6284).

Etymology: carlosflechtmanni , in homage to Dr. Carlos Holger Wenzel Flechtmann, eminent acarologist of the Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.

Figures

FIGURES 5 – 8. Tenuipalpus carlosflechtmanni sp. n. (female) — legs I – IV.