Molothrognathus kurdistaniensis, Amini & Khanjani & Khanjani, 2018

Amini, Fatemeh, Khanjani, Mohammad & Khanjani, Masoumeh, 2018, A new species of the genus Molothrognathus Summers & Schlinger (Acari: Caligonellidae) from Kurdistan province, Iran, Acarologia 58 (4), pp. 875-880 : 876

Molothrognathus kurdistaniensis sp. nov. ( Figures 1–2 )

Diagnosis

Zoobank: 3F376272-2A93-4894-8578-303A5BCB0068

Dorsal integument with coarse, dual, striae; all dorsal setae terminally blunt. Palp tarsus with one solenidion (ω) and three terminal eupathidia; palp tibia swollen, with a claw and two setae and three times as long as palp tarsus; trochanters I-IV and femur IV without setae, genua

I-II with 4(+ κ)–4, tibiae II-IV each with one blunt seta; tarsi I-IV with 11(+ ω)–7(+ ω)–7–6.

Material Examined — Holotype female and two female paratypes collected from soil under apple trees Malus domestica Borkh. (Rosaceae) , Iran, Kurdistan Province, Qorveh city (35º 20′ N, 47º 52′ E and altitude 1906 m a.s.l), 20 September 2014, Fatemeh Amini.

Holotype and paratype females are deposited as slide-mounted specimens in the Collection of the Acarology Laboratory, University of Bu-Ali Sina, Hamadan, Iran.

Figures

Figure 1 Molothrognathus kurdistaniensis sp. nov. — Female: A — Dorsal view; B — Dorsal setae (v1); C — Ventral view, D — Subcapitulum and Palp; E — Chelicerae.

Figure 2 Molothrognathus kurdistaniensis sp. nov. — Female: A — Leg I; B — Leg II; C — Leg III; D — Leg IV.