Valgothrombium mallorcensis, Haitlinger, 2003

Mąkol, Joanna & Łaydanowicz, Joanna, 2010, A new species of Valgothrombium Willmann, 1940, with additional taxonomic data for Valgothrombiinae genera known as larvae (Acari: Prostigmata: Microtrombidiidae), Zootaxa 2647, pp. 16-34 : 29

mallorcensis ( Haitlinger, 2003) [LV]

Canpicathrombium mallorcensis Haitlinger, 2003: 140 .

Valgothrombium mallorcensis: Haitlinger 2008: 391 .

Distribution. Spain (Mallorca).

Remarks. Haitlinger (2003) pointed to the lack of hypostomalae in the newly described species. In the holotype of V. mallorcensis we can confirm the presence of short hypostomalae, typical for members of the genus. Scutum has the anterior protrusion in the type specimen. The shape of scutellum ( Fig. 15 ), almost rectangular in outline and wider (LSS = 78) than long (HS = 55), also varies from that given in the original description. Of the other characters, which were not listed in the original description, the presence of six normal setae (n) on femur I as well as the presence of vestigiala (κ) on tibia I, are included in the here verified diagnosis of the species. The lack of famulus (ε) on tarsus I as well as the presence of vestigiala (κ) on genu II cannot be confirmed due to the quality of the slide. Granular cuticular structures are present on idiosoma.

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 18. Scutum and scutellum in larvae of Valgothrombium spp. (setae omitted, actual distance between sclerites not retained). 7. V. valgum (George, 1909) (redrawn after Wohltmann and Wendt 1996). 8. V. m a r i a e sp. nov. 9. V. tarnavense (Feider, 1950) (redrawn after Feider 1955). 10. V. stuarti Baker, 1999 (redrawn after Baker 1999). 11. V. melindae Haitlinger, 2008 (orig., based on holotype). 12. V. natani Haitlinger, 2005 (orig., based on holotype). 13. V. paroense Haitlinger, 2009 (orig., based on holotype). 14. V. a v a e Haitlinger, 2005 (orig., based on holotype). 15. V. mallorcensis (Haitlinger, 2003) (orig., based on holotype). 16. V. fluminis (Michener, 1946) (redrawn after Michener 1946). 17. V. spasiscutum Robaux, 1974 (redrawn after Robaux 1974). 18. V. andreae (Saboori, Ueckermann & van Harten, 2007) (redrawn after Saboori et al. 2007).