Proctolaelaps fiseri SAMŠIŇÁK, 1960

Karami, Fatemeh, Hajizadeh, Jalil, Ostovan, Hadi & I, Northern, 2017, Fauna of Ascoidea (except Ameroseiidae) in Guilan province, Iran with two new species record for Iran mites fauna, Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (2), pp. 1309-1321 : 1314-1315

Proctolaelaps fiseri SAMŠIŇÁK, 1960 ( Figs 1-3 )

Female (one specimen measured)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: One female mite, details are available in the checklist part.

D o r s a l i d i o s o m a ( Fig. 1 ): Dorsal shield 424 µm long and 296 µm wide, evenly reticulated over entire surface, pattern not distinctively changed on particular areas. Dorsal shield with 42 pairs of setae, the tips of only a few of them extend to the bases of the following setae; in the humeral region all of the setae are of about the same length.

V e n t r a l i d i o s o m a ( Fig. 2 ): Tritosternum bifurcate, with marginally pilose laciniae. Sternal shield evenly reticulated over nearly entire surface but smooth posteriorly; anterior margin of shield well defined; posterior margin truncate or slightly convex, with posterolateral corners slightly emarginated. Third pair of sternal pores on metasternal plates. Endopodal plates strongly formed between coxae III and IV. Genital shield strongly reticulated, with distinct corners, but little widening behind genital setae, with membranous anterior margin rounded, extending to level of third pair of sternal setae. Bearing a pair of genital setae. Anal shield lightly reticulated, with anterior margin smoothly rounded; anal opening enlarged. Eight pairs of ventral setae on membrane around anal shield. Peritrematal shields free posteriorly from strong exopodal plate curving behind coxa IV; peritremes reaching nearly to the vertical setae j1.

L e g s: Legs I and IV slightly shorter than dorsal shield; tarsi II to IV with pair of apical seta-like processes, subapical setae long, spine-like. Pretarsi with moderate length, those of legs III-IV slightly longer than basitarsi.

G n a t h o s o m a: Corniculi well spaced, parallel; internal malae moderately wide, blunt, slightly shorter than corniculi. Venter of hypostome with 6 transverse rows of denticles, each row evenly multidenticulate; fifth row widened, gently concave; sixth row widened, free. Anterior rostral setae not enlarged. Tectum trifid. Fixed digit of chelicerae with row of 16 teeth, with short dorsal projection over base; movable digit tridentate, with 1 ventral spine near base.

Figures

Figs 1-3. Proctolaelaps fiseri female. (1) Dorsal view of idiosoma; (2) Ventral view of idiosoma; (3) Body picture. Scale bar: 140 μm for (1), (2); 270 μm for (3).