Radfordia (Microtimyobia) myopusi Bochkov and Mironov, 1998

Bochkov, Andre V., 2011, Mites of the subgenus Microtimyobia (Acariformes: Myobiidae: Radfordia) and their host-parasite relationships with cricetid rodents (Cricetidae) 2954, Zootaxa 2954 (1), pp. 1-86 : 48

14. Radfordia (Microtimyobia) myopusi Bochkov and Mironov, 1998

( Figs. 37 , 38 )

Radfordia myopusi Bochkov and Mironov, 1998: 309 , fig. 5

Diagnosis. FEMALE ( Fig. 37 ). Subcapitular setae m with 2 tines. Setae vi distinctly wider and longer than e2. Setae e1 and f1 filiform. Distances c1-d1 and d1-d2 subequal. Vulvar region not ornamented. Setae ps3 distinctly developed, slightly curved. Setae ag2 at least 2 times longer than ag1. Setae 1b and 1d slightly thicker than 1a. Setae 2a and 3a whip-like, much longer than 2b. Trochanter I with ventral projection, without tubercles. Measurements of 3 paratypes: body, including gnathosoma, 290–325 long, 170–190 maximum wide. Lengths of setae: vi 63–67, si 83–90, se 63–65, c1, d1 and c2 63–67, d2 60–69, e1 and f1 12–13, e2 33 –38, 2a and 3a 70–78.

MALE. Unknown.

FEMALE TRITONYMPH ( Fig. 38 ). Setae h2 stick-like, f2 and other dorsal idiosomal setae narrow lanceolate. Setae 3a 30 long and 4a 57 long distinctly shorter than 2a. Tarsus IV with 3 setae.

Type host and locality. Myopus schisticolor from Russia (Amur Prov.) ( Bochkov & Mironov 1998) .

Hosts and distribution. This species is known only from the type host, Myopus schisticolor from Russia (Amur Prov. — Bochkov & Mironov [1998] and Enisey River —present data) .

Material examined. Myopus schisticolor — female TN holotype ( ZISP T-My-21), 3 female and 1 male TN paratypes, RUSSIA: Amur Prov., Yablonevy Mountain ridge, head of Malaya River , 3 July 1914, coll. Dorogostoyskiy ; 1 female TN and 1 male TN ( AVB 09-1201 - 018 ) ( ZMMU S 129485 ), RUSSIA: Enisey River, Krasnoyarskiy Territory, Turukhanskiy District, Biological Station Mirnoe, summer 1971, coll. E. Syroechkovskiy.

Type deposition. Radfordia myopusi —ZISP, female TN (T-My-21) (examined).

Figures

FIGURE 37. Radfordia (M.) myopusi Bochkov and Mironov, 1998, female. A, dorsal view; B, ventral view; C, seta m; D, vulvar region. Scale bars: A, B = 100 µm; C, D = 50 µm.

FIGURE 38. Radfordia (M.) myopusi Bochkov and Mironov, 1998, female tritonymph. A, idiosoma in dorsal view; B, same in ventral view; C, tarsus and tibia IV in ventral view. Scale bars: A, B = 100 µm; C = 50 µm.