Samsinakia trilobitus Bochkov & Mironov, 1998

Kazemi, Shahrooz & Paktinat-Saeij, Saeid, 2021, First record of Samsinakia trilobitus (Prostigmata, Cheyletidae) from Iran, Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (1), pp. 107-110 : 108-109

Samsinakia trilobitus Bochkov & Mironov, 1998 ( Figs. 1–5 )

Samsinakia trilobitus – Bochkov and Mironov (1998): 266; Fain and Bochkov (2001): 74; Fuangarworn and Lekprayoon (2010): 67.

Diagnosis (female)

Propodonotal shield with four pairs of setae (vi, ve, sci, sce), setae lanceolate, arcuate and finely barbed ( Fig. 1 ); hysteronotal shield with four pairs of setae (c1, d2, f2, h2), similar to propodonotal setae, but narrower; seta h1 setiform, seta e2 absent ( Fig. 1 ). Palpal claw with a single tooth, hooklike ( Fig. 4 ). Coxae I–IV with 2-1-2-2 setae; anterior setae of coxa III fan-like; genua I–IV with 2-2- 2-2 setae; tibiae I–IV with 4-4-4-4 setae; tibia III with one fan-like seta and three barbed setae; tibia IV with one lanceolate seta, one barbed seta and two simple setae.

Measurements of specimens from Iran (n = 5)

Idiosoma length 317–323, width 257–274; length of some idiosomal setae: sce 44–50, sci 48– 50, ve 44–50, vi 46–56, c1 42–47, c2 44–45, d2 40–43, f2 32–37, h2 28–32, h1 19–24.

Note

Measurements of the specimens from Iran are longer than those from India studied by Bochkov and Mironov (1998).

Specimens examined

31 ♀, June 2006, from under the elytra of a Copris sp. (Scarabaeidae) collected in Nour Forest, Nour City, Mazandaran Province, northern Iran.

Distribution India, from an unknown tenebrionid beetle, and Iran, from Copris sp. (this study).

Figures

Figures 1–5. Samsinakia trilobitus Bochkov & Mironov, 1998 – 1. Dorsal idiosoma; 2. Ventral view of body; 3. Gnathosoma, dorsal aspect; 4. Palptibial claw with basal tooth (arrow); 5. Gnathosoma, ventral view.