Clausiadinychus pulcherrimus HUŢU, 1991

Kontschán, J., 2007, Uropodina Mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) From Venezuela, With Descriptions Of Four New Species, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 53 (4), pp. 335-346 : 336-337

Clausiadinychus pulcherrimus HUŢU, 1991

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Clausiadinychus pulcherrimus HUŢU : 1991: 20–28.

Material examined: 2 females, Venezuela, Andes, Sierra de La Culata, submontane rain forest dominated by Decusocarpus (experimental forest of ULA), La Carbonera, 11.04.2005, from litter and soil, leg. CS. CSUZDI & D. MURÁNYI.

Previous records: Venezuela, Parque National Rancho Grande ( HUŢU 1991).

Distribution: Venezuela

Re-description: Female: Idiosoma pentagonal, 730–740 length, 620–630 wide.

Dorsal side ( Fig. 1 ): All marginal setae are very long, with long hairs, and placed in small protuberances. Dorsal setae long and wide, proximal part with serrated margin. Dorsal shield without ornamentation.

Ventral side ( Fig. 2 ): One part of sternal setae (St1, St2 and St3) short, smooth and needle-like. Near St1 placed lyriform fissures, other two sternal setae (St4 and St5) long and their proximal part with serrated margin. Ventral setae long and setiform also with serrated margin, one pair of ventral setae, on posterior part of anus wide and with long hairs. Ventral shield without ornamentation.

Genital shield scutiform, without processes and ornamentation.

Gnathosoma: Corniculi horn-like, laciniae bifurcated, central branches with short spines, marginal branches with long hairs. Hypostomal setae are the follows: h1 long, smooth and setiform, h2 shorter than h1 (h1:h2 = 4:1), H3 as long as h1, but bear short hairs on their margin. H4 as long as h2, but bear some spines on their margin. Base of tritosternum with two spines, laciniae with four branches, central branches with short hairs, marginal branches are smooth.

Figures

Figs 1–2. Clausiadinychus pulcherrimus HUŢU, 1991: 1 = dorsal view, 2 = ventral view (Scale bar: 200 µm)