Uroobovella kozari, Kontschán, 2014

Kontschán, Jenõ, 2014, New Uropodina Mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) From A Taiwanese Cryptomeria Japonica (Taxodiaceae) Plantation, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 60 (1), pp. 57-71 : 63-66

Uroobovella kozari sp. n.

(Figs 17–31)

Materialexamined. Holotype. Onefemale ( HNHM) AS911, TaiwanT09-12, Taiwan, NantouCounty , Shuili, township, Renlun (, experimentalforestarea, ~3 kmwestto theStation, N23°43.694’, E120°53.600’, 1344 m, Cryptomeriajaponica plantation, frommoss, 09.X.2009, leg. L. Dányi & E. Lazányi. Paratypes: fivefemalesandthreemales (3 females andtwomalesinHNHM, twofemalesandonemaleinNHMG), localityanddatesame asofholotype.

Diagnosis. Dorsalandventralpartsofidisomawithoutornamentation,. Dorsalandventralsetaeverysmoothandneedle- like. Genitalshieldoffe- malelinguliform, withsmoothsurfaceandwithoutanteriorprocess. Setae h2 smoothandrobust, h1 and h3 similarinlength. Setae ad1 and ad2 uniformin shapeandlength.

Description. Female. Lengthofidiosoma 350–360 μm, width 310–320 μm (n=3). Shapeof idiosomacircle, posteriormarginrounded, colorbrown, wholeidiosomastronglysclerotized.

Dorsalidiosoma (Fig. 17). Marginalanddorsalshieldsfusedanteriorly. Marginal shieldwithoutornamentation, marginalsetaesmooth, short (ca 7–9 μm) andneedle- like (Fig. 18). Dorsalshieldneotrichous, dorsalsetaesimilarinshapeandlengthtomarginal setae, dorsalshieldwithoutornamentation, onlysomemusclesscarcanbeseenoncentral areaofdorsalshield.

Ventralidiosoma (Fig. 19). Sternalsetae (St1–7) short (ca 7–8 μm), smoothandnee- dle- like. St1 situatednearanteriormarginofsternalshield, St2 atlevelofanteriormargin ofcoxaeII, St3 atlevelofcentralareaofcoxaeII. St4 situatedatlevelofanteriormargin ofcoxaeIII, St5 atlevelofcentralareaofcoxaeIII, St6 atlevelofanteriormarginofcoxae IV, St7 atlevelofcentralareaofcoxaeIV. Surfaceofsternalshieldsmooth. Onepairoflyriformfissuressituatednear St1, otheronepairsituatednear St7. Ventralsetaeshort (ca 7–8 μm), thinandneedle- likesetae (Fig. 20). Ventralshieldwithoutsculpturalpattern. Adanal setaesimilarinshapeandlengthtoventralsetae, postanalsetaabsent. Onepairoflyriform fissuressituatednearpodofossaeIV (Fig. 20). Pedofossaedeep, withsmoothsurfaceand separatefurrowsfortarsiIV.

Genitalshield ca 100–105 μmlongand ca 73–75 μmwide, itsshapelinguliform, with roundedanteriormarginandsmoothsurface. GenitalshieldsituatedbetweencoxaeIIand IV (Fig. 21). Prestigmatidpartofperitremeslongandhook- like, poststigmatidpartshort, stigmatasituatedbetweencoxaeIIandIII. Tritosternum (Fig. 22) withnarrowbase, tritos- ternallaciniadividedintothreebranches.

Gnathosoma (Fig. 23). Corniculihorn- like, internalmalaelongerthancorniculiand apicallypilose. Hypostomalsetae h1 longand (ca 40 μm), smooth. Setae h2 short (ca 15 μm), smoothandrobust, h3 similarto h1 inshape, butshorter, ca 21 μmlong, h4 marginallyserrateand ca 17 μmlong. Allpartsofcheliceraenotvisible, fixeddigitofcheliceraelonger thanmovabledigitandbearingapointedfinger-likeapicalprocess (Fig. 24). Apicalregion ofepistomemarginallyserrateandapicallypilose (Fig. 23). Palptrochanterbearingventral serratesetae, othersetaeonpalpsmooth, apothele (Fig. 25) withashortsupplementarytine.

Legs. Alllegswithsmallambulacralclaws (Fig. 27) andwithsmoothandneedle- like setae (Figs 27–30).

Male. Lengthofidiosoma 370-380 μm, width 300-310 μm (n=3). Shapeanddorsal aspectofidiosomaasinfemale.

Ventralidiosoma (Fig. 26). Surfaceofsternalshieldsmooth. Eightpairsofsmooth, short (ca 7–8 μm) andneedle- likesternalsetaepresent. St1 placedneartoanteriormargin ofsternalshield, St2 and St3 atlevelofcentralareaofcoxaeII, St4-St5 atlevelofcentral areaofcoxaeIII, St6 atlevelofposteriormarginofcoxaeIII, St7–St8 nearposteriormargin ofgenitalshield. Positionandshapeofventralsetaeandornamentationofventralshieldas infemale. Genitalshieldoval (ca 43–46 μmlongand ca 36–38 μmwide), withoutsculptural pattern. ItsituatedbetweencoxaeIV. FemuroflegIwithaventralflap (Fig. 31).

Nymphsandlarvaeunknown.

Figs 17–20. Uroobovellakozari sp. n., female, holotype: 17 = dorsalviewofidiosoma, 18 = dorsalandmarginalsetae, 19 = ventralviewofidiosoma, 20 = ventralsetae.

Etymology. Idedicatethenewspeciesinmemoryofmydearcolleagueandfriend, theexcellentscaleinsectspecialistFerencKozár (1943–2013).

Remarks. Thenewspeciesbelongstothe Uroobovellaminima -grouponthe basisoftheshapeandsizeoftheidiosomaandthenumberofthesternaland Figs 21–26. Uroobovellakozari sp. n., female, holotype: 21 = intercoxalareaoffemale, 22 = tritosternum, 23 = ventralviewofgnathosomaandpalp, 24 = ventralviewofchelicerae, 25 =

palpapothele, 26 = intercoxalareaofmaleparatype.

ventralsetae. NumerousspeciesfromthisgroupwerereportedfromAsia, but thereareseveraldifferencesbetweenthenewspeciesandthepreviouslyde- scribedones. Uroobovellanitida Hiramatsu, 1981 fromNewGuinea, U. cavernosa Hiramatsu, 1979 , and U. okinawaensis Hiramatsu, 1979 fromJapanhaveornamentedgenitalshieldinfemales, butthegenitalshieldofthenewspeciesis smooth. Thehypostomalsetae h2 issmoothandrobustinthespecies U. kozari , butitismarginallyserrateinthespecies U. japanovarians HiramatsuetHirschmann, 1978 , U. japanocrenelata HiramatsuetHirschmann, 1978 fromJapan and U. ceylonivarians Zirngiebl-NicoletHirschmann, 1975 fromSriLanka. Be- sidesthesedifferences, thespecies U. japanovarians and U. japanocrenelata have anteriorprocessongenitalshield, whichismissinginthenewone; setae h1 and h3 areuniforminlengthinthespecies U. ceylonivarians , incontrarythese setaehavedifferentlengthinthenewspecies. Theadanalsetaearelongerthan theventralsetaeinthespecies Uropodavietnamvarians Hirschmann, 1981 from Vietnam, butthesesetaeareuniforminsizeinthenewspecies.