Cosella kadsuriae, Huang, Kun-Wei & Wang, Chin-Fah, 2009

Huang, Kun-Wei & Wang, Chin-Fah, 2009, Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) of Taiwan: thirty-seven species from Yangmingshan, including one new genus and twenty-two new species, Zootaxa 1986, pp. 1-50 : 13

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.185424

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6215311

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F6879B-FFB9-FFFF-258D-FC96D32EE687

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Cosella kadsuriae
status

sp. nov.

Cosella kadsuriae sp. nov. ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 )

Female: Body fusiform, 174 long, shield 42 long, 73 wide, shield lobe present; shield design with median line absent, admedian lines complete, with 3 transverse lines at basal 1/4, half and basal 3/4, the basal 3/4 transverse line extending to lateral margins, submedian lines with 3 transverse lines connected to admedian lines; scapular tubercles set ahead of rear shield margin, scapular seta (sc) 7 long, directed upward, Dt-Dt 28 apart. Legs: tibiae fused with tarsi; coxal area smooth; 1st coxal seta (1b) and tubercles absent, 2nd coxal seta (1a) 5 long, Ct2-Ct2 11 apart, 3rd coxal seta (2a) 13 long, Ct3-Ct3 24 apart, Ct2\Ct3 18, Ct2-Ct3 8; solenidion ending as knob; empodium simple, 3 rayed.

Opisthosoma: dorsum flattened, dorsal annuli with 52 rings, 1st 3 dorsal annuli 7 long; ventral annuli with 54 microtuberculate rings; lateral seta (c2) 13 long, Lt-Lt 54 apart, Lt\Vt1 56, Lt-Vt1 31; 1st ventral seta (d) 17 long, Vt1-Vt1 40 apart, Vt1\Vt2 44, Vt1-Vt2 34; 2nd ventral seta (e) 9 long, Vt2-Vt2 19 apart, Vt2\Vt3 46, Vt2-Vt3 22; 3rd ventral seta (f) 18 long, Vt3-Vt3 22 apart; accessory seta (h1) absent.

Epigynium: 26 wide, 20 long, with granules at base, genital seta (3a) 7 long, Gt-Gt 21 apart.

Male: not seen.

Type data: Holotype Ψ, Taipei: Yangmingshan (685m; N25°12´E121°30´), 18-Aug.-1999, Huang & Wang; ex Piper kadsura (Choisy) Ohwi (Piperaceae) . (deposited at NMNS). Paratypes, 3Ψ, data same as for holotype.

Relation to host: A vagrant on the lower leaf surface. No apparent damage was observed.

Remarks: This new species is differs to others species of Cosella Newkirk & Keifer, 1975 by the median line absent, and admedian and submedian lines form 9 cells.

Etymology: The specific designation is derived from the specific name of the type host plant.

NMNS

National Museum of Natural Science

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Prostigmata

Family

Eriophyidae

Genus

Cosella

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