Neophyllobius womersleyi, Fan, Qing-Hai & Walter, David E., 2006

Fan, Qing-Hai & Walter, David E., 2006, Camerobia and Neophyllobius (Acari: Prostigmata: Camerobiidae) from Australia, with the descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 1309, pp. 1-23 : 13-18

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.173835

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5064812

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB7871-544D-FFBC-FEDF-FB9EFB7BFD66

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scientific name

Neophyllobius womersleyi
status

sp. nov.

Neophyllobius womersleyi sp. n.

( Figs. 8–11 View FIGURE 8 View FIGURE 9 View FIGURE 10 View FIGURE 11 , 12 View FIGURE 12 )

Material examined

Holotype, adult female, from under bark, Waywood ph, Adelaide, Australia, coll. F. Womersley, 15 Sept. 1940. In SAM.

Paratype, 1 adult female, from under Suc bark, Australia, coll. F. Womersley, 4 Apr. 1937. In SAM.

Diagnosis

Adult female. Peritremes with 1 loop; palptarsus with 2 + 2 eupathidia + 1; a pair of pdx present; idiosomal setae lanceolate, c1, c2, d1, e1 and f1 longer than others; c1: c2 = 1.0 (1.0–1.1), d1: d2 = 1.3 (1.3–1.5), e1: e2 = 1.3 (1.2–1.3), c1: d1: e1: f1 = 1.1: 1.1: 1.1: 1.0; femora (I–IV) with 4, 3, 2, 1. Setae on genua lanceolate, ratio I: II: III: IV= 1.0: 1.1: 1.3 (1.2–1.3): 2.1 (1.7–2.1).

Description

ADULT FEMALE (n = 2)

Gnathosoma. Stylophore stumpy, 42 (42–50); movable digits 17 (17–20); peritremes with 1 loop. Palp 37 (37–42); counts of setae and solenidia from trochanter to tarsus: 0, 2, 1, 3 + 1 claw, 2 + 2 eupathidia + 1 solenidion (). Subcapitular setae m 20, distance m–m, 25 (24–25).

Idiosoma. Nearly circular in shape, 247 (220–247) long, 177 (177–200) wide. Prodorsum bearing 1 pair of eyes (7 in diameter), 1 pair of postocular bodies (10 (10–13) in diameter) and 5 pairs of lanceolate setae, vi 45 (45–60), ve 38 (38–50), sci 42 (42–47), sce 38 (38–45), pdx 48 (48–50); distances: vi– vi 50, vi–ve 27 (25–27), vi–pdx 46 (45–46), ve–sci 13 (11–13), sci–sce 35 (35–37). Hysterosoma bearing 10 pairs of setae, c1 58 (58–63), c2 60, d1 60 (60–70), d2 45 (45–48), e1 60, e2 45 (45–50), f1 55 (55–73), f2 40 (37–40), h1 33 (33–38), h2 34 (34–35); distances: c1–c1 12, c1–c2 72 (72–77), c1–d1 47 (45–47), d1–d1 12, d1–d2 62 (62–65), d1– e 1 37 (37–42), e1– e 1 11 (10–11), e1– e 2 50 (50–52), e1–f1 37 (37–42), f1–f1 10 (7–10), f1–f2 55 (50–55), f1–h1 50 (32–50), h1–h1 10, h1–h2 17 (17–22). Venter with 3 pairs of setae, 1a 18 (18–23), 3a 23 (23–25), 4a 17 (17–18); coxal setae 1c about 1.5 times as long as 1b, 1b 25 (25–38), 1c 38. Aggenital setae small, ag 13 (13–15). Genito­anal valves with 1 pair of genital setae, g 13 (13–15) and 3 pairs of pseudanal setae, ps3 9 (9–10), ps2 10, ps1 10.

Legs. Length (from base of trochanter to tip of tarsus): leg I 366 (366–395), leg II 283 (283–328), leg III 330 (330–367), leg IV 377 (377–411). Setae on genua lanceolate, IV longest, length I–IV: 45 (45–55), II 50 (50–62), 57 (57–67), 95, ratio I: II: III: IV= 1.0: 1.1: 1.3 (1.2–1.3): 2.1 (1.7–2.1). Tibiae I–IV each with 1 solenidion: I 14 (14–17), II 13 (10–13), III 11 (10–11), IV 10 (10–13). Tarsi I–II each with 1 solenidion: I 6 (5–6), II 4. Counts of setae and solenidia on legs I–IV: coxae 1a + 2, 1, 2, 2; trochanters 1, 1, 1, 1; femora 4, 3, 2, 1; genua 1 + 1, 1 + 1, 1, 1; tibiae 9 + 1, 8 + 1, 8 + 1, 7 + 1; tarsi 10 + 1, 10 + 1, 8, 8.

ADULT MALE. Unknown.

Remarks

Neophyllobius womersleyi sp. n. resembles N. aegyptium Soliman & Zaher, 1967 in having similar setal numbers on the legs, but can be readily distinguished from the latter because the setae on the genua are lanceolate and the seta on genu IV is the longest.

SAM

South African Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Prostigmata

SubOrder

Prostigmata

Family

Camerobiidae

Genus

Neophyllobius

Loc

Neophyllobius womersleyi

Fan, Qing-Hai & Walter, David E. 2006
2006
Loc

N. aegyptium

Soliman & Zaher 1967
1967
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