Rodhainyssus emballonurae Fain, 1967

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10. Rodhainyssus emballonurae Fain, 1967

( Fig. 27 )

Rodhainyssus emballonurae Fain 1967: 26 , fig. 17.

Redescription. MALE (paratype). Body, including gnathosoma, 285 long, 120 wide. Gnathosoma with pair of short lateral spurs. Ventral projections of subcapitulum short and wide, 5 long, 22 wide. Propodonotal shield length 30, maximum width 50. Dorsal and ventral surface of hysterosoma finely and regularly striated. Setae si and c2 present, ps2 and f2 absent. Distance se–se 50. Punctate areas between setae h2 and h3 absent. Sternum 30 long, its apex not connected with apodemes II. Posterior projections of coxal fields I tongue-like, 9 long, 14 wide. Distal apices of apodemes II distinctly developed, connected with pair of sclerotized bands. Posterior apodemes of coxal fields II relatively short, not fused to each other and with pregenital apodeme. Apodemes III fused to each other. Pregenital apodeme 5 long, 7 wide. Setae 4b flanking pregenital apodeme. Aedeagus 25 long. Small opisthogastric plate bearing setae ps3 present. Legs III–IV subequal in length, about 125 long. Trochanters I–II with small ventral folds; trochanters III–IV with distinct transverse crests ventrally. Setal lengths: se 7, h2 60, 1a 9, 3a 13, vF I–II about 27, cG I–II about 6, mG I–II about 14, d I–IV about 9.

FEMALE. Unknown.

Type material examined. One male paratype ( IRSNB) from Emballonura monticola Temminck (Emballonuridae) ( USNM), INDONESIA: Kalimantan Timur, Sungai Baai, 13 January 1913, coll. H. C. Raven.

Type deposition. Holotype is deposited in USNM.

Host range and distribution. This species is known only from the type host and locality, Emballonura monticola on the island of Borneo (Fain 1967).

Figures

FIGURE 27. Rodhainyssus emballonurae Fain, 1967, male. A, ventral view; B, subcapitulum in ventral view; C, aedeagus. Scale bars: 100 µm (A), 50 µm (B, C).