Pneumocoptes jellisoni Baker, 1951

Bochkov, Andre V., Zabludovskaya, Svetlana & Oconnor, Barry M., 2008, Phylogeny and systematics of the endoparasitic astigmatid mites (Acari: Sarcoptiformes) of mammals: families Gastronyssidae, Lemurnyssidae, and Pneumocoptidae, Zootaxa 1951 (1), pp. 1-152 : 148-149

3. Pneumocoptes jellisoni Baker, 1951

( Fig. 85 )

Pneumocoptes jellisoni Baker 1951: 586 , figs. 6–10; Doby 1963: 963; Loos-Frank & Abel 1983: 539; Kouchakji & Loos-Frank 1984: 674, figs. 12, 13c, 14b.

Redescription. FEMALE (2 specimens). Body, including gnathosoma, 170–175 long, 88–90 wide. Body sclerotization having punctate pattern ( Fig. 85A ). Setae se 22–24 long, distance se–se 30–35. Sternum 15–17 long, its apex situated at level or slightly posterior to seta 1a bases. Inseminatory canal 13–15 long. Alveoli g and 4a very small. Posterior margin of posterogynal shield distinctly developed, convex, widely rounded. Legs III and IV subequal in length, about 80 long (excluding pretarsus). Tarsal apices distinctly pointed. Solenidion ϕIV absent. Setae w and r with moderately pointed apex. Setal lengths: d I–IV about 35, mG I–II about 4, vF I–II about 7; solenidia ωI 9–10, ωII 10–11, ϕI–III about 5.

MALE (1 specimen). Body, including gnathosoma, 157 long, 85 wide. Body sclerotization having punctate pattern. Setae se 20 long, distance se–se 30. Sternum 15 long, its posterior apex situated at level or slightly posterior to seta 1a bases. Postgenital shield about 17 long. Tarsal apices distinctly pointed. Solenidion ϕIV absent. Setae w and r with moderately pointed apex.

Type material examined. Four female [2 specimens in poor condition] and 1 male [in very poor condition] paratypes ( USNM) from Peromyscus sp. (Cricetidae) , USA: Montana, Ravalli Co., 7 February 1950, coll. Humble.

Type deposition. Holotype is deposited in USNM.

Host range and distribution. This species was described from Peromyscus sp. from USA (Montana and Idaho); one specimen was collected from Onychomys leucogaster (Wied-Neuwied) (Cricetidae) from Nebraska ( Baker 1951).

Figures

FIGURE 85. Pneumocoptes jellisoni Baker, 1951, female. A, dorsal view; B, ventral view; C, leg I in dorsal view; D, tarsus I in dorsal view; E, leg III in dorsal view; F, tarsus III in ventral view; G, tarsus IV in dorsal view; H, same in ventral view. Scale bars: 100 µm (A, B), 25 µm (C–H).