Gaeolaelaps saboorii Joharchi & Babaeian, 2014

Joharchi, Omid & Halliday, Bruce, 2020, Supplementary descriptions of thirteen species of soil mites (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae), Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (1), pp. 23-42 : 24

Gaeolaelaps saboorii Joharchi & Babaeian, 2014 ( Figs. 7–11 )

Gaeolaelaps saboorii Joharchi & Babaeian, 2014: 90 .

Material examined Holotype borrowed from YIAU and one paratype (ARS-20191222-8b) borrowed from JAZM.

Notes

Joharchi and Babaeian (2014) described Gaeolaelaps saboorii from specimens collected on Acinopus sp. ( Coleoptera : Carabidae ) from Iran. Kazemi et al. (2014) excluded this species from Gaeolaelaps and considered it belongs to Cosmolaelaps , while Nemati et al. (2018) placed it in Hypoaspis sensu lato. Saeidi et al. (2019) returned it to Gaeolaelaps because it has all the diagnostic character states of Gaeolaelaps . We have re-examined the holotype and a paratype of this species ( Figs. 7–11 ). Joharchi and Babaeian (2014) stated that the peritrematal shield is anteriorly free and the fixed digit of chelicera has four teeth. We now confirm that the peritrematal shield is fused to the dorsal shield apically at the level of seta z1 ( Fig. 7 ). The fixed digit of the chelicera has seven teeth (6 large teeth, and 1 or 2 are very small teeth, including the apical hook) ( Fig. 9 ), not four. The dorsal aspect of legs II–IV are illustrated in Figs. 10–11 . Joharchi and Babaeian (2014) stated that the tibia of the palp has 12 setae, but we now correct that to 14 setae. The holotype has been transferred from YIAU to JAZM (slide number ARS-20191222-8a) to make it more accessible.

Figures

Figures 7–11. DIC micrographs of Gaeolaelaps saboorii Joharchi & Babaeian, 2014 (female paratype) – 7. Dorsal idiosoma; 8. Ventral idiosoma; 9. Chelicera; 10. Leg I in dorsal view; 11. Legs III & IV in dorsal view.