Coleolaelaps costai Joharchi & Halliday, 2011

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

Coleolaelaps costai Joharchi & Halliday, 2011 ( Figs. 1–6 )

Coleolaelaps costai Joharchi & Halliday, 2011: 24 .

Material examined Holotype (ARS-20131018-5a) borrowed from Jalal Afshar Zoological Museum , Alborz, Iran.

Notes

Joharchi and Halliday (2011) described Coleolaelaps costai from specimens collected on the beetle Polyphylla olivieri (Castelnau) ( Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae ) from Iran. We have re-examined the holotype of this species ( Figs. 1–6 ). In the original description (Joharchi and Halliday 2011, Figs. 1–9 ), the peritrematal shield was not illustrated, but it is present in the holotype, it is free from the dorsal shield, and tapers to a point, just anteriorly to the peritreme apex ( Fig. 6 ). Dorsal shield without distinct reticulate ornamentation over whole surface (except for sigillae and marginal areas in both podonotal and opisthonotal regions). The illustrations provided by Joharchi and Halliday (2011) did not show all segments of the legs, so we provide them here to clarify the identity of this species. Joharchi and Halliday (2011) stated that the tibia of the palp has 12 setae, but we now correct that to 14 setae, which is typical for Laelapidae .

Figures

Figures 1–6. DIC micrographs of Coleolaelaps costai Joharchi & Halliday, 2011 (female holotype) – 1. Dorsal idiosoma; 2. Ventral idiosoma; 3. Legs I & II in dorsal view; 4. Epistome; 5. Legs III & IV in dorsal view; 6. Peritrematal