Aleurodamaeus deswardti ( Hugo, 2010 )

Hugo-Coetzee, Elizabeth A., 2013, New species of Aleurodamaeus Grandjean, 1954 (Oribatida: Aleurodamaeidae) from South Africa, Zootaxa 3670 (4), pp. 531-556 : 554

New combination: Aleurodamaeus deswardti ( Hugo, 2010)

( Figs 15 , 13 C)

The type and paratypes of Gymnodamaeus deswardti Hugo, 2010 were reexamined. The notogaster of this species is convex in lateral view, and some of the caudal notogastral setae are long, twisted and corkscrew-like ( Fig. 15 ). The body is also covered with cerotegument, although not as thickly as A. niedbalai sp. nov. or A. salvadordalii sp. nov.. The edges of the famulus-pit on tarsus I ( Fig. 13 C) stand out as in the other South African Aleurodamaeus species. Gymnodamaeus deswardti also displays the other characteristics of Aleurodamaeus and is therefore transferred to this genus as Aleurodamaeus deswardti ( Hugo, 2010) comb. nov..

Figures

FIGURE 13. Legs (trochanter setae not drawn). A. Aleurodamaeus woasi sp. nov. leg I, left, paraxial view, with cerotegumental granules; B. Aleurodamaeus prominens sp. nov. leg I, left, paraxial view, with cerotegumental granules; C. Aleurodamaeus deswardti (Hugo), tarsus of leg I, left, antiaxial view. Scale bars: 50 μ m.

FIGURE 15. Aleurodamaeus deswardti (Hugo) lateral view with some cerotegument. Scale bar 100 μ m.