Abrolophus anzelmi, Aitlinger, 2013

Aitlinger, 2013, Abrolophus anzelmi nov. sp. (Acari, Prostigmata, Erythraeidae) from Sicily, Italy, Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (1), pp. 681-687 : 682-687

Abrolophus anzelmi nov.sp.

D i a g n o s i s:fD=46,fV=22,TaI106, Ti III 190, IP 2027, 1a 125, AL 72, L 81, W 75, odontus not divergent.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: 1L. Locus typicus: Sicily, Masseria la Chiusa, ~ 8 km north of San Giuseppe Jato , 16 May 2010 from herbaceous plants; coll. R. Haitlinger. Holotype deposited in MNHWU.

D e s c r i p t i o n (larva): Dorsum with 46 weakly barbed setae. Laterally of scutum one pair of circular eye (diameter 18 ȝm) (Fig. 1). Scutum longer than wide with pair of weakly barbed scutalae and pair of sensillary setae. Anterior setae (AL) somewhat shorter than posterior setae (PL). Anterior sensillary setae (ASens) distinctly shorter than posterior sensillary setae (PSens), both with setules at distal ½ (Fig. 3). Ventral side of idiosoma with very long nude setal pair 1a, nude setae 2a (68 ȝm) and slightly barbed setae 3a (45 ȝm). Between coxae I and II 6 nude setae, between coxae II and III 11 nude setae and beyond coxae III 22 weakly barbed setae. Coxalae 1b> 3b> 2b, all barbed (Fig. 2).

Gnathosoma with a pair of nude adoral setae cs (12 ȝm), a pair of short club-shaped supracoxal setae elcp (5 ȝm) in lateral position. Ventrally two pairs of hypostomal setae as1 (29 ȝm), as2 (11 ȝm) and setae bs (20 ȝm) (Fig. 6), all nude. Palpfemur with blunt process bearing 2 setae, palpgenu with 3 setae and palptibia with small process, 2 setae and accessory claw; all setae nude (Fig. 5). Palptibial claw not divergent (32 ȝm). Palptarsus with 1 eupathidium (37 ȝm), 1 solenidion (35 ȝm), 1 comb-like seta (52 ȝm), 2 setae with setules and 3 nude setae, one of them is very short (Fig. 4).

Leg setal formula: Leg I: Ta 1Ȧ, 2ȗ, 1z, 1İ, 17 (7B, 10N); Ti 2ij, 1ț, 12 (4B, 8N). Ge 1ı, 1ț, 11N; Tf 8 (2B; 6N), Bf 4 (2B; 2N), Tr 2B; Cx 1B (Figs. 7, 10-11). Leg II: Ta 1Ȧ, 2ȗ, 18 (6B; 12N), Ti 2ij, 13N, Ge 1ı, 1ț, 9N; Tf 6 (2B; 4N), Bf 4 (2B; 2N), Tr 2B; Cx 1B (Figs. 8, 12). Leg III: Ta 1ȗ, 18 (6B; 12N), Ti 1ij, 13 (4B; 9N), Ge 9N; Tf 5 (4B, 1N), Bf 4 (3B, 1N); Tr 2B; Cx 1B (Figs. 9, 13-14).

Leg lengths: leg I 673, II 610, III 744. IP = 2027.

For measurements see Table 1.

E t y m o l o g y: The name of the species was derived from the name Anzelm.

R e m a r k s: Abrolophus anzelmi nov.sp. belongs to the group of species having palptarsus with comb-like seta, Ti III> 90 µm and AL> 64 µm. This group includes: A. mortenseni, A. longicollis and A. humberti (OUDEMANS 1910, SOUTHCOTT 1994, HAITLINGER 1996; measurements for A. longicollis after HAITLINGER 1987, 1996). It differs from these species in the presence palptarsus with two setae having long setules. From A. mortenseni it differs in number of intercoxalae II-III (11 vs. 27), fV (22 vs. 30), the presence of one paradontus vs. the presence of two paradontus, sensillae ASens placed anterior to the PL scutalae bases vs. ASens placed posterior to the PL scutalae bases, the longer Ti I (156 vs. 124), Ge I (119 vs. 107), Ti II (143 vs. 95), Ge III (132 vs. 113) and Ti III (190 vs. 145); from A. longicollis in the longer PL (77 vs. 56-64), 1a (125 vs. 72-88), PsFd (104 vs. 46-60), Ta I (106 vs. 66-78), Ti I (156 vs. 88-106), Ti II (143 vs. 82-100), Ti III (190 vs. 102-126) and shorter ISD (45 vs. 56-64) and from A. humberti in number of intercoxalae II-III (11 vs. 17), palpfemur without protuberance vs. palpfemur with protuberance, the longer PL (77 vs. 66), 1a (125 vs. 48-50), PsFd (104 vs. 60-62), GL (183 vs. 134-146), Ta I (106 vs. 62-64), Ti I (156 vs. 78-86), Ti II (143 vs. 72-76 and Ti III (190 vs. 92-104).

Zusammenfassung

Abrolophus anzelmi nov.sp. aus Sizilien wird beschrieben und abgebildet. Von allen Arten der Gattung Abrolophus hat diese Spezies den längsten Tarsus I, Tibia III, IP und Setae 1a.

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Authors' addresses: Prof. Dr. habil. Ryszard HAITLINGER

Institite of Biology, Department of Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology, Wrocáaw

University of Environmental and Life Sciences

KoĪuchowska 5b

PL-51-631 Wrocáaw, Poland

E-mail: [e-mail]

Dr. Dariusz àUPICKI

Wrocáaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Museum of Natural History

CheámoĔskiego 38D

PL-51-630 Wrocáaw, Poland

E-mail:[e-mail]

Figs. 1-2. Abrolophus anzelmi nov.sp. (1) idiosoma, dorsal view; (2) idiosoma, ventral view.

Figs. 3-6. Abrolophus anzelmi nov.sp. (3) scutum; (4) palptarsus; (5) palp; (6) gnathosoma. Figs. 7-9. Abrolophus anzelmi nov.sp. (7) distal part of tarsus I; (8) distal part of tarsus II; (9) distal part od tarsus III.

Figs. 10-14. Abrolophus anzelm nov.sp. (10) leg I, tarsus – genu; (11) leg I, telofemur – coxa; (12) leg II; (13) leg III, tarsus – genu; (14) leg III, telofemur – coxa.

Table 1. Metric data for Abrolophus anzelmi nov.sp.