Antennoseius (Vitzthumia) koroljevae Chelebiev, 1984, 1631

Joharchi, Omid, Marchenko, Irina I. & Stanyukovich, Maria K., 2022, New data on some Antennoseius Berlese species (Acari: Ascidae) from Russia, Acarologia 62 (2), pp. 378-395 : 389-391

Antennoseius (Vitzthumia) koroljevae Chelebiev, 1984

Antennoseius (Vitzthumia) koroljevae Chelebiev, 1984: 1631 .

Antennoseius (Vitzthumia) koroljevae Lindquist and Walter, 1989: 1293 ; Beaulieu et al., 2008:

55; Moraza and Kazemi, 2009: 63 ; Moraes et al., 2016: 70 ; Joharchi et al., 2020: 477. Antennoseius (Vitzthumia) koreljevae (sic) Lindquist and Moraza, 2009: 3

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Specimens examined — Type material: slide number 1792 with one adult female (paratype), vicinity of Nura River, Tokarevka, Karaganda province, Kazakhstan, 07.06.1975,

K.A. Chelebiev coll., in nest of Microtus gregalis (Pallas) ( Rodentia : Cricetidae ); deposited in the ZIN, Saint Petersburg.

Remarks — Antennoseius (Vitzthumia) koroljevae is known only from its original description, being five females collected in nest of narrow-headed vole, Microtus gregalis (Pallas) ( Rodentia : Cricetidae ), in Kazakhstan ( Chelebiev 1984). The description of the species is brief and both the description and illustrations lack many important details. We herein provide additional morphological characters to complement the previous description ( Chelebiev 1984) of A. (V.) koroljevae on the basis of type series:

Dorsal shields densely granulate-tuberculate, lacking reticulate patterning ( Figure 7A ), podonotal shield with 21 pairs of setae including three pairs of sx setae and four unpaired seta

x were present between setae j3–j5 ( Figure 7A ), setae r2, r3, r4 off the shield ( Figure 7A ), opisthonotal shield with 17 pairs of setae including two pairs of Sx setae and three unpaired seta

X were present between Z and S series ( Figure 7A ), all dorsal setae moderately barbed ( Figure 7A ), setae j1 and Z5 longer and thinker than other setae; presternal area with pair of narrow distinct platelets ( Figure 7B & 7C ), sternal shield with strong anterior medial notch reaching half-way between st1 and st2 ( Figure 7B & 7C ); genital shield drop-shaped, its lateral margins widened posteriorly, posterior margin evenly rounded ( Figure 7B & 7D ); anal shield densely granulate-tuberculate, lacking reticulate patterning ( Figure 7B & 7D ); anterior margin of epistome convex, irregularly denticulate ( Figure 7E ), hypostomal groove with seven transverse rows of denticles, each row with 10–13 small denticles, with smooth anterior transverse line ( Figure 7F ); all palp setae smooth and needle-like, palp-tarsal claw two-tined, fixed digit of chelicera multidentate; almost all leg setae moderately barbed, setae pd on trochanter and pd2

on femur of leg I slightly thickened. Tibia III having eight setae (2–1/1–2/1–1).

Figures

Figure 7 DIC micrographs ofAntennoseius(Vitzthumia) koroljevaeChelebiev, 1984 (holotype), adult female: A – Idiosoma, dorsal view; B – Idiosoma, ventral view; C – Sternal shield; D – General view of opisthogastric area; E – Epistome; F – Subcapitulum.