Antennoseius (Antennoseius) ponticus Trach and Makarova, 2008

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 : 391

Antennoseius (Antennoseius) ponticus Trach and Makarova, 2008

Antennoseius ponticus Trach and Makarova, 2008: 181 .

Antennoseius (Antennoseius) ponticus Lindquist and Moraza, 2009: 33 ; Moraes et al., 2016:

73; Faraji et al., 2017: 338.

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Specimens examined — Three females, near the Moinakskoye Lake, Yevpatoria, Western Crimea, Russia, 45°11′31.0″N 33°19′59.0″E, 13 June 2021, O. Joharchi coll., on Harpalus sp. ( Coleoptera : Carabidae ).

Remarks — Antennoseius (A.) ponticus was originally described from southern Ukraine (Odessa and Mykolaiv Regions) where it was found on carabids Harpalus (serripes (Quensel), Amara sp. ) and leaf beetle, Chrysolina gypsophilae (Küster) ( Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae ) ( Trach and Makarova 2008), and afterward has been recorded from Eastern Ukrain ( Trach 2013). It is now recorded in Russia for the first time, on Harpalus sp. ( Coleoptera : Carabidae ). Our specimens agree very well with the description given by Trach and Makarova 2008. The species may be recognized primarily by the podonotal shield with five pairs of spinelike (with a short thin tip) setae (including z4) ( Figure 9A ), presternal region with one pair of oblique narrow distinct platelets ( Figure 9B ), ventral posterior seta on coxae I and II modified as spines, pointed abruptly at tip ( Figure 9B ), fixed digit of chelicera with six teeth and movable digit with two large teeth medially and a minute tooth subapically ( Figure 9D ). The illustration and descriptions of the hypostomal groove in Trach and Makarova’s (2008) shows six transverse rows of denticles, each row with 6–7 small denticles. Based on the specimens collected in Crimea, we found hypostomal groove with seven transverse rows of denticles, with smooth anterior and posterior transverse lines, rows 1–6 each bearing 2–4 small denticles, th 7 row with only one median denticle ( Figure 9C ).

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Figure 9 DIC micrographs ofAntennoseius(Antennoseius) ponticusTrach and Makarova, 2008, adult female: A – Idiosoma, dorsal view; B – Idiosoma, ventral view; C – Subcapitulum; D – Chelicera.