Antennoseius (Antennoseius) bullitus Karg, 1969

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 : 383

Antennoseius (Antennoseius) bullitus Karg, 1969

Antennoseius bullitus Karg, 1969: 398 .

Antennoseius bullitus Karg, 1971: 301 ; 1977: 5 ; 1993: 306 ; Gwiazdowicz, 2007: 55;

Kontschán, 2007: 101 ; Belova and Makarova, 2017: 978.

Antennoseius (Antennoseius) bullitus Bregetova, 1977: 251 ; Moraes et al., 2016: 67 ; Faraji et al., 2017: 338.

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Specimens examined — Four females, vicinity of lake Kuchak, Tyumen Province, RUSSIA, 57°21′N, 66°03′E, 23 September 2021, O. Joharchi coll., on Harpalus sp. ( Coleoptera : Carabidae ).

Remarks — Antennoseius (A.) bullitus was described from Vogtland, Germany ( Karg 1969) where it was found on grass. The species has been recorded as phoretic on different species of ground beetles in Europe ( Hungary, Ukraine, Poland, Romania ; see Faraji et al. 2017).

Belova and Makarova (2017) collected the species on seven different carabid species from Southern Taiga Forest of Vologda, European Russia. Evidently, this species may be widely distributed in Central and Eastern Europe where associated with a diversity of ground beetles. It is now recorded in North Asia for the first time, on Harpalus sp. ( Coleoptera : Carabidae ). The species is easily recognized by podonotal shield with setiform setae, except seta j1 distally expanded ( Figure 3A ), sternal shield with a mid-longitudinal delineation ( Figure 3B ), coxal setae on legs I–IV slender and setiform ( Figure 3B ), genital shield drop-shaped, with lateral margins constricted anterior to genital setae and posterior margin more or less bluntly pointed ( Figure 3B ), anal shield with only circumanal setae ( Figure 3B ), hypostomal groove with seven transverse rows of denticles, rows 1–5 each with one or two median denticles, th 6and 7 th rows bearing four and seven denticles, respectively ( Figure 3C ), anterior margin of epistome convex, sparsely denticulate, mid surface of epistome with transverse line of denticles, slightly concave medially ( Figure 3D ), fixed digit of chelicera with an offset distal tooth (gabelzhan), followed by 12-13 small sized teeth, movable digit with two large teeth medially and a minute tooth subapically ( Figure 3E ).

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Figure 3 DIC micrographs ofAntennoseius(Antennoseius) bullitus Karg, 1969, adult female: A – Idiosoma, dorsal view, enlarged sections not to scale; B – Idiosoma, ventral view; C – Subcapitulum; D – Epistome; E – Chelicera.