Dactyloscirus dolichosetosus, Den Heyer, 1979

Skvarla, Michael J., Fisher, J. Ray & Dowling, Ashley P. G., 2014, A review of Cunaxidae (Acariformes, Trombidiformes): Histories and diagnoses of subfamilies and genera, keys to world species, and some new locality records, ZooKeys 418, pp. 1-103 : 82

Dactyloscirus dolichosetosus

Dactyloscirus dolichosetosus Den Heyer, 1979: 96, figs 71-77; Sepasgosarian 1984: 141; Smiley 1992: 223, Figs 117A, B; Castro 2008: 91; Skvarla and Dowling 2012: 30.

Remarks.

The specimens examined significantly expand the range of this species within the United States.

Material examined

(3 individuals on slides). 2 adult females (APGD 12-1020-012, #135721), ex. deciduous litter (maple, sweet gum, poison ivy) in disturbed area, USA, Virginia, Fairfax Co, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve (38°46'25"N, 77°03'06"W), 22 October 2012, col. A. P. G. Dowling ● 1 adult female (JRF 12-1028-010, #135722), ex. dry mixed litter with little tree cover in recently (~5 years) cut pine stand with shrubby oaks, USA, Arkansas, Montgomery Co, Ouachita National Forest (34°23'56"N, 93°51'22"W), 28 October 2010, col. J. R. Fisher, D. M. Keeler.