Lasioseius kichozii Faraji, 2021

Faraji, Farid, 2021, A new species of Lasioseius Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata: Blattisociidae) from Kenya, Soil Organisms 93 (2), pp. 97-104 : 98

Lasioseius kichozii Faraji , n. sp.

( Figs. 1–4 , Plate 1 )

Diagnosis based on female – Dorsal shield with 36 pairs of setae, mostly tricarinate; setae j 1 and z 1 present; seta z 1 simple; seta r 4 over half as long as s 4; sternal shield with anteriomedian patch of reticula, club- or torch-shaped; first pair of sternal setae on sternal shield; ventrianal shield wider than long with four pairs of opisthogastric setae in addition to circumanal setae; with two pairs of metapodal plates separated from each other; anterior margin of tectum denticulate; movable cheliceral digit tridentate and fixed cheliceral digit with 12–14 teeth; major duct relatively wide leading to calyx, sclerotized and bulge; leg I shorter than dorsal shield; tarsus leg II with seta pl 2 almost reaching setae al 1 or pl 1; leg IV with two macrosetae (pd 3 of basitarsus and pd 2 of tarsus).

Figures

Figure 1. Lasioseius kichozii Faraji, n. sp. (Female): (A) Idiosoma, dorsal view; (B) Idiosoma, ventral view; (C) Tritosternum.

Figure 2. Lasioseius kichozii Faraji, n. sp. (Female): (A) Chelicera; (C) Hypostome; (D) Spermathecae; (F) Tectums; (G) Palp genu. (Male): (B) Chelicera; (E) tectum.

Figure 3. Lasioseius kichozii Faraji, n. sp. (Female): (A) Leg I (tarsus not depicted); (B) Leg II; (C) Leg III; (D) Leg IV; (E) Peritreme, peritremal plate and exopodal plate.

Figure 4. Lasioseius kichozii Faraji, n. sp. (male): (A) Idiosoma, dorsal view; (B) Idiosoma, ventral view.

Plate 1. Lasioseius kichozii Faraji, n. sp. (Female): (A) Sternal shield; (B) Spermathecae II; (C) Chelicerae.