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Penthalodes alaskaensis Jesionowska, 2010, n. sp.

Description

Penthalodes alaskaensis n. sp.

Synonym: P. ovalis Strandtmann, 1971, Pacific Insects 13, 1, 75–118 Locus typicus: Northern Alaska, tundra samples

Diagnosis. Epirostrum trilobed, middle part pentagon-shaped, with wide base and sharp, triangular tip; lateral lobes narrow, parallel to middle part, in greater part fused with it. Free parts of lateral lobes tongue-shaped with sharp tips directed antiaxially. Ornament of epirostrum reticulate. Dorsal idiosomal setae, except setae ro and bo, plumose. Rhagidial organ I with two recumbent baculiform solenidia, in tandem lying in confluent depressions. Stellate famulus subtending rhagidial organ I. Rhagidial organ II with three recumbent baculiform solenidia lying in tandem in confluent depressions. Solenidia of rhagidial organ I and two proximal solenidia of rhagidial organ II equal in size. Longest solenidion is the third distal solenidion of rhagidial organ II.

For the original description and deposition of type specimens see Strandtmann (1971).

Notes

Published as part of Jesionowska, Katarzyna, 2010, A morphological study of the genus Penthalodes (Acari, Prostigmata, Eupodoidea, Penthalodidae) with description of a new species, pp. 29-49 in Zootaxa 2672 on pages 31-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.199162

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Penthalodidae
Genus
Penthalodes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Prostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
alaskaensis
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Penthalodes alaskaensis Jesionowska, 2010

References

  • Strandtmann, R. W. (1971) The eupodid mites of Alaska. Pacific Insects, 13 (1), 75 - 118.