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Aculus tetanothrix

Description

Aculus tetanothrix (Nalepa, 1889)

Bromus inermis Leyss; Central­North Mongolia, Bulgan Aymag, near Bugat locality, meadow­steppe near larch and birch forest, elevation 1300 m.; 4.08.2000; leg. A. Skoracka; 12 females.

Female (1 specimen): (195) long; chelicerae (22) long, shield (43) long, (50) wide, dorsal tubercles (26) apart, directing setae to the rear. Opisthosoma of (61) dorsal annuli and (74) ventral annuli. Genitalia (16) long, (24) wide; genital setae (35) long, tubercles (15) apart.

Male: (150) long; shield (37) long, dorsal setae (25) long. Genitalia (20) wide; genital setae (15) long, tubercles (15) apart.

In descriptions of four new records only the characteristics that differ from those given in the original descriptions are presented. Because Nalepa’s diagnosis (1896) is not complete, specimens of A. hystrix were compared with the description made by Keifer (1944). Nevertheless, some characteristics of specimens of this species, described from many countries, are similar to those of Mongolian specimens (Meyer 1989; Proeseler 1972; Roivainen 1947; 1951; Sukhareva 1992).

Besides, we have found Novophytoptus stipae Keifer, 1962 on Agropyron cristatum (L.) P. Beauv. and Phytoptus niloticus Abou­Awad, 1981 on D. caespitosa, but only one female of both species.

Notes

Published as part of Skoracka, Anna, Shi, Aoxiang & Pacyna, Anna, 2001, New eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) associated with grasses from Mongolia, pp. 1-18 in Zootaxa 9 on page 16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4620032

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Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.4620032 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF895719FFEFFFB77B5BE028AF055010 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/CA1A5F10-7CBE-4C66-884A-C0E04A4D6B46 (URL)

Biodiversity

Event date
2000-08-04
Verbatim event date
2000-08-04
Scientific name authorship
Nalepa
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Prostigmata
Family
Eriophyidae
Genus
Aculus
Species
tetanothrix
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Aculus tetanothrix (Nalepa, 1889) sec. Skoracka, Shi & Pacyna, 2001

References

  • Nalepa, A. (1889) Beitrage zur Systematik der Phytopten. Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien, Abtheilung, 98 (1), 112 - 156 + 9 pls.
  • Keifer, H. H. (1944) Eriophyid Studies XIV. State Bureau of Entomology, California Department of Agriculture, 33, 18 - 38.
  • Meyer (Smith), M. K. P (1989) African Eriophyoidea: the genus Abacarus Keifer, 1966 (Acari: Eriophyidae). Phytophylactica, 21, 421 - 423.
  • Proeseler von, G. (1972) Ein Beitrag zur Morphologie und Okologie der Gallmilben (Eriophyoidea) an Gramineen. Biologisches Zentralblatt, 91 (4), 477 - 492.
  • Roivainen, H. (1947) Eriophyid News from Finland. Acta Entomologica Fennica, 3, 28 - 29.
  • Roivainen, H. (1951) Contributions to the knowledge of the Eriophyids of Finland. Acta Entomologica Fennica, 8, 54 - 55.
  • Sukhareva, S. I. (1992) A key to species of four-legged mites (Acariformes, Tetrapodili) living on cereals in the USSR. Entomologicheskoe Obozrene, LXXI (1), 231 - 240.
  • Keifer, H. H. (1962) Eriophyid Studies B- 8. Bureau of Entomology, California Department of Agriculture, 1 - 20.
  • Abou-Awad, B. A. (1981) Some eriophyoid mites from Egypt with descriptions of two new species (Acari: Eriophyoidea). Acarologia, 22 (4), 367 - 372.