Published April 12, 2021 | Version v1
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Maxiniini Makarova & Marchenko & Lindquist 2021, tribe n.

  • 1. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia
  • 2. Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Frunze str. 11, Novosibirsk 630091, Russia. gamasina @ rambler. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9991 - 9804
  • 3. Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Ottawa Research and Development Center, Agriculture & Agri- Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada. lindquistm @ primus. ca; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4528 - 7642

Description

Maxiniini tribe n.

Type genus: Maxinia Lindquist & Makarova, 2012.

Diagnosis. Adult dorsal shield entire, robust, broad, without lateral incisions. Idiosomal setae simple. Female with sternal shield consolidated with endopodal sclerites between coxae I–II, and with free endopodal fragments between coxae II–III and free strongly developed strips between coxae III–IV; male sternitigenital shield fused with all endopodal sclerites beside coxae II–IV. Female with an apomorphically expansive ventrianal shield encompassing metapodal platelets anterolaterally and including setae JV 1 anteriorly. Male with sternitigenital shield abutting an expansive ventrianal shield that incorporates metapodal platelets. Peritreme slightly shortened, its margins smooth. Subcapitulum with narrow deutosternal groove; hypostomatic setae hp -1 and hp -3 not elongated and whip-like. Palp trochanter setae similar in size. Genu III with only seven setae (lacking pv -1). Male spermatodactyl short, tube-like. Tarsus I with claws. None of setae on tarsi II to IV conspicuously differentiated by shape or size. Genera included: Maxinia.

Notes

Published as part of Makarova, Olga L., Marchenko, Irina I. & Lindquist, Evert E., 2021, Distribution, habitats, and redescription of the rare mite species Iphidonopsis sculptus Gwiazdowicz, 2004 (Mesostigmata: Ascidae), pp. 448-464 in Zootaxa 4952 (3) on page 451, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4952.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4690531

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Ascidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mesostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Makarova & Marchenko & Lindquist
Taxonomic status
trib. nov.
Taxon rank
tribe
Taxonomic concept label
Maxiniini Makarova, Marchenko & Lindquist, 2021

References

  • Lindquist, E. E. & Makarova, O. L. (2012) Review of the mite subfamily Arctoseiinae Evans with a key to its genera and description of a new genus and species from Siberia (Parasitiformes, Mesostigmata, Ascidae). ZooKeys, 233, 1 - 20. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 233.3862