Published January 15, 2024 | Version v1
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Neognathus eupalopus Meyer & Ueckermann 1989

Description

Neognathus eupalopus Meyer & Ueckermann, 1989

Diagnosis (female)

Dorsal setae small and not reaching to over the base of behind setae; peritremes each with 6–7 links; stylophore without ear-like projection laterally; palp tarsus long and 4 times longer than tibial-claw; Dorsum with 3 pairs of cupules; coxa IV with 1 seta; femora I and II each with 3 setae, genu II with solenidion; genu III with 4 setae, tibia IV with solenidion, tarsi III–IV with 8(1)–8 setae respectively.

Materials examined

Three females and one male from soil under Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae), 27 Jul. 2020, Shorab village.

Distribution

This species was described for the first time in South Africa (Meyer and Ueckermann 1989), and its distributions in Iran and Türkiye are mentioned in Beyzavi et al. (2013) and Doğan (2019), respectively.

Notes

Published as part of Hatami, Parisa, Jafari, Shahriar & Ahmad-Hosseini, Mohammad, 2024, Some raphignathoid mites (Acariformes: Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) in Lorestan Province, with re-description of Raphignathus evidus Fan as a new record from Iran, pp. 77-92 in Persian Journal of Acarology 13 (1) on page 80, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v13i1.79935, http://zenodo.org/record/10943765

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2020-07-27
Family
Caligonellidae
Genus
Neognathus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Actinedida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Meyer & Ueckermann
Species
eupalopus
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2020-07-27
Taxonomic concept label
Neognathus eupalopus Meyer, 1989 sec. Hatami, Jafari & Ahmad-Hosseini, 2024

References

  • Meyer, M. K. P. S. & Ueckermann, E. A. (1989) African Raphignathoidea (Acari: Prostigmata). Entomology Memoir, Department of Agricultural Technical Services, Republic of South Africa, 74: 1 - 58.
  • Beyzavi, G., Ueckermann, E. A., Faraji, F. & Ostovan, H. (2013) A catalog of Iranian prostigmatic mites of superfamilies Raphignathoidea & Tetranychoidea (Acari). Persian Journal of Acarology, 2 (3): 389 - 474. DOI: 10.22073 / pja. v 2 i 3.10042
  • Dogan, S. (2019) Raphignathoidea (Acari: Trombidiformes) of Turkiye: A review of progress on the systematics, with an updated checklist. Acarological Studies, 1 (2): 129 - 151.