<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Spatiodamaeus kalugaensis Ermilov & Miko & Kolesnikov & Salavatulin 2023, sp. nov.</title> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="content-type"/> </head> <body> <h1> <i>Spatiodamaeus kalugaensis</i> sp. nov.</h1> <p>(Figs 1–9)</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> <i>Adult</i>. — Body length: 720–870. Cerotegument filamentous.Exuvial scalps usually present on notogaster. Propodolateral apophysis absent. Three pairs of simple prodorsobasal tubercles (<i>Da</i>, <i>Ba</i>, <i>Bp</i>); <i>Dp</i> slightly developed or indistinct, forming transverse ridge. Rostral and lamellar setae setiform, barbed; interlamellar seta rod-like; barbed; bothridial seta rod-like, blunted, barbed in mediodistal part. Spina adnata of medium length, thorn-like. Notogastral setae of <i>c</i> -, <i>l</i> - and <i>h</i> -series medium-sized, thorn-like; <i>c</i> <sub>1</sub>, <i>c</i> <sub>2</sub>, <i>la</i>, <i>lm</i>, <i>lp</i> of dark color, thick, barbed; <i>h</i> <sub>1</sub>, <i>h</i> <sub>2</sub>, <i>h</i> <sub>3</sub> comparatively lighter and thinner; <i>p</i> <sub>1</sub>, <i>p</i> <sub>2</sub>, <i>p</i> <sub>3</sub> long, setiform, barbed. Ventral enantiophyses <i>E2</i> and <i>V</i> present, <i>M</i> absent. Parastigmatic tubercle <i>Sa</i> long, thorn-like, <i>Sp</i> tubercle-like, quadrangular to trapezoid. Epimeral setal formula: 3-4-3-4. Epimeral, genital and aggenital setae setiform, barbed; anal and adanal setae setiform, shortly ciliate. Discidium narrowly triangular. Legs I and IV longer than body length; leg IV longest; formulas of leg segments (I–IV): femur 7-6-4-4; genu and tibia 4-4-3-3; tarsus 21-18-18-15; famulus emergent; seta <i>v</i> <sub>2</sub> <i>’</i> present on all tarsi. <i>Juvenile instars</i>.—Cerotegument mostly bacilliform and filamentous. Bothridial seta rod-like, blunt-ended, barbed in mediodistal part. Gastronotic setae setiform or subflagellate, barbed; <i>c</i> <sub>1</sub>, <i>c</i> <sub>2</sub>, <i>da</i>, <i>dm</i>, <i>dp</i>, <i>lp</i> longest in larva; <i>h</i> <sub>1</sub> longest in nymphal instars. Dorsal setae with large sclerite at the base. Tritonymph with two pairs of setae on epimere II. Epimeral and anogenital setae setiform, barbed. Famulus sunken.</p> </body> </html>