Aegyptobia hormozgani Farzan, Asadi & Ueckermann, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Farzan, Sadegh, Asadi, Mahdieh, Ueckermann, Edward, Shirvani, Asghar
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Prostigmata; Tenuipalpidae; Aegyptobia; Aegyptobia hormozgani; Mite; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6174380; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6174380

Aegyptobia hormozgani Farzan, Asadi & Ueckermann sp. nov. (Figs 10–18) Type series. Holotype: female, Genow (Bandarabbas–Hormozgan province, Iran), xii.1.2010, S. Farzan, ex Artemisia siberia (Asteraceae) (SBUC). Paratype: female, same data as holotype (PPRIC). Diagnosis. Opisthosoma with 13 pairs of dorsal setae (f2 present). Dorsal shields completely covered with a series of longitudinal ridges except for a small area of oblique ridges between posterior to sc2 and c2–d2; dorsal setae broadly spatulate, smooth; two pairs of pores present between d2–e2 and d3–e3. Dorsal leg setae (d) on femora I–II and genua I–II are setiform, barbed. Tarsal claws uncinate. Palp chaetotaxy from tarsus to trochanter: 3(1s+2e)-2-0-1-0. Spermatheca long (180 μm), slender terminating in small membranous bulb, with a small subterminal membranous expansion. Description. Female: Length of body (v2 –h1) 214–218, width (sc2–sc2) 117–123. Dorsum (Fig. 10): Body oval with pattern of longitudinal ridges; prodorsum with elongate ... : Published as part of Farzan, Sadegh, Asadi, Mahdieh, Ueckermann, Edward & Shirvani, Asghar, 2012, Two new flat mite species of the genus Aegyptobia Sayed, 1950 (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) from Iran, pp. 79-88 in Zootaxa 3518 on pages 84-85, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282627 ...