Oribatella transtriata Behan-Pelletier 2011, sp. nov.

• Main Author: Behan-Pelletier, V. M.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Sarcoptiformes; Oribatellidae; Oribatella; Oribatella transtriata; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5286041; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF4287B1FFB4FFFBFF2BFC68FD527879

Oribatella transtriata sp. nov. (Figs. 23F, 26) Material examined. Holotype: adult male. Canada, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Aspy Trail, 28.viii.1984 (VBP) from lichens and moss on trunks of maple about 2m above ground; deposited in the CNC, type number 23959. Paratypes : 1 male, 1 female; Ontario, Leeds-Grenville Co., near Otter Lake, 44°34.87N 76°19.77W, 22.vii.2003 (VBP, J. Chen, J. Johnson) from moss with lichen on W-facing limestone slope; Newfoundland, Pasadena, 28.vii.1976 (EEL) 1 male, 1 female from moss on rotting log; New Brunswick, Kouchibouguac National Park, 21.ix.1977 1 male from mushrooms and leaf litter; Ontario, Leeds-Grenville Co., Chaffey’s Locks 30.v.1974 (IMS) 1 female from moss on rocks near spring. Paratypes deposited in the CNC and RNC. Diagnosis. Total length of adult 450–452 µm. Prodorsum, notogaster, anal plate, pedotectum I with widely spaced micropuncta. Ventral plate with shallow foveae. Genital plate micropunctate with strong striae. Lamella with distinct transverse striae. Lamella (including cusp) about 175 µm long, cusp about 148 µm long, about 60 µm wide at level of insertion of seta le . Translamella without tooth. Medial dens on lamellar cusp, thickened, narrow, slightly concave laterally, about 80 µm long, without teeth; lateral dens shorter, about 65 µm long, 2-3 times width of medial dens, with 8–10 teeth. Bothridial setae with barbed, fusiform head, tapered distally. Epimeral seta 3c longest and thickest, about 49 µm long; 4c weakly barbed, about 17 µm long. Genital setae 2+4, 2 pairs of genital setae on anterior margin of genital plates. Ten pairs of long, curved, weakly barbed notogastral setae about 63 µm long, lm posterior of Aa, and lp anterior of A1. Tarsi heterotridactylous. Description. Adult. Dimensions: Mean total length: female ( n = 1) 450 µm; male ( n = 2) 451 µm (450, 452). Mean notogastral width: female ( n =1) 295 µm; male ( n =2) 295 µm (290, 300). Integument: Prodorsum, lateral of lamellae, notogaster, anal plate, pedotectum I with widely spaced ...