Title: Descriptions on A New Species of the Genus Epicriopsis and Male and Deutonymph of Ameroseius taoerhensis Ma, 1995 (Acari: Gamasina: Ameroseiidae)
Abstract:Epicriopsis Jilinensis, sp. nov. (Figs. 1~5) ♀. Idiosoma 391×310 μm. Dorsal shield ornamented with star like protuberances, bearing 24 pairs of simple setae, 7 pairs of which very long and stout. Leng...Epicriopsis Jilinensis, sp. nov. (Figs. 1~5) ♀. Idiosoma 391×310 μm. Dorsal shield ornamented with star like protuberances, bearing 24 pairs of simple setae, 7 pairs of which very long and stout. Length of setae: F 1 46, D 1 34, D 2 57, D 3 34, D 4 52, D 5 230, D 7 264, M 11 184 μm, D 7 shorter than idiosoma. St 1 and St 2 situated on sternal shield, St 3 and MSt on cuticle. Genito ventral shield with one pair of setae. Anal shield subcircular, anus large, Ad lying behind level of middle of anus and slightly shorter than anus. Tectum with a slender anterior prong. Chela short. Leg Ⅰ 483 μm long, tarsus Ⅰ subequal to twice length of tibia Ⅰ. The new species is near to Epicriopsis suedus Karg, 1971, but in the new species tectum with a slender anterior prong, tarsus Ⅰ subequal to twice length of bibia Ⅰ; in the latter species anterior margin of tectum arc shaped, tarsus Ⅰ subequal to three times length of tibia Ⅰ. Holotype ♀, paratype 1♀, from forest soil, in Dunhua County (43°21′N, 128°13′E), Jilin Province, Ⅷ 1990. Type specimens are deposited in the National Base of Plague and Brucellosis Control, Baicheng City, Jilin Province. 2. Ameroseius taoerhensis Ma, 1995 (Figs. 6~11) ♂. Idiosoma 333×230 μm. Dorsal shield reticulated, bearing 29 pairs of long pilose and short simple setae. Sterno genital shield with 5 pairs of setae. Ventro anal shield with 3 pairs of preanal setae and 3 perianal setae. Ventral cuticle setae 2 pairs, of which a pair of short simple setae inserted between sterno genital and ventro anal shields, another pair of long pilose setae situated postero lateral to ventro anal shield. Tectum triangular. Spermatodactyl of chela club shaped. Specimens 2♀♀, 1♂ and 1 deutonymph, under decomposed bark of pine, from Linjiang County (41°50′N, 126°51′E), Jilin Province, 10 Ⅷ 1999.Read More
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Language: en
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