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Contribution to the Knowledge of Carabodid Oribatid Mites (Acari, Oribatida, Carabodidae) of Cuba S.G Contribution to the knowledge of carabodid oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida, Carabodidae) of Cuba S.G. Ermilov To cite this version: S.G. Ermilov. Contribution to the knowledge of carabodid oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida, Cara- bodidae) of Cuba. Acarologia, Acarologia, 2016, 56 (1), pp.33-43. 10.1051/acarologia/20162191. hal-01546981 HAL Id: hal-01546981 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01546981 Submitted on 26 Jun 2017 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivatives| 4.0 International License ACAROLOGIA A quarterly journal of acarology, since 1959 Publishing on all aspects of the Acari All information: http://www1.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/acarologia/ [email protected] Acarologia is proudly non-profit, with no page charges and free open access Please help us maintain this system by encouraging your institutes to subscribe to the print version of the journal and by sending us your high quality research on the Acari. Subscriptions: Year 2017 (Volume 57): 380 € http://www1.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/acarologia/subscribe.php Previous volumes (2010-2015): 250 € / year (4 issues) Acarologia, CBGP, CS 30016, 34988 MONTFERRIER-sur-LEZ Cedex, France The digitalization of Acarologia papers prior to 2000 was supported by Agropolis Fondation under the reference ID 1500-024 through the « Investissements d’avenir » programme (Labex Agro: ANR-10-LABX-0001-01) Acarologia is under free license and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons-BY-NC-ND which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Acarologia 56(1): 33–43 (2016) DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20162191 Contribution to the knowledge of carabodid oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida, Carabodidae) of Cuba Sergey G. ERMILOV (Received 14 October 2015; accepted 05 November 2015; published online 04 March 2016) Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia. [email protected] ABSTRACT — Two new species of oribatid mites of the family Carabodidae are described from leaf litter in forest of Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba. Carabodes paravenezolanus n. sp. is morphologically most similar to C. venezolanus Subías and Arillo, 2004, but it differs from the latter by the convex notogaster, bothridial setae with clear, flattened heads, notogaster without tubercles and epimere I with three pairs of setae. Gymnobodes minimus n. sp. is morphologically most similar to G. fraterculus (Balogh, 1963) and G. subnudus (Balogh, 1963), but it differs from both by the centro-dorsal part of noto- gaster with strong, well separated tubercles. An identification key to known species of Gymnobodes is given. The genus Gymnobodes is recorded for the first time in the Neotropical region. The genus Kalloia and the species Kalloia simpliseta Mahunka, 1985 are recorded for the first time in Cuban fauna. KEYWORDS — oribatid mites; Carabodidae; new species; morphology; systematics; key; record; fauna; Cuba INTRODUCTION than 130 species (see different opinions on included taxa in Mahunka 1986; Balogh and Balogh 2002; This work is a part of our continuing study of the Shtanchaeva 2004; Subías 2004, online version 2015; Cuban fauna of oribatid mites (see Ermilov and Tol- Weigmann 2006), which have a cosmopolitan dis- stikov 2015), and includes the data on the family tribution (Subías 2004, online version 2015). The Carabodidae (Acari, Oribatida). main generic traits were summarized by Reeves At present, carabodid mites of Cuba are poorly and Behan-Pelletier (1998). The identification keys known, and only relatively few representatives to selective species of Carabodes were summa- from the genera Carabodes Koch, 1935 and Cuba- rized by Bulanova-Zachvatkina (1975), Reeves and bodes Balogh and Mahunka, 1974 were registered Behan-Pelletier (1998), Balogh and Balogh (2002), (Balogh and Mahunka 1974, 1979, 1980; Socarrás Weigmann (2006) and Bayartogtokh (2010). and Palacios-Vargas 1999). Gymnobodes is a small genus, comprising During taxonomic identification of material three known species, which are distributed in from Cuba we found three species of Carabodidae; the Ethiopian region and Borneo (Balogh 1963; two are new for science, belonging to the genera Mahunka 1996). Hence, it is recorded for the Carabodes and Gymnobodes Balogh, 1965. first time in the Neotropical region. The main Carabodes is a large genus, comprising more generic traits were summarized by Balogh (1965) http://www1.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/acarologia/ 33 ISSN 0044-586-X (print). ISSN 2107-7207 (electronic) Ermilov S.G. and Mahunka (1986). Below, we provide an iden- Description — Measurements. Body length: 481 tification key for all known species of Gymnobodes. (holotype, male), 431 – 547 (23 paratypes: 11 fe- males and 12 males); notogaster width: 265 (holo- The main goal of the paper is to describe and type), 232 – 315 (23 paratypes). illustrate two new species, to compare them with closely related species, and to present data on the Integument (Figs 1A-D; 4A, B, D-F) — Body grey new findings of carabodid taxa in Cuba. to brown. Dorsal side (except rostrum) and anogen- ital part covered by dense, specific cerotegumental structures consisting from the knob-like base (di- MATERIALS AND METHODS ameter up to 6) and one to six strong barbs. Ros- trum covered by small cerotegumental tubercles. Specimens were mounted in lactic acid on tempo- Lateral sides of prodorsum, subcapitular mentum, rary cavity slides for measurement and illustration. epimeral region and legs covered by dense, coni- The body length was measured in lateral view, from cal cerotegumental granules. Subcapitular mentum, the tip of the rostrum to the posterior edge of the genital and anal plates with foveolae (diameter up ventral plate. Notogastral width refers to the maxi- to 6). mum width in dorsal aspect. Lengths of body setae Prodorsum (Figs 1A, C, D; 4C) — Rostrum were measured in lateral aspect. All body measure- rounded. Lamellae narrowed distally. Translamella ments are presented in micrometers (µm). Formulas not developed. Rostral setae (ro, 24 – 36) hardly nar- for leg setation are given in parentheses according rowly phylliform, barbed, inserted on prodorsum, to the sequence trochanter-femur-genu-tibia-tarsus nearly to distal parts of lamellae. Lamellar setae (le, (famulus included). Formulas for leg solenidia are 32 – 36) well narrowly phylliform, barbed, inserted given in square brackets according to the sequence on lamellae. Interlamellar setae (in, 32 – 41) spoon- genu-tibia-tarsus. General terminology used in this like, barbed, inserted on prodorsum. Bothridial se- paper follows that of Grandjean (summarized by tae (bs, 65 – 69) with long, slightly barbed stalk and Norton and Behan-Pelletier 2009). Drawings were small, flattened head covered by barbs and ribs, di- made with a drawing tube using a Carl Zeiss trans- rected laterally. Exobothridial setae and their alve- mission light microscope "Axioskop-2 Plus". Im- oli absent. Tutoria (tu) long, with triangular tip. ages were obtained with an AxioCam ICc3 cam- era using a Carl Zeiss transmission light microscope Notogaster (Figs 1A, B, D; 4D) — Prodor- "Axio Lab.A1". The collection locality and habitat sum and notogaster separated by slightly devel- for each species are given in the respective "Mate- oped, narrow hollow. Anterior notogastral margin rial examined" section. slightly convex medially. Humeral shoulders dis- tinctly visible, rounded anteriorly. Ten pairs of no- togastral setae similar in length (24 – 28), spoon-like, Carabodes paravenezolanus n. sp. barbed. Lyrifissures and opisthonotal gland open- (Figures 1-4) ings not found under the cerotegumental layer. Diagnosis — Body size: 431 – 547 × 232 – 315. Dor- Gnathosoma (Figs 2A-C) — Subcapitulum sal side and anogenital part with specific cerotegu- longer than wide (102 – 118 × 90 – 102). Subcapit- ment consisting from the knob-like base and strong ular setae a (20) thickened, sparse barbed, with at- barbs. Lamellae narrowed distally. Rostral and tenuate tip; h (12) setiform, barbed; m (12) thinnest, lamellar setae narrowly phylliform, barbed. Inter- setiform, barbed. Postpalpal setae e (6) spiniform. lamellar, notogastral and adanal setae spoon-like, Adoral setae absent. Palps (61 – 65) with setation barbed. Bothridial setae long, with short, flattened, 0-2-1-3-8(+!). Solenidion of palptarsi thickened, barbed head. Tutoria triangular. Epimeral setae blunt-ended, pressed to their surface. Chelicerae setiform, barbed, 1c longest. Genital and aggeni- (110 – 118) with two setiform, barbed setae; cha (41) tal setae setiform, barbed. Adanal lyrifissures in in- longer than chb (16). Trägårdh’s organ (Tg) tapered, verse apoanal position. rounded distally. 34 Acarologia 56(1): 33–43 (2016) FIGURE 1: Carabodes paravenezolanus n. sp.: A – dorsal view; B – ventral view (gnathosoma and legs except basal parts not illustrated); C – anterior part of body, lateral view (gnathosoma and leg I except basal part not illustrated);
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