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Two New Species of Holoparasitus Oudemans, 1936 from Europe (Parasitiformes: Parasitidae) Wojciech Witalinski Two new species of Holoparasitus Oudemans, 1936 from Europe (Parasitiformes: Parasitidae) Wojciech Witalinski To cite this version: Wojciech Witalinski. Two new species of Holoparasitus Oudemans, 1936 from Europe (Parasiti- formes: Parasitidae). Acarologia, Acarologia, 2017, Acarologia, 57 (2), pp.211-221. 10.1051/acarolo- gia/20164158. hal-01493871 HAL Id: hal-01493871 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01493871 Submitted on 22 Mar 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 57(2): 211–221 (2017) DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20164158 Two new species of Holoparasitus Oudemans, 1936 from Europe (Parasitiformes: Parasitidae) Wojciech WITALINSKI´ (Received 02 August 2016; accepted 28 September 2016; published online 16 December 2016; edited by Farid FARAJI) Department of Comparative Anatomy, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland. [email protected] ABSTRACT — Two new mite species, Holoparasitus calpetanus n. sp. from Gibraltar and Holoparasitus fanes n. sp. col- lected in the Dolomites (North-East Italy) are described. Holoparasitus calpetanus n. sp. is considered to be a member of the Holoparasitus mallorcae species-group. A new Holoparasitus crassisetosus species-group is defined; H. fanes n. sp. is morphologically close to this group. KEYWORDS — new species; new species-group; taxonomy; Italy; Gibraltar ZOOBANK — 9B2597EA-E947-4C4B-AC00-91FFE5BE5380 INTRODUCTION (7). The genus Holoparasitus (Oudemans 1936) contains These groups have been defined and re-defined 55 species, including the two described in the by various authors (Micherdzi´nski1969; Juvara- present paper. These are predatory mites mainly Bals 1975; Juvara-Bals and Witali´nski2000; Wital- inhabiting mosses and forest litter in the Holarc- i´nskiand Skorupski 2002, 2003b; Juvara-Bals and tic region. Some taxonomic descriptions and revi- Witali´nski2006; Witali´nski2006; Juvara-Bals 2008). sions of type specimens have been published in re- The newly described species H. calpetanus n. sp. cent years (Juvara-Bals and Witali´nski2000; Wital- and H. fanes n. sp. were collected in Gibraltar and i´nskiand Skorupski 2002, 2003a, b; Witali´nski2004; Italy, respectively. Morphologically, H. calpetanus n. Juvara-Bals and Witali´nski2006; Witali´nski2006; sp. belongs to the Holoparasitus mallorcae species- Witali´nskiand Skorupski 2007; Juvara-Bals 2008). group defined by Juvara-Bals and Witali´nski(2000) A character set in the genus Holoparasitus was well and Juvara-Bals (2008), ultimately comprised of 21 defined by Hyatt (1987). This large genus is not species, whereas H. fanes n. sp. is most similar to divided into subgenera, although more than half members of the newly defined Holoparasitus crassise- of the species have been allocated to six groups tosus species-group. of species: Holoparasitus annulus group (2 species), caesus group (4), hemisphaericus group (2), mallorcae The morphological terminology follows Hyatt group (20), peraltus group (2), and calcaratus group (1987) and Juvara-Bals (2008). http://www1.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/acarologia/ 211 ISSN 0044-586-X (print). ISSN 2107-7207 (electronic) Witali´nskiW. + FIGURE 1: Holoparasitus calpetanus n. sp., female: A – Gnathotectum; B – Chelicera, adaxial aspect; C – Praesternal plate with lateral platelets; D – Sternal shield; E – Paragynium; F – Epigynium; G – Endogynium covered with endogynial lamella as visible between paragynia; H,I – Different aspects of endogynia, endogynial lamella not shown; J-L – Endogynium with endogynial lamella; M – Endogynial lamella, endogynium not shown; N – Dissected endogynium in dorsal perspective: this is a tube with a closed posterior tip directed in situ dorsally or postero-dorsally and with an anterior oval entrance. The endogynial lamella is visible below the en- dogynium as it covers the endogynium from the ventral side. A-G: slide no. 2486; H: slide no. 2488, specimen A; I,J: slide no. 2489; K: slide no. 2502; L: slide no. 2475; M: slide no. 2488, specimen B; N: slide no. 2487. Scale bars: A-F – 0.1 mm, G-N – 0.05 mm. 212 Acarologia 57(2): 211–221 (2017) Holoparasitus calpetanus n. sp. femur and genu unremarkable: seta al on pedipalp (Figures 1, 2) femur with pectinate posterior margin, setae al1 and al2 on genu spatulate, other setae simple. Zoobank: B3031B46-CA84-49D6-9B32-616C694D7524 Ventral idiosoma — Presternal plate (Fig. 1C) Diagnosis — In both sexes gland pores gv1 are with a wavy and dentate anterior margin, posteri- present and pores gv2 are located on the surface of orly partly covered by the anterior margin of the the flat cuticle; the gnathotectum is trispinate. In sternum. Lateral platelets triangular or rhombic the female, the anterior wavy margin of the prester- and free. Sternum (Fig. 1D) reticulated in the ante- nal plate is finely dentate; sternal shield has a fine rior part up to the level of pores iv2, anteriorly more granular band running axially; the endogynium is pigmented, with a granular band of cuticle running a narrow, ventro-dorsally oriented tube, visible in axially; pores gv1 in sternal shield near its posterior ventral perspective as a very small ring between the margin. Setae of sternogenital region: 38 – 44 µm posterior paragynial lobes, sometimes open on one (st1), 38 – 41 µm (st2), 29 – 33 µm (st3), 31 – 39 µm or both sides when the endogynial tube is obliquely (st4). oriented; the ventral margin of the endogynium in Genital region — Paragynial shields (Fig. 1E) most specimens bears a triangular lamellar protru- reticulated, posterolateral protrusion short; metag- sion, located asymmetrically; ventrally, the endog- ynial sclerite arcuate and narrow, thickening near ynium is covered by a delicate endogynial lamella, coxa III not present. Epigynial shield (Fig. 1F) dentate at the anterior margin. In the male, the cor- with central prong well developed, anterior subapi- niculi have a prominent dent in the distal half; the cal thickenings absent, posterior thickenings run- hypostome has a narrow thickening ending ante- ning parallel and continuing laterally to the concav- riorly at the level of the corniculi bases; the pedi- ities for coxa IV, lateral hyaline protrusions of sub- palpal femur bears a rectangular tubercle located apical structure triangular, slightly extending be- anteroventrally, close to the anterolateral seta; the yond the central prong margins. Endogynium (Fig. main spur on the femur II ends at the same level 1G-N) tubular, in situ visible as a small ring (ex- as the axillary process; spurs on genu II and tibia ternal/internal diameter 13 – 14 / 5 – 7 µm), its II are different, that on genu II is conical and close opening usually guarded by asymmetric triangular to the distal margin of the segment, that on tibia II lamella (Fig. 1G,K,L). When the tube is obliquely is broad, low in the lateral perspective, and ending oriented to the vision axis, the ring is open on one before the distal margin of the segment; the spur on side (Fig. 1H). Dissected endogynium (Fig. 1N) tibia II has a margin shorter than its basal part. tubular with closed end directed more or less dor- Description sally. Entrance of endogynium located ventrally Female — Idiosoma brownish, 450 – 505 × 690 – and covered by endogynial lamella. The anterior 730 µm (width range × length range) (n=3). Length margin of endogynial lamella is irregularly dentate of podonotal setae: 39 – 44 µm (j1), 41 – 52 µm (r3), (Fig. 1G, J-N). Gland pores gv2 are located on the others 25 – 44 µm; opisthonotal setae very short, 9 – surface of the flat cuticle. Opisthogaster with eight 12 µm; length of peritrematal groove 196 – 209 µm. pairs of ventral setae 21 – 42 µm long. Legs — Leg structure and setation unremark- Gnathosoma — Gnathotectum trispinate (Fig. able. 1A), corniculi conical. Hypognathal groove nar- row, with ca. ten very indistinct rows of denti- Male — Idiosoma brownish, 380 × 597 µm in cles. Palpcoxal setae finely pectinate, anterior hy- holotype, 365 – 385 × 585 – 640 (n=2). Length of postomal seta h1 finely barbed, h2, h3 simple. Che- podonotal setae: 26 – 30 µm (j1), 28 – 30 µm (r3), licera (Fig. 1B). Fixed digit with 2-3 denticles in others 16 – 25 µm; opisthonotal setae short, 8 – 20 front and two behind pilus dentilis, movable digit µm; length of peritrematal groove 175 – 186 µm. with three teeth. Pedipalp trochanter with seta v1 Gnathosoma — Gnathotectum trispinate (Fig. simple and v2 barbed distally, setation of pedipalp 2A), corniculi with deep distal incision on the ven- 213 Witali´nskiW. FIGURE 2: Holoparasitus calpetanus n. sp., male: A – Gnathotectum; B – Gnathosoma ventrally; C – Hypognathal groove; D – Chelicera, antiaxial aspect; E – Pedipalpal femur with tubercle; F-H – Genital laminae; I – Leg II (Fe, Ge, Ti), posterolateral aspect; J – ibid., anterolateral aspect; K – ibid. ventral aspect, arrow on anterolateral side. A,B,E,F,I,K: slide no. 2489, holotype; C: slide no. 2053; D: slide no. 2477B; G: slide no. 2490; H: slide no. 2477D; J: slide no. 2477C. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. 214 Acarologia 57(2): 211–221 (2017) troaxial side forming a very prominent dent (Fig. 6 female and 1 male paratypes (slides no. 2486, 2B). Hypostome with narrow thickening ending an- 2487, 2488, 2489, 2490, 2502), ibid.; 1 female and 2 teriorly at the level of the corniculi bases; hypog- male paratypes (slides no. 2475, 2476, 2477A-D), nathal groove (Fig. 2C) as in the female, with ten 15.10.2014, 36°8.596’N, 5°20.795’W, alt. ca.
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