Panonychus inca, De Vis, R. M. J. & De Moraes, G. J., 2002

De Vis, R. M. J. & De Moraes, G. J., 2002, A new species of Panonychus (Acari: Tetranychidae) from Peru, Zootaxa 48, pp. 1-6 : 2-6

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4620274
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039487B9-2261-FFE2-AC3D-FEE9FDC6FE39
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Panonychus inca
status	sp. nov.

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Panonychus inca sp. nov. ( Figs. 13 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 View FIGURE 3 )

DIAGNOSIS The male of this species differs from the male of other known Panonychus species by having the distal portion of the aedeagus bent up and forward. The aedeagus of P. thelytokus Ehara & Gotoh, 1992 most closely resembles that of the new species here described by being turned upward; however, the tip is not turned forward ( Ehara & Gotoh, 1993).

FEMALE (n= 5) Gnathosoma: palp ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 A) with spinneret (su) slightly longer than wide, dorsal sensillum () shorter than spinneret. Idiosoma: 421 (357 444) long and 347 (300 378) wide. Dorsal idiosomal setae set on strong tubercles, pubescent, much longer than the distances between their bases and bases of the closest setae ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 B). Lengths of setae: v2 80 (73 90), sc1 214 (198 245), sc2 128 (115 145), c1 202 (188 215), c2 216 (198 238), c3 121 (95 155), d1 202 (183 218), d2 191 (170 215), e1 175 (160 190), e2 155 (140 178), f1 113 (95 130), f2 47 (40 55), h1 43 (40 45). Striae of hysterosoma longitudinal or diagonal between bases of neighboring setae within each transversal row and transversal between neighboring setae within each longitudinal series. Striae transversal between ag setae, anteriorly convergent mediad of g1 and anteriorly divergent laterad of g1 setae ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 C). Peritreme: distally inflated ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 D). Legs ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 AD): tarsus I with 3 tactile setae and 1 solenidion proximal to proximal set of duplex setae; 2 tactile setae ca. in line with more proximal set of duplex setae; proximal and distal sets with distal members (solenidia) ca. 1.4 and 5.3 times longer than the proximal members (tactile setae). Tarsus II with 2 tactile setae and 1 solenidion proximal to set of duplex setae; 2 tactile setae ca. in line with set of duplex setae; distal member of duplex setae (solenidion) ca. 1.5 times longer than the proximal member (tactile seta). Number of tactile setae and solenidia (in parentheses) on leg segments: coxae 2211, trochanters 111 1, femora 8631, genua 553 or 42 or 3, tibiae 7(1)555, tarsi 12(1) + 2 duplex11(1) + 1 duplex9(1)9(1).

Male (n= 1) Gnathosoma: palp with spinneret slightly longer than wide, dorsal sensillum slightly longer than spinneret ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 A). Seta dPFe of palp reduced to a small thumblike process ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 B). Idiosoma: 303 long. Lengths of dorsal setae: v2 68, sc1 170, sc2 113, c1 161, c2 175, c3 107, d1 165, d2 158, e1 78, e2 103, f1 42, f2 24, h1 25. Aedeagus with shaft bent up and forward, basilar lobe protrudent ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 C). Legs ( Figs. 3 View FIGURE 3 DE): tarsus I with 3 tactile setae and 3 solenidia proximal to proximal set of duplex setae; 2 tactile setae ca. in line with proximal set of duplex setae; proximal and distal sets with distal members (solenidia) ca. 2.4 and 4.9 times longer than the proximal members (tactile setae). Tarsus II with 2 tactile setae and 1 solenidium proximal to set of duplex setae; 2 tactile setae ca. in line with duplex setae; distal member of duplex setae (solenidion) about 1.6 times as long as the proximal member (tactile seta). Number of setae and solenidia (in parentheses) on leg segments: femora?631 (number on femur I not clearly visible), genua 5533, tibiae 7(4)555, tarsi 12(3) + 2 duplex11(1) + 1 duplex9(1)9(1); numbers on coxae and trochanters not possible to distinguish.

TYPE MATERIAL holotype male and 3 paratype females, Capilla (altitude 400 m), district Calango, province Cañete, department Lima, Peru, 22VI1992, on apple tree ( Malus domestica cv. Delicious de Viscas), collected by L. de Tomás C., were deposited at ESALQ / USP (Universidade de São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, 13418900 PiracicabaSP, Brazil); 2 paratype females with the above data were deposited at Museo de Entomología de la Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru.

ETYMOLOGY The specific designation inca refers to the preColombian civilisation centered mostly in Peru, and it is used as a singular nominative substantive in apposition to the genus name.