Valgothrombium natani, Haitlinger, 2005

Mąkol, Joanna & Łaydanowicz, Joanna, 2010, A new species of Valgothrombium Willmann, 1940, with additional taxonomic data for Valgothrombiinae genera known as larvae (Acari: Prostigmata: Microtrombidiidae), Zootaxa 2647, pp. 16-34 : 30

natani Haitlinger, 2005 [LV]

Valgothrombium natani Haitlinger, 2005: 16 .

Distribution. Switzerland.

Remarks. Scutum and scutellum of V. natani are shown in Figure 12 . In the original description, Haitlinger (2005), gave the following setal complement of genu I: 4n, 1σ, 1κ. Studies of the type material (holotype and paratype) revealed that four normal setae (n), two solenidia (σ) and one vestigiala (κ) are present on genu I. Vestigiala (κ) is present also on tibia I and five normal setae (n) are present on femur II. Granular cuticular structures are present on idiosoma.

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 18. Scutum and scutellum in larvae of Valgothrombium spp. (setae omitted, actual distance between sclerites not retained). 7. V. valgum (George, 1909) (redrawn after Wohltmann and Wendt 1996). 8. V. m a r i a e sp. nov. 9. V. tarnavense (Feider, 1950) (redrawn after Feider 1955). 10. V. stuarti Baker, 1999 (redrawn after Baker 1999). 11. V. melindae Haitlinger, 2008 (orig., based on holotype). 12. V. natani Haitlinger, 2005 (orig., based on holotype). 13. V. paroense Haitlinger, 2009 (orig., based on holotype). 14. V. a v a e Haitlinger, 2005 (orig., based on holotype). 15. V. mallorcensis (Haitlinger, 2003) (orig., based on holotype). 16. V. fluminis (Michener, 1946) (redrawn after Michener 1946). 17. V. spasiscutum Robaux, 1974 (redrawn after Robaux 1974). 18. V. andreae (Saboori, Ueckermann & van Harten, 2007) (redrawn after Saboori et al. 2007).