Gamasholaspis browningi ( Bregetova & Koroleva, 1960 )

Hajizadeh, Jalil, 2022, Review of the Iranian Parholaspidid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) with a key to the species, Zootaxa 5178 (3), pp. 229-240 : 230-231

Gamasholaspis browningi ( Bregetova & Koroleva, 1960)

Evansolaspis browningi Bregetova & Koroleva, 1960: 54 .

Evansolaspis browningi .— Krauss, 1970: 59.

Gamasholaspis bromningi (sic).— Petrova, 1967: 44.

Gamasholaspis browningi .— Petrova, 1967: 40; Tseng, 1993: 56; Quintero-Gutiérrez & Halliday, 2021: 416 .

Female. Two specimens measured ( Figures 1–11 ).

The new specimens agree with the published descriptions, with the addition of the following details.

Idiosoma length 815 (800–830), width 580 (560–600) ( Figures 1–2 ). Measurements of setae: j1 73 (71–75), j2 74 (73–75), j3 69 (68–70), j4 62 (61–63), j5 64 (63–65), j6 64 (63–65), z1 78 (76–80), z2 81 (80–82), z3 69 (68–70), z5 69 (68–70), z6 69 (68–70), s2 64 (66–64), s3 17 (16–18), s4 19 (18–20), s5 77 (78–76), s6 70 (69–71), J1 74 (73–75), J2 69 (68–70), J3 66 (65–67), J4 74 (73–75), J5 74 (73–75), Z1 72 (71–73), Z2 71(70–72), Z4 74 (73–75), Z5 77 (75–79), S1 64 (63–65), S2 71 (70–72), S3 74 (73–75).

Tritosternum 170 long, base 33 long, laciniae 138 long ( Figure 5 ). A pair of narrow presternal shields present near the tritosternal base. Sternal shield 173 long and 140 wide, with three pairs of sternal setae, st1 60, st2 68, st3 70. Metasternal setae st4 55 long. Epigynal setae st5 68 long; perigenital rim present. Ventrianal shield 300 long and 380 wide, with four pairs of pre-anal setae Jv1 65, Jv2 75, Zv 1 58, Jv3 78, and para-anal 35, post-anal 25 setae. Stigmata situated near the antero-lateral angles of coxae IV. Peritremes extending beyond coxae I.

Gnathosoma ( Figure 3 ). Hypostome with one pair of capitular setae, pc 38, and three pairs of hypostomal setae, h1 75, h2 35, h3 45 ( Figure 3 ).

Legs ( Figures 7–11 ); tarsus I without pretarsus, 175 long, almost twice as long as tibia I 95 long ( Figure 7 ), trochanter I with one median papilliform tubercle ( Figure 8 ); femur II & III and trochanter IV each with a ventral tubercle ( Figures 9–11 ).

Material examined: Two females, Rudbar, Rostamabad, Naqlabar village, 36°96.23”N, 46°53.61”E, collected from soil, June, 2011.

World Distribution: Taiwan, Korea, Japan and India. Holotype from Georgia, Batumi, soil and litter under trees ( Quintero-Gutiérrez & Halliday, 2021).

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Gamasholaspis browningi (Bregetova & Koroleva, 1960), female. 1. Dorsum; 2. Venter.. 3. Hypostome; 4. Epistome. Scale bar: 100 μm for 1, 2; 3, 4 not to scale.

FIGURES 5–11. Gamasholaspis browningi (Bregetova & Koroleva, 1960), female. 5. Tritosternum; 6. Palp; 7. Leg I, Femur, Genu, Tibia, Tarsus; 8. Leg I, Trochanter, Femur, Genu; 9. Leg II, Trochanter, Femur, Genu, Tibia, Tarsus; 10. Leg III, Femur, Genu; Leg IV, Trochanter.