Phytoptipalpus salicicola ( Al-Gboory 1987 )

Çobanoğlu, Sultan, Ueckermann, Edward Albert & Sağlam, Hayriye Didem, 2016, The Tenuipalpidae of Turkey, with a key to species (Acari: Trombidiformes), Zootaxa 4097 (2), pp. 151-186 : 160-165

Phytoptipalpus salicicola ( Al-Gboory 1987)

( Figs 32–44 )

Aegyptobia salicicola Al-Gboory 1987: 106 ; Khanjani et al. 2012a: 50.

Aegyptobia daneshvari Parsi & Khosrowshahi 1990: 38 ; Al-Gboory 1987: 106; Khanjani et al. 2012a: 50.

Diagnosis. As defined by Meyer (Smith) & Van Dis 1993 and updated by Khanjani et al. 2012a.

Female, male, deutonymph. Described by Khanjani et al. (2012a).

Protonymph ( Figs 37–40). Dimensions. Length of body excluding gnathosoma 177–191; width 96–102, length of gnathosoma 37–43. Legs: I 57 –63; II 55 –58; III 53 –60; IV 43 –45. Setae: v 2 22–23; sc 1 20–21; sc 2 27– 28; c 1 22–26; c 2 21–23; c 3 19–20; d 1 19–22; d 2 21–24; d 3 22–23; e 1 22 –26; e 2 20 –23; e 3 20 –28; f 2 24–26; f3 33; h 1 14–18; h 2 24–30. Dorsum with reticulations on prodorsum weak or replaced by punctations. Venter with 1a, 3a, ag, ps1–2. Leg chaetotaxy as in female and deutonymph, except: trochanters I–II and IV nude, tr III with seta l’; tarsus IV with setae tc’ and tc” absent. Gnathosoma similar to that of female.

Larva ( Figs 41–44 ). Dimensions. Length of body excluding gnathosoma 154; width 91, length of gnathosoma 40. Legs: I 60; II 56; III 53; IV absent. Setae: v2 21; sc1 17; sc2 25; c1 20; c2 20; c3 17; d1 18; d2 16; d3 22; e1 21; e2 16; e3 22; f2 11; f3 29; h1 9; h2 26. Dorsum striate. Dorsal body setae narrowly lanceolate, setae e3, f3 and h2 long and slender. Venter striated and with one pair of 1a and 3a setae and two pairs of anal setae. Leg chaetotaxy differs from that of protonymph as follows: trochanter III nude (l’ absent), tarsi with setae tc’ and tc” absent.

Remarks. This species was originally described from Salix alba (Salicaceae) in Iraq by Al Gboory (1987). The female, male and deutonymph of this species were re-described in detail by Khanjani et al. (2012a); however, details of the spermatheca, protonymph and larva were not included and are provided here. The Turkish specimens closely match the description provided by Khanjani et al. (2012a), in all respects. This species was reported on S. alba in Iraq and Iran, and from Populus alba L. and P. t re m u l a L. ( Salicaceae ) in Ankara, Turkey ( Sağlam & Çobanoğlu 2007, 2010).

Material examined. 7 females, 5 males, 6 deutonymphs and 1 larva, from Populus tremula (Salicaceae) , Kurtuluş Parkı/Ankara, 8 September 2006; 1 female, 1 male, 3 deutonymphs and 1 protonymph, from P. tremula (Salicaceae) , Eryaman/Ankara, 31 August 2006; 3 females, 2 males and 3 deutonymphs, from P. alba (Salicaceae) , Eryaman/Ankara, 31 August 2006.

Distribution. Western Palearctic ( Khanjani et al. 2013a).

Figures

FIGURES 32 – 33. Phytoptipalpus salicicola (Al-Gboory). Female. 32. Dorsal view. 33. Dorsal seta sc 1.

FIGURES 34 – 36. Phytoptipalpus salicicola (Al-Gboory). Female. 34 Ventral view. 35 Palp. 36. Spermatheca.

FIGURES 41 – 42. Phytoptipalpus salicicola (Al-Gboory). Larva. 41. Dorsal view. 42. Posterior venter.

FIGURES 43 – 44. Phytoptipalpus salicicola (Al-Gboory). Larva. 43. Leg I, right. 44. Leg III, right.