Aspar anisotrichus HALAŠKOVÁ, 1977

Ujvári, Zs., 2012, Review Of The American Genera Aspar Halašková, 1977 And Blaszakzercon Kemal & Koçak, 2009 (Acari, Mesostigmata, Zerconidae) With Description Of Three New Species, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 58 (3), pp. 275-296 : 283

Aspar anisotrichus HALAŠKOVÁ, 1977

Aspar anisotrichus HALAŠKOVÁ, 1977: 13 .

Diagnosis. Setae j1 and r3 elongate, brush-like, plumose, i3–5 smooth, thorn-like, j6, z4–6 and s4–5 flat and hyaline (according to HALAŠKOVÁ 1977), the remaining podonotal setae distinctly barbed. Opisthonotal setae J1–5, Z1–4 and S2–5 flat and hyaline, marginal setae barbed, Z5 and Jv5 elongate, plumose. Glands Po2 situated anterolaterally to Z2. The surface between submarginal and central setal series of opisthonotum with tuberculate ornamentation.

Previous records ( Fig. 44 ). Canada, British Columbia, Tsawwassen (HALAŠ- KOVÁ 1977)

Remarks. I had no occasion to study the type specimens, but the accurate description and reliably realistic drawings of HALAŠKOVÁ (1977) suggest that the shape of most dorsal setae and ornamentation of both dorsal shields are basically different from the species collected in the USA.

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Fig 44. Occurrences of Aspar and Blaszakzercon species in North America