Daidalotarsonemus alas Ochoa, Rezende & Lofego, 2015

Rezende, José Marcos, Bauchan, Gary, Lin, Jian-Zhen, Ochoa, Ronald & Lofego, Antonio Carlos, 2024, Review of the genus Daidalotarsonemus De Leon (Acari: Prostigmata: Tarsonemidae), Zootaxa 5426 (1), pp. 1-170 : 10

Daidalotarsonemus alas Ochoa, Rezende & Lofego, 2015

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Daidalotarsonemus alas Rezende et al., 2015b: 450 .

Diagnosis. Female: Gnathosoma : Palpal length about 1/4 length of gnathosoma. Dorsum: Ornamentation wrinkled on all shields, medially and laterally. Setae v1, sc2, c1, c2 and h unmodified in shape. Setae v1 as long as sc2 (~ 25). Setae c1, c2 and h identical in length (~ 13). Setae c1 inserted near midlength of tergite C. Posterior setae d, e and f leaf-shaped. Setae d and f identical in shape (ensiform with two lateral veins), length (~ 35) and width (~ 5). Setae e unique in shape (elliptical with one central and two lateral veins), width (~ 5), shorter than d and f, but clearly longer than h (~ 18). Setae f ~11 distant from each other, on cylindrical tubercles. Venter: Tegula truncate, slightly arched posteriorly. All apodemes distinct. Apodemes 2 fused to prosternal apodeme. Poststernal apodeme not bifurcated anteriorly. Legs: sensory cluster of tibiotarsus I complete. Seta tc” of tarsus II and l’ of tibia III thick and distinctly serrate. Male & larva: unknown.

Type material deposition: holotype ♀ and 27 paratypes ♀ deposited at NMCR; three paratypes ♀ at CALFAUCR; two paratypes ♀ at CNC ; one paratype ♀ at DZSJRP ; one paratype ♀ at TNHM ; 19 paratypes ♀ at USNM .

Localities: 10°26′N 84°1′W, La Selva Biological Station , Heredia Province, Costa Rica ; 9°54′N 83°40′W, Turrialba , Cartago Province, Costa Rica ( Rezende et al. 2015b).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Dorsal surface of Daidalotarsonemus alas Ochoa, Rezende & Lofego, 2015 (female) [modified from Rezende et al. (2015b)].

FIGURE 2. Ventral surface of Daidalotarsonemus alas Ochoa, Rezende & Lofego, 2015 (female) [modified from Rezende et al. (2015b)].

FIGURE 3. Legs I (A), II (B), III (C) and IV (D) of Daidalotarsonemus alas Ochoa, Rezende & Lofego, 2015 (female) [modified from Rezende et al. (2015b)].