Afroheterozercon mahsbergi Klompen, Amin & Gerdeman 2013

Klompen, Hans & Gerdeman, Beverly S., 2023, Genus-level revision of the Heterozerconoidea (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata), Zootaxa 5322 (1), pp. 1-66 : 31

Afroheterozercon mahsbergi Klompen, Amin & Gerdeman 2013

Afroheterozercon mahsbergi Klompen, Amin & Gerdeman 2013: 305 .

( Figs 12–13 , 33–34 , 47 , 63–64 , 82 , 92 ).

Type depository. Holotype deposited at OSAL, accession no. OSAL 003042 .

Material examined. As listed in Klompen et al. (2013).

Remarks. Based on females and males ex Pelmatojulus tigrinus Hoffman & Mahsberg ( Spirobolida : Pachybolidae ), Peridontopyge togoensis Demange , Peridontopyge maliensis Pierrard, and Lacinogonus sp. (all Spirostreptida : Odontopygidae ) (hosts at BUW) from Côte d’Ivoire ( Klompen et al. 2013).

Figures

FIGURES 12–15. Heterozerconidae, chelicera males, photograph (top) and composite drawing (bottom): 12–13, Afroheterozercon mahsbergi (OSAL 003045); 14–15, Heterozercon calakmulensis (CNAC 012443).

FIGURES 31–34. Heterozerconidae, gnathosoma, adults: 31, Narceoheterozercon ohioensis, female (OSAL 001054); 32, Narceoheterozercon ohioensis, male (redrawn from Gerdeman & Klompen (2003)); 33, Afroheterozercon mahsbergi, female (OSAL 003037); 34, Afroheterozercon mahsbergi, male (OSAL 003042; red arrow: notch in corniculus). Inset: gnathotectum (female and male) and labrum + salivary stylets. Abbreviations: LL, lateral lips.

FIGURES 45–47. Heterozerconidae, idiosoma dorsal: 45, Amyzozercon chocoensis, female (OSAL 106741); 46, Ecuazercon cushuimensis, female (FMJK 71–1118); 47, Afroheterozercon mahsbergi, male (OSAL 003042)

FIGURES 63–64. Heterozerconidae, Afroheterozercon mahsbergi, idiosoma venter: 63, female (OSAL 003040, published); 64, male (OSAL 003042, redrawn from Klompen et al. (2013)).

FIGURES 82–86. Heterozerconidae, leg I, male. 82, Afroheterozercon mahsbergi (OSAL 003042, published); 83, Maracazercon joliveti (paratype); 84, Heterozercon calakmulensis n. sp. (CNAC 012443); 85, Allozercon leytensis n. sp. (OSAL 053185); 86, Al. (Philippinozercon) makilingensis (OSAL 0053267, redrawn from Gerdeman et al. (2018)).

FIGURES 87–92. Leg II, male, antero-dorsal view: 87, Discozerconidae, Discozercon derricki (OSAL 004889); 88, Discomegistus sp., male, basitarsus IV (FMNH; red arrow: mid-dorsal sensillum); 89, Heterozerconidae, Ecuazercon cushuimensis, (FMJK 71–1118); 90, Amheterozercon amphisbaenae (OSAL 052763); 91 Narceoheterozercon ohioensis, redrawn from Gerdeman & Klompen (2003); 92, Afroheterozercon mahsbergi (OSAL 003042, published).