Neofedrizzia gayi Womersley

Seeman, Owen D., 2007, Revision of the Fedrizziidae (Acari: Mesostigmata: Fedrizzioidea), Zootaxa 1480, pp. 1-55 : 36

Neofedrizzia gayi Womersley

Neofedrizzia gayi Womersley, 1959: 31 .

Type specimens. Holotype, F, AUSTRALIA: Queensland: Imbil, 11.ix.1946, F. J. Gay, on passalid beetle in rotting log (N1952347). In SAMA. Paratypes, 2 F, 2 M, same data as holotype (N1952348-N1952350, N1952351a-d); 3 F, 5 M, Queensland, Yarraman, 28.viii.1935, A. R. P., on passalid beetle (N1952352a-e, N1952353-N1952362).

Diagnosis. Both sexes: idiosoma 1210 long; anterior hyaline projection does not extend past CxI; exopodal patterning between CxII–III striped; pedofossae III present, IV absent; seta h1 with 4–6 barbs; distal spine-like process on palp femur minute or absent; one non-filamentous excrescence ribbon-like, the other a short serrated blade; femur III and IV with large lamellae. Female: sternal shield reticulated; seta st 1 20-25 long, much shorter than base of tritosternum; setae st 2-4 10–15 long; sternogynial shield smooth, anterior margin straight. Male: tetartosternum absent, presternal processes articulated with sternoventral shield, symmetrical, elongate and crescent-shaped, tips separate from each other; sternoventral shield (anterior of genital opening) reticulated; seta st1 70–85 long; genital opening placed between CxII–III, flanked by 16–18 pores.

Remarks. The holotype is in good condition; the paratypes are in variable condition, the male N1952348 is in good condition. In Womersley’s collection is a male specimen (N1952363) of N. helenae sp. nov. included with N. gayi ; this specimen was collected from a Megisthanus sp. from Atherton Tableland, northern Queensland.