Cothrix, Reis & Gondim & Navia & Flechtmann, 2011

Reis, Aleuny C., Gondim, Manoel G. C., Navia, Denise & Flechtmann, Carlos H. W., 2011, New eriophyoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) from banana and heliconia in Northeastern Brazil — two new genera and three new species, Zootaxa 3042, pp. 15-26 : 16

Cothrix n. gen. Reis & Navia

Eriophyidae : Phyllocoptinae : Phyllocoptini ( Figs. 1 & 2 )

Diagnosis. Cothrix n. gen. is a Phyllocoptini species with prodorsal shield not emarginated anteriorly; antapical seta (d) moderately long and bifurcate; coxal seta I (1b) absent; tibial seta (l') on leg I, genual (l") and femoral (bv) seta on legs I and II present; opisthosomal setae d, e and f present; opisthosoma with a longitudinal mid-dorsal ridge and two lateral ridges fading at the level of ventral seta f. This new genus is near to Leipothrix Keifer 1966 ; Mangophyes Chandrapatya and Boczek 2001 and Neodicrothrix Mohanasundaram 1984a , which are all genera belonging to the Phyllocoptini , in possessing the moderately long and bifurcate antapical seta (d). However, it differs from these three genera in the absence of coxal seta I (1b). It also differs from Neodicrothrix in the presence of tibial seta (l') on leg I; from Neodicrothrix and Mangophyes in the presence of genual seta on leg II; from Leipothrix in the presence of femoral seta (bv) on legs I and II; and from Mangophyes and Neodicrothrix in the presence of a middorsal ridge. In Leipothrix , the middorsal ridge fades above seta f, however, in the new genus this ridge extends until the level of this opisthosomal seta.

Type species. Cothrix erugata n. sp.

Etymology. Co, from the Latin cum, meaning with, combined with thrix, Greek feminine meaning hair, referring to the presence of a seta on the femur. The gender is feminine.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Cothrix erugata n. gen., n. sp. CGM. Coxigenital region, male; D. Dorsal habitus, female; em. Empodium, leg I, female; IG. Internal genital structures, female; LM. Lateral habitus, female; LO. Lateral opisthosomal view of anterior section of mite; L 1. Leg I, female; L 2. Leg II, female; V. Ventral habitus, female.

FIGURE 2. Cothrix erugata n. gen., n. sp. A. Dorsal habitus, female; B. Ventral habitus, female; C. Dorsal view of legs I and leg II, female; D. Ventral view of legs I and leg II, female; E. Detail of antapical seta (d) moderately long and bifurcate, female; F. Genitalia, male; G. Epigynum; H. Prodorsal shield, female.