Tegonotus albus, Xue & Han & Song & Hong, 2012

Xue, Xiao-Feng, Han, Xiao, Song, Zi-Wei & Hong, Xiao-Yue, 2012, Eriophyoid mite fauna of Shaanxi Province, China, with descriptions of five new species (Acari: Eriophyoidea) 3292, Zootaxa 3292 (1), pp. 1-71 : 23-27

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3292.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5252068
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039787D4-2076-FF9B-BCD5-FC6F1C34F9BA
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Tegonotus albus
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Tegonotus albus sp. nov.

( Figs 6–9 View FIGURE 6 View FIGURE 7 View FIGURE 8 View FIGURE 9 )

Description. FEMALE: (n = 18) Body fusiform, 216 (206–216), 64 (58–64) wide, 72 (70–72) thick; light yellow. Gnathosoma 23 (20–23), projecting obliquely down, pedipalp coxal seta (ep) 3 (2–3), dorsal pedipalp genual seta (d) 5 (4–5), cheliceral stylets 21 (20–21). Prodorsal shield 46 (46–47), 46 (45–46) wide, median line absent, admedian lines incomplete and connected by a transverse line at center; anterior shield lobe present. Scapular tubercles near rear shield margin, 17 (16–17) apart, scapular setae (sc) 6 (6–7), projecting centrad. Coxigenital region with 7 (7–9) microtuberculated annuli. Coxal plates with granules, anterolateral setae on coxisternum І (1b) 7 (7–8), 10 (10–11) apart, proximal setae on coxisternum І (1a) 23 (21–23), 7 (6–7) apart, proximal setae on coxisternum І (2a) 37 (35–37), 22 (22–23) apart, tubercles 1b and 1a apart 8 (8–9), tubercles 1a and 2a 7 (6–7) apart. Prosternal apodeme 5 (5–6). Legs with usual series of setae. Leg І 32 (32–35), femur 10 (10–11), basiventral femoral seta (bv) 10 (9–10); genu 5 (5–6), antaxial genual seta (l ') 21 (21–23); tibia 8 (7–8), paraxial tibial seta (l ') 4 (4–5), located at 1/3 from dorsal base; tarsus 5 (5–6), seta ft ' 16 (15–16), seta ft ' 16 (15–16), seta u ' 4 (4–5); tarsal empodium (em) 5 (5–6), simple, 4-rayed, tarsal solenidion (ω) 6 (5–6), knobbed. Leg І 29 (29–31), femur 9 (8–9), basiventral femoral seta (bv) 8 (7–8); genu 4 (4–5), antaxial genual seta (l ') 6 (5–6); tibia 5 (5–6); tarsus 5 (5–6), seta ft ' 6 (5–6), seta ft ' 18 (17–18), seta u ' 4 (4–5); tarsal empodium (em) 5 (5–6), simple, 4-rayed, tarsal solenidion (ω) 7 (7–8), knobbed. Opisthosoma: opisthosoma dorsally with 21 (19–23) broad annuli, with three ridges, filament microtubercles only present on ridegs and located on rear annular margins, ventrally with 64 (64–69) annuli, with round microtubercles on rear annular margins. Setae c2 18 (18–20) on ventral annulus 11 (10–11), 46 (45–46) apart; setae d 30 (28–33) on ventral annulus 26 (25–26), 30 (28–30) apart; setae e 20 (18–20) on ventral annulus 39 (39–41), 15 (15–16) apart, setae f 25 (23–25) on 5th ventral annulus from rear, 15 (15–16) apart. Setae h1 absent, h2 42 (42–53). Female genitalia 15 (15–16), 20 (20–22) wide, coverflap with 8 longitudinal ridges, setae 3a 18 (15–18), 15 (15–16) apart.

MALE: Unknown.

Type material. Holotype, female (slide number NJAUAcariEri337A, marked Holotype), from Cornus alba L. ( Cornaceae ), Changqing Nature Reserve, Huayang Town, Yang County, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China, 34°41'57' N, 107°37'09' E, elevation 2187m, 9 August 2005, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue & Zi-Wei Song. Paratypes, 12 females (slide number NJAUAcariEri337A), with the same data as holotype.

Relation to host. Vagrant on leaf surface. No damage to the host was observed.

Etymology. The specific designation albus is from the species name of host plant, alba .

Differential diagnosis. This species is similar to Tegonotus tinctoriae Wei, Wang & Li, 2009 ( Wei et al. 2009), but can be differentiated from the latter by dorsal annuli with filamentous microtubercles (dorsal annuli smooth in Tegonotus tinctoriae ), tarsal empodium 4-rayed (tarsal empodium 5-rayed in T. tinctoriae ), and coxal plates with granules (coxal plates smooth in Tegonotus tinctoriae ).

Note. The new species occurred with Apodiptacus albae Wang, Xue & Hong, 2009 .