Neopilizetes triumnasus, Amorim & Norton & Oliveira, 2018

Amorim, Saulo S., Norton, Roy A. & Oliveira, Anibal R., 2018, The Neotropical mite genus Neopilizetes (Oribatida: Galumnidae): redescription of N. neotropicus, rediagnosis of the genus, and descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 4410 (3), pp. 567-599 : 586-592

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.10
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:254FA7D4-BAA9-4504-902A-8A87DB5B789A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5949720
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039AF656-FFC7-FFA3-FF5C-FA90E88EFCB8
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Neopilizetes triumnasus
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Neopilizetes triumnasus View in CoL n. sp.

( FIgS. 15–19 View FIGURE 15 View FIGURE 16 View FIGURE 17 View FIGURE 18 View FIGURE19 , TAbLE 1)

Diagnosis. ROSTRUM WITH SMALL, SMOOTH, SUbRECTANgULAR MEDIAL PROjECTION bETWEEN INSERTIONS Of ROSTRAL (ro) SETAE, TRILObED IN DORSAL VIEW AND bILObED IN fRONTAL VIEW; PRODORSUM AND NOTOgASTER COVERED WITH SHORT CRESTS; NOTOgASTER WITH INCONSPICUOUS LONgITUDINAL DEPRESSIONS: UNPAIRED CENTRAL ONE IN ANTERIOR HALf AND PAIRED DEPRESSIONS IN POSTERIOR REgION jUST MEDIAL TO SETAE h1 AND p1, WITH APPARENT LOW MOUND bETWEEN THEM; POSTERIOR MARgIN fLAT; SUbCAPITULUM COVERED WITH LONgITUDINAL CRESTS. SETA 1c PRESENT.

Etymology. THE SPECIES NAME triumnasus ALLUDES TO THE MEDIAL PROjECTION bETWEEN INSERTIONS Of ROSTRAL SETAE WITH THREE TIPS, AS ObSERVED IN DORSAL VIEW.

Dimensions. BODY LENgTH (N=5) 365–394µM AND WIDTH 286–322µM.

Integument. MODERATELY COVERED WITH CEROTEgUMENT.

Prodorsum. SCULPTURINg fORMED bY VERY SHORT CRESTS OR TUbERCLES COVERINg ENTIRE SURfACE. ROSTRUM fORMINg AN ELONgATED SMALL, SMOOTH, SUbRECTANgULAR MEDIAL PROjECTION bETWEEN INSERTIONS Of ro SETA, TRILObED IN DORSAL VIEW AND bILObED IN fRONTAL VIEW. SETAE ro, LAMELLAR (le) AND INTERLAMELLAR (in) DIRECTED MEDIALLY, bARbED, LENgTH AbOUT 1/2 THEIR MUTUAL DISTANCE; ro WITH ~22µM; le AND in Of SIMILAR LENgTHS, ~64µM. SENSILLUS (ss) THICK, SHARP–TIPPED, WITH SERIES Of DISTINCT bARbS OCCUPYINg ALMOST ITS ENTIRE EXPOSED LENgTH, ~110µM ( FIgS. 15A–G View FIGURE 15 , 16A, E View FIGURE 16 , 17A, B View FIGURE 17 , 19C View FIGURE19 ).

Notogaster. OUTLINE CIRCULAR TO PENTAgONAL IN DORSAL VIEW. POSTEROLATERAL MARgIN Of NOTOgASTER fLATTENED, VERTICAL bETWEEN SHARP ANgULAR bEND AND VENTRAL EDgE ( FIg. 16B View FIGURE 16 ). WITH INCONSPICUOUS LONgITUDINAL DEPRESSIONS: UNPAIRED CENTRAL ONE IN ANTERIOR HALf AND PAIRED DEPRESSIONS IN POSTERIOR REgION jUST MEDIAL TO SETAE h1 AND p1, WITH APPARENT LOW MOUND bETWEEN THEM ( FIg. 16D View FIGURE 16 ). CUTICLE MOSTLY WITH VERY SHORT CRESTS, APPEARINg ALMOST SPINE–LIKE; POSTEROLATERALLY WITH LONgER CRESTS, RADIALLY ORIENTED. PTEROMORPH COVERED WITH LONg STRAIgHT CRESTS, RADIALLY ORIENTED, WITH SOME SHORT CRESTS AMONg THEM ( FIgS. 15A View FIGURE 15 , 16A–E View FIGURE 16 ). NOTOgASTRAL SETAE fLEXIbLE AND bARbED, MOST SIMILAR IN SIzE TO SETA in; c2 ~78µM; la, lm, lp, h1, h2 AND h3 ~63µM; p1, p2 AND p3, ~25. LYRIfISSURE im ObSERVED IN DORSAL VIEW; ih, ip AND ips ObSERVED IN DORSOLATERAL VIEW; ia AND im LARgER THAN OTHERS, ih AND ips CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, IN THE LEVEL Of SETA p3 ( FIg. 15A View FIGURE 15 ). OPISTHONOTAL gLAND (gla) LOCATED bETWEEN LYRIfISSURES ih, im, ips, IN REgION Of SETAE p3 AND h3. OCTOTAXIC SYSTEM INCOMPLETE, COMPRISINg TWO PAIRS Of SACCULES, Sa AND S2 ( FIgS. 15A View FIGURE 15 , 16A–D View FIGURE 16 ).

Ventral region. COXISTERNUM IRREgULARLY TUbERCULATE; ANOgENITAL REgION WITH RAISED RIDgES fORMINg IRREgULAR NETWORK Of CELLS. EPIMERAL SETATION 2–0–1–2; SETAE 1b, 1c, 3b, 4a AND 4b RIgID, SMOOTH, ACUMINATE AND SHORT, ~8µM ( FIg. 15F View FIGURE 15 ). CIRCUMPEDAL CARINAE (cp) SHARP ( FIg. 17C View FIGURE 17 ). DISTANCE bETWEEN gENITAL AND ANAL APERTURES AbOUT EqUAL TO LENgTH Of gENITAL PLATE ( FIgS. 15F View FIGURE 15 , 17C View FIGURE 17 ). GENITAL PLATE COVERED WITH TUbERCULATED CEROTEgUMENT; APERTURE SUbqUADRATE, SLIgHTLY WIDER ANTERIORLY. GENITAL SETAE SIMILAR IN fORM TO EPIMERAL SETAE: g1 AND g2 ~11µM, INSERTED ON ANTERIOR MARgIN Of PLATE; g3, g4, g5 ALIgNED IN MIDDLE Of PLATE, g6 SIMILAR, bUT ON POSTERIOR MARgIN Of PLATE, ~8µM ( FIgS. 15F View FIGURE 15 , 17E View FIGURE 17 ). AggENITAL SETA (ag) NEAR POSTEROLATERAL CORNER Of gENITAL PLATE, SIMILAR TO EPIMERAL SETAE IN SHAPE, ~8µM. ANAL APERTURE NEARLY PENTAgONAL, WIDER POSTERIORLY; PLATES COVERED WITH TUbERCULATE CEROTEgUMENT; ANAL SETAE (an1, an2) SMOOTH, ACUMINATE, ~7µM; ADANAL SETAE (ad1, ad2, ad3) SMOOTH AND ACUMINATE, ~11µM. LYRIfISSURE iad PARALLEL TO LATERAL MARgIN Of ANAL PLATE ( FIg. 17F View FIGURE 17 ).

Gnathosoma. SUbCAPITULUM COVERED WITH LONgITUDINAL CRESTS. TWO PAIRS Of or SETAE, ~ 9µM; SETA a AND m LONgER, ~14 AND 10µM RESPECTIVELY; SETA h SHORTER, ~7µM ( FIgS. 15E View FIGURE 15 , 17D View FIGURE 17 ). CHELICERAE DENSELY POROSE bETWEEN LINE en AND bASE Of MOVAbLE DIgIT; SETAE cha AND C hb LONg AND bARbED, ~54 AND 35µM, RESPECTIVELY. TRägARDH'S ORgAN (trg) DIRECTED SLIgHTLY DORSAD, ~35µM ( FIg. 18D View FIGURE 18 ).

Legs. TRIDACTYLOUS. NOT COVERED WITH CEROTEgUMENT; MOST ARTICLES SMOOTH, EXCEPT TROCHANTER III–IV AND fEMUR I–IV. PRETARSI WITH LATERAL CLAWS THINNER THAN EMPODIUM ( FIgS. 18A, C, E, F View FIGURE 18 , 19D View FIGURE19 ). SETAL fORMULAE (LEgS I–IV): TROCHANTER 1–1–1–1, fEMUR 4–4–2–2, gENU 3–3–1–2, TIbIA 4–4–3–3 AND TARSUS 20–15–15–12 ( TAbLE 1). LEg I fAMULUS (ε) SHORT, ~6µM, WITH EXPANDED TIP, INSERTED POSTERIOR TO SOLENIDION ω1 ( FIg. 18G View FIGURE 18 ). LYRIfISSURE ly AT bASE Of TARSUS, NEAR ARTHRODIAL MEMbRANE SLIgHTLY TO ANTIAXIAL SIDE. SOLENIDIA NUMbER, fORM AND DISTRIbUTION AS SHOWN IN TAbLE 1.

Material Examined. THE HOLOTYPE fEMALE AND 39 PARATYPES (4 MOUNTED IN SLIDES ENTIRE AND 15 DISSECTED, 20 MOUNTED ON A STUb fOR SEM) WERE COLLECTED ON 10 –I–2008 AND 13 –VIII–2013 bY ANIbAL R. OLIVEIRA fROM SOIL –LITTER INTERfACE SAMPLES IN A CACAO PLANTATION AT UESC, ILHÉUS, BAHIA, BRAzIL , 14°47'49"S, 39°10'23"W. THE HOLOTYPE AND 25 PARATYPES ARE DEPOSITED IN THE ACAROLOgICAL COLLECTION AT UESC, 7 PARATYPES ARE DEPOSITED IN THE ACAROLOgICAL COLLECTION AT THE ESCOLA SUPERIOR DE AgRICULTURA “LUIz DE QUEIROz” ( ESALQ), UNIVERSIDADE DE SãO PAULO ( USP), PIRACICAbA, SãO PAULO, BRAzIL GoogleMaps , AND 7 PARATYPES ARE DEPOSITED IN THE ACAROLOgICAL COLLECTION AT DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOgIA E BOTâNICA, UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL PAULISTA ( UNESP), DZSJRP, SãO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO, SãO PAULO, BRAzIL .