Androlaelaps montensis, Lareschi & Savchenko, 2021

Lareschi, Marcela & Savchenko, Ekaterina, 2021, Validation of the names of four species of laelapid mites (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) parasitic on sigmodontine rodents (Rodentia: Cricetidae), Zootaxa 5072 (3), pp. 298-300 : 299

Androlaelaps montensis sp. nov.

Androlaelaps montensis Lareschi, 2020 : 100500, Figs. 3–5 (unavailable name).

Androlaelaps montensis was described on the basis of the female and male. It may be recognised by the proximal seta on coxa I almost twice as long as distal seta on coxa I in female and male; both sexes with the distance j5–j5 similar to the distance j6–j6 and to half the distance z5–z5; females with st3 1.5 times longer than st1. See Lareschi et al. (2020) for the complete description.

Type material. HOLOTYPE: female ( CG529-1 ), ex Akodon montensis ( CG529 ), Parque Provincial Urugua-í , Misiones Province, Argentina (25°51´10.29″S, 54°10´41.53″W) . PARATYPES: male ( CG568-1 ) ex Akodon montensis ( CG568 ), Parque Provincial Urugua-í , Misiones Province, Argentina (25°51´10.29″S, 54°10´41.53″W) ; 9 females ex A. montensis ( CG529-2 /10), Parque Provincial Urugua-í , Misiones Province, Argentina (25°51´10.29″S, 54°10´41.53″W) ; 2 males ex A. montensis ( CG568-1 /2), Parque Provincial Urugua-í , Misiones Province, Argentina (25°51´10.29″S, 54°10´41.53″W) .

Etymology. The name of this species refers to its occurrence on the rodent A. montensis .

Type host. Akodon montensis Thomas ( Cricetidae : Sigmodontinae) ( CG 568, field number).

Type locality. Parque Provincial Urugua-í , Misiones Province, Argentina (25°51´10.29″S, 54°10´41.53″W) .