Mortelmansia brevis Fain, 1959

Bochkov, Andre V., Zabludovskaya, Svetlana & Oconnor, Barry M., 2008, Phylogeny and systematics of the endoparasitic astigmatid mites (Acari: Sarcoptiformes) of mammals: families Gastronyssidae, Lemurnyssidae, and Pneumocoptidae, Zootaxa 1951 (1), pp. 1-152 : 135-139

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1951.1.1

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scientific name

Mortelmansia brevis Fain, 1959
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2. Mortelmansia brevis Fain, 1959

( Figs. 76 View FIGURE 76 , 77 View FIGURE 77 )

Mortelmansia brevis Fain 1959e: 471 , figs. 5–8, 11, 1964c: 456.

Redescription. FEMALE (holotype). Body, including gnathosoma, 350 long (335 in paratype), 110 wide (117). Body length/width ratio about 3:1. Idiosomal shields, excluding prescapular shield, covered by non-striate pattern as depicted in Fig. 76A View FIGURE 76 . Prescapular shield length about 40; postscapular shield length about 85; metapodosomal shields about 25 long, distance between them about 90; opisthonotal shield length about 95; opisthogastric shield length about 55. Alveoli of setae e1 and h1 absent. Inseminatory canal about 13 long. Sternum 22 long (23). Apodemes II about 55 long. Distance between distal ends of apodemes II about 15. Legs III and IV subequal, about 110 long (excluding pretarsi). Setal lengths: se 40 (45), cp 15 (14), h2 100 (95), 1a 30 (32), 3a 22 (22), 4a microsetae, vF I 8 (7), vF II 35 (40), cG I 38 (40), cG II 5 (5), mG I–II about 25, gT I–II about 4, d I–IV about 40, solenidia ω 1 I 10 (10), ω 1 II 11 (12), ϕI–II about 8, ϕIII–IV about 2.

MALE (1 specimen). Body, including gnathosoma, 370 long, 145 wide. Body length/width ratio about 3:1. Prescapular shield 45 long. Alveoli of setae h1 and e1 absent. Sternum 22 long. Apodemes II about 60 long. Distance between distal ends of apodemes II about 17. Aedeagus about 60 long. Legs III and IV subequal, about 110 long (excluding pretarsi). Setal lengths: se 20, cp 15, h2 45, 1a 14, 3a 12, 4a alveoli, g microsetae, vF I 5, vF II 20, cG I 23, cG II 4, mG I–II about 25, gT I–II about 4, d I–IV about 40, solenidia ω 1 I 10, ω 1 II 12, ϕI–II about 20, ϕIII 2–3, ϕIV 10.

Type material examined. Female holotype ( IRSNB A. 1030) and 1 female paratype ( IRSNB) from Saimiri sciureus , originating in South America and died in the Antwerp Zoo ( Belgium), 29 April 1959, coll. unknown .

Type deposition. Holotype is deposited in IRSNB.

Non-type material examined. One male ( IRSNB) from Saimiri sciureus , originating in South America and died in the Antwerp Zoo ( Belgium), 16 April 1960, coll. unknown .

Host range and distribution. This species is known only from specimens collected from Saimiri sciureus originating in South America (Fain 1959).

IRSNB

Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Astigmata

Family

Lemurnyssidae

Genus

Mortelmansia

Loc

Mortelmansia brevis Fain, 1959

Bochkov, Andre V., Zabludovskaya, Svetlana & Oconnor, Barry M. 2008
2008
Loc

Mortelmansia brevis

Fain, A. 1959: 471
1959
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