Myrmozercon karajensis Joharchi et al., 2011

Joharchi, Omid & Halliday, Bruce, 2020, Supplementary descriptions of thirteen species of soil mites (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae), Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (1), pp. 23-42 : 36

Myrmozercon karajensis Joharchi et al., 2011 (Figs. 54–62)

Myrmozercon karajensis Joharchi, Halliday, Saboori & Kamali, 2011: 29 .

Material examined Holotype (ARS-20191222-2a) borrowed from JAZM.

Notes

Joharchi et al. (2011) described M. karajensis from nest of Camponotus sp. ( Hymenoptera : Formicidae ) in Iran. We have re-examined the holotype of this species, and now provide some additional illustrations to support the original description (Figs. 54–62). The original description of this species shows two pairs of setae in the soft skin posterior to the dorsal shield, J5 and Z5 (Joharchi et al. 2011, Fig. 19 ). The posterior margin of the shield is irregular and poorly defined in places, so the exact placement of these setae is difficult to determine. The holotype appears to have four pairs of setae in the soft skin posterior to the shield (Fig. 57). They also stated that the tibia of the palp has 12 setae. The palp tibia and tarsus in this species are fused, and the combined tibia/tarsus has 23–24 setae.

Figures

Figures 16–23. DIC micrographs of Hypoaspis elegans Joharchi, Ostovan & Babaeian, 2014 (female holotype) – 16. Dorsal idiosoma; 17. Ventral idiosoma; 18. Subcapitulum; 19. Chelicera; 20. Palp; 21. Leg II in dorsal view; 22. Legs III & IV in dorsal view; 23. Peritrematal shield.