Ciprusenia troglobionta Sadat-Shojaei & Haitlinger, 2023

Sadat-ShojaeiK, Mojgan, HaitlingerK, Ryszard, SadeghiK, Saber & AkramiK, Mohammad Ali, 2023, Ontogenetic instars ofCiprusenia troglobionta sp. nov. (Acari: Astigmata Canestriniidae) from a cave of Zagros Mountains, Iran, Acarologia 64 (1), pp. 76-104 : 79

Ciprusenia troglobionta Sadat-Shojaei & Haitlinger , sp. nov.

Zoobank: 005F2E72-3105-47AE-B134-E2D84351437A ( Figures 1-21 )

Figures

Figure 1 Type locality of Ciprusenia troglobionta sp. nov. A. The entrance of Sahlak Cave. B – Blaps bushirensis Kaszab, 1959 as a host for a population of the new species in para-hypogean to hypogean transition zone in the Sahlak Cave.

Figure 2 Ciprusenia troglobionta sp. nov. imaged in a cavity slide containing 70% ethanol.A – Adult male specimen.B – Adult female specimen.

Figure 3 Ciprusenia troglobionta sp. nov., optical micrographs of all life stages.A – Adult male.B – Adult female.C – Tritonymph. D – Protonymph. E – Larva.

Figure 4 Ciprusenia troglobionta sp. nov., SEM micrographs of adult male.A – Dorsal view. B – Ventral view. C – Genital and anal region. D – Wavy sejugal and two wavy diagonal furrows.E – Ventral view of gnathosoma.F – Barbed setacG and smooth simple setave. G – Reticulate ornamentation of idiosoma.H – Grandjean’s organ andvTr I seta. I – Tricarinate seta nG of leg III.J – Setae of propodosoma.K – Spinulate seta vi. L – Leaf-shaped bulbiform setac2.

Figure 5 Ciprusenia troglobionta sp. nov., adult male.A – Dorsal view. B – Seta c1. C – Seta ve. D – Seta d2. E – Seta se. F – Seta scx. G – Seta si. H – Seta vi.

Figure 6 Ciprusenia troglobionta sp. nov., adult male.A – Ventral view. B – Seta c3. C – Seta 1a. D – Seta cp.