244. Belladonna fortieri Klimaszewski and Chandler, sp. n.

Figs. 13 a-g, Table 1

Holotype (male). USA, Maine, York Co.: West Lebanon , 21–23.V.1991, D.W. Barry, FIT (CNC) . Paratypes: Maine, York Co.: West Lebanon, 21–23.V.1991, D.W. Barry, FIT, 2 males ; 10–16.VII.1990, D.W. Barry, FIT, 1 male, 1 female. New Hampshire, Strafford Co.: Spruce Hole, 3 mi SW Durham, 18–26.VI.1990, G. Fortier, FIT on mat, 4 females ; 1–17.VI.1990, G. Fortier and D. Chandler, FIT on mat, 1 female; 20–25.V.1990, G. Fortier and D. Chandler, FIT, 2 females; 26.V.1987, D. Chandler, sift leaf litter on bog margin, 1 female. 1 mi SW Durham, 3.V.1985, D.S. Chandler, berlese grass clumps in swamp, 1 female.

Etymology. Named for Gay Fortier, collector of most of the type specimens, former graduate student of the University of New Hampshire and the University of Alberta, and formerly working as a technician on mites at the Florida State Collection of Arthropods in Gainesville (now retired).

Diagnosis. Male tergite VIII with two sharp apical teeth distributed laterally, median teeth not apparent (Fig. 13c); apical part of median lobe of aedeagus narrowly elongate and sinuate (Fig. 13b); spermathecal capsule ovoid in lateral view, stem more or less evenly wide (Fig. 13g).

Description. Externally, except for male tergite VIII with only two teeth, this species is not distinguishable from B. barryi . Body length 3.34–3.71 mm, body broadly oval, moderately convex (Fig. 13a). Male. Tergite VIII with two large lateral teeth, median ones not apparent (Fig. 13c); sternite VIII parabolic apically (Fig. 13d); median lobe of aedeagus distinct, in lateral view bulbus broadly oval and slightly compressed dorso-ventrad, crista apicalis broad, of triangular shape, tubus short with apex narrowly elongate and produced ventrad, its margins slightly sinuate (Fig. 13b). Female. Tergite VIII truncate apically (Fig. 13e); sternite VIII rounded apically (Fig. 13f); spermatheca Scurved, capsule ovoid with truncate apex, median invagination shallow; stem sinuate, evenly narrow (Fig. 13g).

Distribution. Nearctic. Canada: no records. USA: ME, NH.

Collection and Habitat data. Adults were captured by flight intercept traps on the Sphagnum mat of a kettle bog, from leaf litter on the bog margin, and from grass clumps in a freshwater swamp. Taken solely by a FIT in ME. Collected from May to June in NH, also taken in July at the ME site.