Foveacheles uralensis, KhaustovK & Kolesnikov K & TurbanovK & TolstikovK, 2024

KhaustovK, Alexander A., Kolesnikov K, Vasiliy B., TurbanovK, Ilya S. & TolstikovK, Andrei V., 2024, A new troglobiont species of Rhagidiidae (Acari: Eupodoidea) from cave sites in the Ural Mountains (Russia), Acarologia 64 (3), pp. 787-802 : 788

Foveacheles uralensis n. sp.

Zoobank: 4862C3D6-E3C8-44FA-A0A3-BC184B30E6B7 ( Figures 2–11 )

Figures

Figure 2 Foveacheles uralensisn. sp., female: A – idiosomal dorsum; B – idiosomal venter.

Figure 3 Foveacheles uralensisn. sp., female: A – left palp, dorsolateral aspect; B – chelicera, antiaxial aspect; C – subcapitulum, ventral aspect.

Figure 4 Foveacheles uralensisn. sp., female: A – right leg I, dorsal aspect; B – right leg I, ventral aspect; C – left leg II, dorsal aspect; D – left leg II, ventral aspect.

Figure 5 Foveacheles uralensisn. sp., female: A – right leg III, dorsal aspect; B – right leg III, ventral aspect; C – right leg IV, dorsal aspect; D – right leg IV, ventral aspect.

Figure 6 Foveacheles uralensisn. sp., female: A – specimen with an abnormal number of setae on coxisternal fields I and III (arrows point at additional setae); B – variability in the location of solenidia on tibia III.

Figure 7 DIC photomicrographs of Foveacheles uralensisn. sp., female: A – distal part of fixed digit with setaechaandchb, posterolateral

Figure 8 Foveacheles uralensisn. sp., deutonymph: A – idiosomal dorsum; B – idiosomal venter.

Figure 9 Foveacheles uralensisn. sp., deutonymph: A – chelicera, posterolateral aspect, dorsal

Figure 10 Foveacheles uralensisn. sp., deutonymph: A – right leg I, dorsolateral aspect; B – right leg II, posterolateral aspect; C – right leg III, anterolateral aspect; D – right leg IV, dorsal-posterolateral aspect.

Figure 11 Live Foveacheles uralensisn. sp. (in situ) in the Shulgan-Tash Cave, attacking springtail Plutomurus baschkiricus(Skorikow, 1900). Photo by Olga Ya. Chervyatsova.