Androlaelaps cursor, Lareschi & Savchenko, 2021

Lareschi, Marcela & Savchenko, Ekaterina, 2021, Validation of the names of four species of laelapid mites (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) parasitic on sigmodontine rodents (Rodentia: Cricetidae), Zootaxa 5072 (3), pp. 298-300 : 299

Androlaelaps cursor sp. nov.

Androlaelaps cursor Lareschi, 2020 : 100500, Figs 6-7, (not available name).

Androlaelaps cursor was described on the basis of the female, male and deutonymph. It may be recognised by the proximal seta on coxa I more than twice as long as the distal seta on coxa I in females, males and deutonymphs; males and females with the distance j5–j5 and half z5–z5 less the distance between j6 setae; and females with st3 less than 1.5 times length of st1. S ee Lareschi (2020) for the full description.

Type material. HOLOTYPE: female ( MZUFV 2971-1 ), ex Akodon cursor (Winge) (MZUFV 2971) , Mata do Paraíso Research Station , Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil (20°46´S, 42°51´W) . PARATYPES: male ( MZUFV 3950-1 ) ex Akodon cursor ( MZUFV 3950 , Mata do Paraíso Research Station , Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil (20°46´S, 42°51´W); 9 females ( MZUFV 2971-2 ; MZUFV 2971-31 /32; MZUFV 3949-31 ; PMP 472-1 /2; PMP 472-31 /33) and 1 deutonymph ( PMP456- 1 ) ex Akodon cursor, Mata do Paraíso Research Station , Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil (20°46´S, 42°51´W) .

Etymology. The name of this species refers to its occurrence on rodent A. cursor .

Type host. Akodon cursor (Winge) ( Cricetidae : Sigmodontinae) ( MZUFV 2971, housed at the Museu de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil).

Type locality. Mata do Paraíso Research Station , Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil (20°46´S, 42°51´W) .