Cyllibula (Wagenaaria) pocsi, Kontschán, 2007

Kontschán, J., 2007, Uropodina Mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) From Venezuela, With Descriptions Of Four New Species, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 53 (4), pp. 335-346 : 341

Cyllibula (Wagenaaria) pocsi sp. n.

( Figs 8–11 )

Holotype: female ( UROTY041 ). Venezuela, Andes, degraded mountain rain forest along the road from La Culata to Mérida, 01.04.2005, N 08º43.325, W 71º04.978, 2690 m.a.s.l., from litter and dead wood, leg. CS. CSUZDI & D. MURÁNYI . Paratype: female ( UROTY042 ), locality and data same as the holotype .

Etymology: This species is dedicated to Dr. TAMÁS PÓCS, who collected the soil materials in

Venezuela.

Diagnosis: Ventral shield with several smooth and setiform setae. Peritreme Y-form. Genital shield of female scutiform, without ornamentation. Dorsal shield provided with several smooth setiform setae and without ornamentation.

Female. Idiosoma oval, 525–530 long, 435–476 wide (n=2).

Male, deuteronymph and protonymph unknown.

Description: Dorsal side ( Fig. 8 ). Dorsal and marginal shields without ornamentation, all marginal and dorsal setae long, smooth and setiform.

Ventral side ( Fig. 9 ). Sternal shield without ornamentation. All sternal setae are smooth and filifrom and shorter than the several, smooth and filiform ventral setae. Ornamentation of ventral shield lacking.

Genital shield large, scutiform and without ornamentation and process.

Stigma placed between coxae 2 and 3, peritreme Y-form ( Fig. 10 ).

Gnathosoma ( Fig. 11 ): Corniculi horn-like, laciniae, with some long branches bearing short hairs. Hypostomal setae h1 and h2 long, smooth and setiform, h1 longer than h2, h3 long, apical part with serrated margin. Seta h4 antler shaped. Epistoma, tritosternum and chelicerae not clearly visible.

Remarks: BŁOSZYK and ATHIAS-BINCHE (1986) described one new species ( Cyllibula jakubi BŁOSZYK et ATHIAS-BINCHE, 1986 ), they placed this species in the new subgenus Wagenaaria BŁOSZYK & ATHIAS-BINCHE, 1986 . This subgenus consist of six species ( C. jakubi BŁOSZYK et ATHIAS-BINCHE, 1986 , C. alta (SELLNICK, 1973), C. magna ZIRNGIEBL-NICOL et HIRSCHMANN, 1977 , C. altasimilis HIRSCHMANN, 1977 , C. rotunda ZIRNGIEBL-NICOL et HIRSCHMANN, 1977 and C. hirschmanni HIRAMATSU, 1979 ( BŁOSZYK & ATHIAS-BINCHE 1986). The new species belongs to this subgenus, the most important differences are the following: the new species has more ventral setae than the other species from this subgenus. The shape of peritreme is unique in this subgenus, and the shape of h3 differs from the other Cyllibula (Wagenaaria) species.

Figures

Figs 7–11. Cyllibula (Wagenaaria) species from Venezuela: 7 = ventral view of C. (W.) altasimilis (HIRSCHMANN, 1977); 8–11 = C. (W.) pocsi sp. n.: 8 = dorsal view, 9 = ventral view, 10 = peritreme,