Uropoda csuzdii, 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 : 342

Uropoda csuzdii sp. n.

( Figs 12–15 )

Holotype: female ( UROTY043 ). Venezuela, Andes, Parque Nacional La Culata , dry subparámo around the headwaters of Rio Mucujun, above El Escorial, La Culata, 01.04.2005, N 08º45.32, W 71º03.33, 3180 m.a.s.l., from moss and soil from stream shore, leg. CS. CSUZDI & D. MURÁNYI . Paratype: female ( UROTY044 ), locality and data same as the holotype .

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

Venezuela.

Diagnosis: Ventral shield with several smooth and setiform setae. Peritreme U-form. Genital shield of female without ornamentation and scutiform. Dorsal shield with several smooth setiform setae and without ornamentation. Marginal shields are not fused on posterior part of dorsal side of idiosoma.

Female. Idiosoma oval, 620–610 µm long, 540–530 µm wide (n=2).

Male, deuteronymph and protonymph unknown.

Dorsal side ( Fig. 12 ): Dorsal and marginal shields without ornamentation, marginal shields are not fused on posterior part of dorsal side of idiosoma. All marginal and dorsal setae short, smooth and setiform.

Ventral side ( Fig. 13 ): Sternal and ventral shields without ornamentation. All sternal setae smooth and filiform and shorter than smooth and setiform ventral setae.

Genital shield large, scutiform and without ornamentation and process, placed between coxae 2 and 4.

Stigma placed between coxae 2 and 3, peritreme U-form ( Fig. 14 ).

Gnathosoma ( Fig. 15 ): Corniculi horn-like, laciniae, long with short hairs on apical part. Hypostomal setae h1 long, smooth and setiform, h2 short, smooth and setiform, h3 short, with serrate margin, h4 short with three short spines on apical part. Epistoma, tritosternum and chelicerae not clearly visible.

Remarks: The species new species is similar to Uropoda (Cilliba) australis HUŢU, 1987 . The most important distinguishing character is that the poststigmatid part of the peritreme of the new species is narrower than that of Uropoda (C.) australis .

Figures

Figs 12–15. Uropoda csuzdii sp. n.: 12 = dorsal view, 13 = ventral view, 14 = peritrema, 15 = ventral view of gnathosoma (Scale bar: a = 200 µm, b = 50 µm)