Gaeolaelaps leptaulax, OhK & LeeK & JoharchiK, 2023

OhK, Jaeseok, LeeK, Seunghwan & JoharchiK, Omid, 2023, A new species of Gaeolaelaps Evans & Till (Acari: Laelapidae) associated with an endemic bess beetle (Coleoptera: Passalidae) in the Republic of Korea, Acarologia 63 (3), pp. 676-690 : 678

Gaeolaelaps leptaulax n. sp.

Zoobank: 38DF0A34-B063-4E7E-A91D-3EF775EC6A80 ( Figures 2–6 )

Figures

Figure 2 Gaeolaelaps leptaulaxn. sp., adult female: A – Dorsal idiosoma; B – Ventral idiosoma; C – Subcapitulum; D – Epistome; E – Chelicera.

Figure 3 Gaeolaelaps leptaulaxn. sp., adult female: A – Leg I; B – Leg II; C – Leg III; D – Leg IV.

Figure 4 Gaeolaelaps leptaulaxn. sp., adult male: A – Ventral idiosoma; B – Chelicera.

Figure 5 DIC micrographs ofGaeolaelaps leptaulaxn. sp., A – Ventral idiosoma of female; B – Ventral idiosoma of male; C – Chelicera of female; D – Chelicera of male.

Figure 6 Gaeolaelaps leptaulaxn. sp., protonymph: A – Dorsal idiosoma; B – Ventral idiosoma; C – Leg I; D – Leg II; E – Leg III; F – Leg IV.