Eriophyes gallitor, Flechtmann, Carlos H. W. & Etienne, Jean, 2005

Flechtmann, Carlos H. W. & Etienne, Jean, 2005, On plant mites from Guadeloupe, with descriptions of four new species of Eriophyidae, Zootaxa 1046, pp. 55-68 : 63-65

Eriophyes gallitor n.sp. Fig. 4

Diagnosis — Prodorsal shield lines represented by lines of granules; median line short, restricted to middle one third of shield; admedian and submedian lines extending over anterior two thirds of shield length. Epigynum with longitudinal, strong lines.

Female (n = 6)­Body elongate, vermiform, 224 (171–224), 45 (45–48) wide. Gnathosoma: antapical seta 5 (5–7); basal seta 4 (3–4); chelicera 12 (11–13). Prodorsal shield 26 (23–26), 37 (36–39) wide; frontal lobe small, rounded. Shield design consisting of lines of granules: short median line, on mid one third; admedian and submedian lines on anterior two thirds of shield. Laterally and posteriorly with scattered granules. Shield tubercles 15 (13–15) apart, directing scapular setae forwards; seta (sc) 14 (14–15). Legs: leg I 23 (21–23); femur 7 (5–7), femoral seta (bv) 4 (4–6); genu 4 (3–4), genual seta (l") 14 (14–18); tibia 3 (3), tibial seta (l') 3 (3–5); tarsus 4 (4–5), dorsal seta (ft') 7 (7–10), lateral seta (ft") 15 (14–16), unguinal seta (u') 3 (3–4), solenidion slightly knobbed, 5 (5–7), empodium 5 (5–6), 5­rayed. Leg II 20 (17–20); femur 6 (6–7), bv 5 (5–7); genu 3 (3), l” 6 (6–8); tibia 3 (3); tarsus 4 (4), ft' 5 (5–7), ft" 14 (14–19), u' 3 (3), solenidion 7 (7–8), empodium 5 (5–6), 5­rayed. Coxigenital area: coxae smooth; coxal seta I (1b) 9 (6–11), 7 (7–9) apart; coxal seta II (1a) 16 (14–18), 6 (6) apart; coxal seta III (2a) 27 (25–28), 18 (16–19) apart. Coxisternal area with 4 (4–5) transverse lines of microtubercles. Genitalia 18 (17–18) wide, 10 (8–11) long; genital seta (3a) 7 (6–7). Epigynum with 14 (12–14) longitudinal ribs. Opisthosoma: lateral seta (c2) 17 (15–18), on annulus 2 (2–4) from genitalia rear margin; ventral seta I (d) 22 (21–25), 31(27–31) apart, on annulus 14 (13– 19); ventral seta II (e) 18 (14–18), 16 (14–17) apart, on annulus 34 (28–34); ventral seta III (f) 19 (18–20), 18 (16–19) apart, on annulus 63 (51–63) or 6th from rear. Total ventral annuli 69 (56–69), with small beadlike microtubercles; total dorsal annuli 87 (73–87), microtuberculate, microtubercles fading on 8 (8) caudal annuli.Caudal seta (h2) 57 (53– 57); accessory seta (h1) 7 (6–8).

Male — not seen.

Type material — female holotype, 47 female paratypes, from Sideroxylon obovatum (Lam.) , Sapotaceae, Sainte Anne, La Toubana , Guadeloupe, 03 Oct. 2003, coll. J. Etienne, on 10 microscopic preparations.

Relation to host — gives origin to galls on leaves.

Etymology — The specific designation gallitor is derived from the Latin galla, gall, plus the Greek suffix ­tor, meaning agent, doer, that is, a gall maker.

Remarks — E. gallitor n.sp. is close to E. emphlopei Meyer & Ueckermann, 1989 , a gall forming species on Sideroxylon inerme L. from South Africa, differing in the ribbed epigynum (unornamented in E. emphlopei ), smooth coxae (with dash­like markings in E. emphlopei )) and in the much larger number of opisthosomal annuli (50–60 in E. emphlopei and 73–87 in the n.sp.).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Eriophyes gallitor n. sp. AD, anterior dorsal aspect of female; AL, anterior lateral aspect of female; CGF, coxigenital area of female; E, empodium (enlarged); L 1, leg I (enlarged); L 2, leg II (enlarged); PD, posterior dorsal aspect of female.