Narceoheterozercon ohioensis Gerdeman & Klompen, 2003

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Narceoheterozercon ohioensis Gerdeman & Klompen, 2003

Narceoheterozercon ohioensis Gerdeman & Klompen 2003: 353 .

Narceoheterozercon ohioensis .— Alberti et al. 2007: 557; Gerdeman et al. 2010: 93; Di Palma et al. 2008: 359; Di Palma et al. 2015: 640.

( Figs 10–11 , 31–32 , 52 , 61–62 , 81 , 91 ).

Diagnosis. As for the genus.

Type depository. Holotype deposited at OSAL, accession no. OSAL 001259 .

Material examined. As listed in Gerdeman & Klompen (2003).

Remarks. Description based on all instars. Associated with Narceus annularis (Rafinesque) ( Spirobolida : Spirobolidae ) from Ohio, U.S.A. (host vouchers at OSAL) ( Gerdeman & Klompen 2003).

The anatomy of this species has been studied in some detail: structure spermatodactyl ( Di Palma et al. 2008), ultrastructure of sperm ( Alberti et al., 2007), and structure of the female genital system ( Di Palma et al. 2015). Aspects of its ecology and phenology were studied by Gerdeman et al. (2000, 2010).

Figures

FIGURES 8–11. Heterozerconidae, chelicera males, photograph (top) and composite drawing (bottom): 8–9, Amheterozercon amphisbaenae (OSAL 052760); 10–11, Narceoheterozercon ohioensis (OSAL 001221).

FIGURES 31–34. Heterozerconidae, gnathosoma, adults: 31, Narceoheterozercon ohioensis, female (OSAL 001054); 32, Narceoheterozercon ohioensis, male (redrawn from Gerdeman & Klompen (2003)); 33, Afroheterozercon mahsbergi, female (OSAL 003037); 34, Afroheterozercon mahsbergi, male (OSAL 003042; red arrow: notch in corniculus). Inset: gnathotectum (female and male) and labrum + salivary stylets. Abbreviations: LL, lateral lips.

FIGURES 48–52. Heterozerconidae, details idiosoma: 48, Allozercon leytensis n. sp., female, hypertrichy of setae in j1 position (OSAL 053251); 49, same for male (OSAL 106780); 50, Allozercon leytensis n. sp., male, anterolateral spines (OSAL 106780); 50a, detail antero-lateral spines; 51, Heterozercon ex Cuba, female, venter (OSAL 125446); 52, Narceoheterozercon sp., broken off spermatodactyl (red arrow) in female secondary genital opening / sclerotized tube (OSAL 159712).

FIGURES 61–62. Heterozerconidae, Narceoheterozercon ohioensis, idiosoma venter: 61, female; 62, male. Male redrawn from Gerdeman & Klompen (2003).

FIGURES 78–81. Leg I, male: 78, Discozerconidae, Discozercon derricki (OSAL 004889); 79, Heterozerconidae, Ecuazercon cushuimensis, (FMNH-INS 4449621); 80, Amheterozercon amphisbaenae (OSAL 052763); 81, Narceoheterozercon ohioensis, redrawn from Gerdeman & Klompen (2003).

FIGURES 87–92. Leg II, male, antero-dorsal view: 87, Discozerconidae, Discozercon derricki (OSAL 004889); 88, Discomegistus sp., male, basitarsus IV (FMNH; red arrow: mid-dorsal sensillum); 89, Heterozerconidae, Ecuazercon cushuimensis, (FMJK 71–1118); 90, Amheterozercon amphisbaenae (OSAL 052763); 91 Narceoheterozercon ohioensis, redrawn from Gerdeman & Klompen (2003); 92, Afroheterozercon mahsbergi (OSAL 003042, published).