Ceratotarsonemus absurdus (Suski)

Rezende, José Marcos, Lofego, Antonio Carlos, Gulbronson, Connor, Bauchan, Gary & Ochoa, Ronald, 2018, Review of the genus Ceratotarsonemus De Leon, 1956 (Acari: Prostigmata: Tarsonemidae), with description of a new species from the Amazon Forest, Zootaxa 4483 (2), pp. 271-294 : 274

Ceratotarsonemus absurdus (Suski)

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Daidalotarsonemus absurdus Suski 1971: 55 .

Ceratotarsonemus absurdus ; Lindquist 1986: 315; Ochoa et al. 1997: 177; Lin & Zhang 2002: 48.

Diagnosis. Female: Pharyngeal pump about 1/3 gnathosomal width. Palpal length about ½ gnathosomal length. Prodorsum without reticulation. Tergite C without reticulation, with median furrow posteriorly. Dorsal setae v1, sc2, c1, c2 and h coarsely barbed; d and f broadly leaf-shaped, with rounded apex; setae e broadly leaf-shaped, with pointed apex. Vertical setae v1 distinctly shorter than (about 1/3 length) scapular setae sc2 on prodorsum. Setae c1 slightly shorter than c2 on tergite C. Ventral surface of propodosoma with prosternal apodeme incomplete, extending from apodemes 1 to apodemes 2, and becoming diffuse to sejugal apodeme level.

Type deposition. Holotype deposited at ZMPAS.

Distribution. Forest Reservation of Angavokely, Madagascar.

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FIGURE 2. Ceratotarsonemus absurdus: A—ventral view; B—dorsal view [adapted from Suski (1971)].