Ceratotarsonemus alas Ochoa & Vargas

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 : 275

Ceratotarsonemus alas Ochoa & Vargas

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Ceratotarsonemus alas Ochoa et al. 1997: 178 ; Lin & Zhang 2002: 49.

Diagnosis. Female: Pharyngeal pump about 1/3 gnathosomal width. Palpal length about 1/3 gnathosomal length. Prodorsum with hexagonal reticulation posteriorly. Tergite C with inverted U-shaped reticulation dorsally, which has two rows of reticula. All dorsal setae coarsely barbed, except for bothridial setae sc1. Vertical setae v1 about ½ length of scapular setae sc2 on prodorsum. Setae c1 distinctly longer than c2 on tergite C. Setae c2 and e distinctly short (~ 40 and 60 µm, respectively). Ventral surface of propodosoma with prosternal apodeme complete, extending from apodemes 1 to sejugal apodeme.

Type deposition. Holotype and one paratype deposited at CNC; 15 paratypes deposited at ALAS; two paratypes deposited at MZUM; and one paratype deposited at UQIC.

Distribution. La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Ceratotarsonemus alas: A—dorsal (left) and ventral (right) view; B—leg I; C—leg II; D—detail of the prodorsal shield reticula [adapted from Ochoa et al. (1997), used with permission].