Reticulolaelaps faini Costa, 1968

Nemati, Alireza, Joharchi, Omid, Babaeian, Esmaeil & Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J., 2013, A new species and new record of Reticulolaelaps Costa (Acari: Laelapidae) from Iran, Zootaxa 3718 (1), pp. 73-80 : 74

Reticulolaelaps faini Costa, 1968

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Material examined. Iran, 3 females, 1 male, Khuzestan province, Ghaletol (31° 37´55" N 49° 53´20" E, alt. 885 m), in soil, coll., A. Nemati, 2011; 2 females, 1 male, Izeh (31° 49´52" N 49° 52´9" E, alt 845 m) in soil, coll., A. Nemati, 2012; 3 females, Chaharmahal Va Bakhtiari province (32° 19´39" N 50° 51´35" E, alt 2206 m), Lordegan (31˚ 30´30" N, 50˚49´39" E, H: 1594 m) in soil, coll., A. Nemati, 2012.

Reticulolaelaps faini was described as the type species of Reticulolaelaps by Costa (1968) without referring to the leg chaetotaxy. Our specimens show that the chaetotaxy of all leg segments in the female and male is normal for the free-living Laelapidae (Evans & Till 1965) .

Leg I ( Fig. 1 ): coxa 0 0/1 0/1 0; trochanter 1 0/2 1/1 1; femur 2 2/1 3/3 2; genu 2 3/2 3/1 2; tibia 2 3/2 3/1 2. Leg II ( Fig. 2 ): coxa 0 0/1 0/1 0; trochanter 1 0/2 0/1 1; femur 2 3/1 2/2 1; genu 2 3/1 2/1 2; tibia 2 2/1 2/1 2; tarsus 3 3/2 3/2 3 + mv, md. Leg III ( Fig. 3 ): coxa 0 0/1 0/1 0; trochanter 1 0/2 0/1 1; femur 1 2/1 1/0 1; genu 2 2/1 2/0 1; tibia 1 2/1 2/1 1; tarsus 3 3/2 3/2 3 + mv, md. Leg IV ( Fig. 4 ): coxa 0 0/1 0/0 0; trochanter 1 0/2 0/1 1; femur 1 2/1 1/0 1; genu 2 2/1 3/1 1; tibia 2 1/1 3/1 2; tarsus 3 3/2 3/2 3 + mv, md. Ventral setae on the femur, genu and tibia of leg I and II are slightly thicker than the other setae. Leg chaetotaxy of the male is similar to female, but av1 and pv2 of leg II are thick and spine-like and ventral setae of all segments of legs I and II are slightly thickened.

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FIGURES 1 – 4. Reticulolaelaps faini Costa, female. 1. leg I, 2. Leg II, 3. Leg III, 4. Leg IV.