Antennoseius (Vitzthumia) heterochaetus Long & Yi, 2021

Long, Yun, Jin, Dao-Chao, Guo, Jian-Jun & Yi, Tian-Ci, 2021, A new species of Antennoseius (Vitzthumia) Thor (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ascidae) from China, with a key to species of the genus recorded from China, Acarologia 61 (1), pp. 46-54 : 47-48

Antennoseius (Vitzthumia) heterochaetus Long & Yi n. sp.

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Zoobank: C2EA800D-8734-4386-BAFC-2C9E30452B27

Specimens examined

Holotype, female (slide No. 2019050923A), from leaf litter of subtropical forest, Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve (32°35′41″ N, 104°49′37″ E), altitude 1,444 m, Sichuan Province,

China, by Yun Long, 9 May 2019. Paratypes, one female (slide No. 2019050923B), the same date as the holotype. All types are deposited at the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, P. R. China (GUGC).

Figures

Figure 1 Antennoseius (Vitzthumia) heterochaetusLong & Yin. sp., female, A – dorsal idiosoma; B – ventral idiosoma.

Figure 2 Antennoseius (Vitzthumia) heterochaetusLong & Yin. sp., female, A – Leg I (coxa–tibia); B – Tarsus I; C – Leg II; D – Leg III; E – Leg IV.

Figure 3 Antennoseius (Vitzthumia) heterochaetusLong & Yin. sp., female, A – Hypostome; B – Palpus; C – Epistome; D – Chelicera.

Figure 4 Antennoseius (Vitzthumia) heterochaetusLong & Yin. sp., female photographs, A – showing podonotal shield spur­like setae; B – showing opisthogaster setae number inconsistent on left and on right; C – showing femur I with three spine­like setae; D – showing setaepc