Valgothrombium avae, Haitlinger, 2005

Mąkol, Joanna & Łaydanowicz, Joanna, 2010, A new species of Valgothrombium Willmann, 1940, with additional taxonomic data for Valgothrombiinae genera known as larvae (Acari: Prostigmata: Microtrombidiidae), Zootaxa 2647, pp. 16-34 : 28

avae Haitlinger, 2005 [LV]

Valgothrombium avae Haitlinger, 2005: 19 .

Distribution. China.

Remarks. Scutum of the holotype has an anterior protrusion ( Fig. 14 ), which is not shown in the original description (in the mounted type specimen, the anterior part of scutum is folded ventrally). Vestigiala (κ) is absent from femur I. Two solenidia (σ), plus four normal setae and one vestigiala (κ), are present on genu I. Vestigiala (κ), in addition to six normal setae (n) and two solenidia (φ), is present on tibia I. Femur II with five normal setae (n). Granular cuticular structures are present on idiosoma.

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 18. Scutum and scutellum in larvae of Valgothrombium spp. (setae omitted, actual distance between sclerites not retained). 7. V. valgum (George, 1909) (redrawn after Wohltmann and Wendt 1996). 8. V. m a r i a e sp. nov. 9. V. tarnavense (Feider, 1950) (redrawn after Feider 1955). 10. V. stuarti Baker, 1999 (redrawn after Baker 1999). 11. V. melindae Haitlinger, 2008 (orig., based on holotype). 12. V. natani Haitlinger, 2005 (orig., based on holotype). 13. V. paroense Haitlinger, 2009 (orig., based on holotype). 14. V. a v a e Haitlinger, 2005 (orig., based on holotype). 15. V. mallorcensis (Haitlinger, 2003) (orig., based on holotype). 16. V. fluminis (Michener, 1946) (redrawn after Michener 1946). 17. V. spasiscutum Robaux, 1974 (redrawn after Robaux 1974). 18. V. andreae (Saboori, Ueckermann & van Harten, 2007) (redrawn after Saboori et al. 2007).