Riscus austroamericanus Den Heyer

Heyer, Jacob Den & Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De, 2012, New Neotropical cunaxine species (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae), Zootaxa 3265, pp. 22-42 : 36-38

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.280740

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6177424

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D19D51-FF8F-FFA9-6BD1-FBEDFD8CF84F

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scientific name

Riscus austroamericanus Den Heyer
status

sp. nov.

Riscus austroamericanus Den Heyer sp. nov.

Material examined: 1 female holotype, Coffea arabica L., Quillabamba, Cuzco, Peru (12° 5' 19.6” S / 72°42' 13.3” W), A.D.G. Alvarado, 04-VII-2006; 1 paratype tritonymph, Solanum nigrum L., Quillabamba, Cuzco, Peru (12° 5' 19.6” S / 72° 42' 13.3” W), A.D.G. Alvarado, 4-VII-2006; 1 paratype female, Coffea arabica L., Quillabamba, Cuzco, Peru (12° 5' 19.6” S / 72°42' 13.3” W), A.D.G. Alvarado, 04-VII-2007; 1 paratype female, Euterpe sp., Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil (8° 02' S / 40° 01' W), Gondim Jr, M. G. C., 5-I-1999, slide MZLQ 3050; 1 paratype female, 1 paratype deutonymph, Pisidium guajava Ilhéus , Bahia, Brazil (13° 01'S / 40° 01'W), 31-VII-2007, A.R. Oliveira.

Description.

Female ( Figs. 39–48 View FIGURES 39 – 40 b View FIGURE 41 View FIGURES 42 – 48 ) Dimensions. Idiosoma : length 394 (335–443); width 287 (246–300); length hypognathum 128 (108–135); width hypognathum 80 (77–85); length palp 108 (96–117); length chelicera 114 (94–137); length legs I 241 (219–270); II 246 (223 -285); III 287 (235–304); IV 308 (289–320); length sensillae vi 125 (116–135) and sce 155 (139–158).

Dorsum ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 39 – 40 b a,b & 41 a–c). The demarcation of the propodosomal shield is very vague ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 39 – 40 b a & b). The same is true for the integumental striae. Only one very finely reticulate propodosomal shieldlike area ( Fig. 41 View FIGURE 41 a) on the idiosoma : it bears setal pairs ve and sci as well as sensilla pairs vi and sce ( Figs 41 View FIGURE 41 b&c, respectively); the latter are the longest sensillae. Except for setae sci all dorsal setae are rather short. Setae h1 are the longest hysterosomal setae.

Venter ( Fig. 40 View FIGURES 39 – 40 b a, b). As with the dorsum hysterogastral “shields” and striae are poorly defined. Setae pcs (= paracoxal seta) occur on the median margin of coxae IV. Three pairs of hysterogastral setae. The genital area ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 42 – 48 ) is recognised by the 5 pairs of g-setae. A pair of paragenital setae occur laterally to the anterior half of the genital region. The chelicera possesses a near terminal seta. The length ratio width:length of the hypognathum is 1: 1.5

Hypognathum ( Fig. 43 View FIGURES 42 – 48 ). The coxal region is finely papillate whereas the hypostome is longitudinally striate. Setae hg1 are short and immediately posteriad the entomalae with its 4 small adoral setae; setae hg2–4 are long; setae hg4 are situated medially to setae hg3 forming a nearly straight transverse row ( Fig. 43 View FIGURES 42 – 48 ).

Palp ( Fig. 44 View FIGURES 42 – 48 ) reaches past the entomalae with nearly the entire length of its tibiotarsusus. Its chaetotaxy is as follows: trochanter, 0; basifemur, 1 sts shorter than the segment; telofemur, 1 dorsal sts; genu, 2 sts, 1 strong, curved sts proximally and 1 straight spine-like sts; tibiotarsus, 1 ventral sts, 1 very strong median tubercle, 2 sts, 1 tsl, 1 claw. The palpal segments are finely papillate.

Legs ( Figs. 45–48 View FIGURES 42 – 48 ). Leg chaetotaxy: coxae I – IV 3 sts, 1 peg – 1 sts – 3 sts – 1 sts; trochanters I – IV 1 – 1 – 2 – 1 sts; basifemora I – IV 3 – 3 – 2 – 1 sts; telofemora I – IV 4 – 4 – 4 – 4 sts; genua I – IV {2 asl}, {1 asl, 1 sts}, 1 longish asl, 4 sts – 2 asl, 5 sts – 1 asl, 5 sts – 1 asl, 5 sts; tibiae I – IV {2 asl, 1 sts}( Fig 45 View FIGURES 42 – 48 b), 4 sts – 1 asl, 5 sts – 1 bsl, 5 sts – 1 T, 3 sts; tarsi I – IV 3 asl, {1 asl, 1 sts, 1 fmls}, 1 dtsl, 2 tsl, 15 or 16 sts – 1 bsl, 1 dtsl, 1 tsl, 16 or 17 sts – 1 tsl, 14 or 15 sts – 15 or 16 sts.

Remarks. Differences between the two known species of Riscus shown in Table 4 View TABLE 4 .

*All kinds (= bsl, asl); **micrometers

TABLE 4. Major differences between the known species of Riscus.

Features/species R. thailandensis R. austroamericanus
Genu II 2 asl, 5 sts 2 asl, 4 sts
Tibia I {1 long bsl, 1 asl, 1 sts},4 sts {2 asl}, 4 sts
Tibia II {1 asl, 1sts},4 sts 1 asl, 4 sts
Tibia IV 1 T, 4 sts 1 T, 3 sts
Tarsus I 3 asl,{1 bsl, 1 sts,1 fmls}, 1 dtsl, 2 tsl, 13 sts 3 asl, {1 asl, 1 sts,1fmls}, 1 dtsl, 2 tsl, 15 or 16 sts
Genital setae 8 sts 10 sts
Number Solenidia*: Genua I-IV 5 – 2 – 1 - 1 4 – 2 – 1 - 1
Body length** (excl gnathosoma ) 219 (211–226) 394 (335–443)
Body width 141 (139–142) 278 (246–300)
Length hypognathum 83 (82–85) 128 (108–135)
Seta palp basifemur Longer than basifemur Shorter than basifemur

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Prostigmata

Family

Cunaxidae

Genus

Riscus

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