Daidalotarsonemus digital Lin, Chen & Zhang, 1998

Rezende, José Marcos, Bauchan, Gary, Lin, Jian-Zhen, Ochoa, Ronald & Lofego, Antonio Carlos, 2024, Review of the genus Daidalotarsonemus De Leon (Acari: Prostigmata: Tarsonemidae), Zootaxa 5426 (1), pp. 1-170 : 45

Daidalotarsonemus digital Lin, Chen & Zhang, 1998

( Figs. 32–33 )

Daidalotarsonemus digital Lin et al., 1998: 137 ; Lin & Zhang, 2002: 59.

Diagnosis. Female: Gnathosoma : Palpal length about 1/4 length of gnathosoma. Dorsum: Ornamentation all over prodorsum, and tergites C and D. Setae v1, sc2, c1, c2 and h unmodified in shape. Setae v1 as long as sc2 (~ 25). Setae c1 as long as c2 (~ 20), both longer than h (~ 15). Setae c1 inserted near midlength of tergite C. Setae d, e and f leaf-shaped. Setae d and f identical in shape (ensiform), length (~ 35) and width (~ 5). Setae e elliptical in shape, shorter than d and f, but longer than h (~ 20). Setae f ~10 distant from each other, on rounded tubercles. Venter: Tegula truncate, slightly arched posteriorly. Apodemes distinct, except for prosternal apodeme interrupted. Apodemes 2 not fused to prosternal apodeme. Poststernal apodeme bifurcated anteriorly. Male & larva: unknown.

Type material deposition: holotype ♀ and ten paratypes ♀ deposited at FAAS .

Locality: Zhangpin, Fujian Province, China ( Lin et al. 1998).

Figures

FIGURE 32. Dorsum (left) and venter (right) of Daidalotarsonemus digital Lin & Zhang, 1998 (female) [adapted from Lin & Zhang (1998), used with permission from Systematic and Applied Acarology].

FIGURE 33. Micrographs of dorsum (left) and venter (right) of Daidalotarsonemus digital Lin & Zhang, 1998 (female).