Daidalotarsonemus hexagonus Yang, Ding & Zhou, 1987

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 : 72

Daidalotarsonemus hexagonus Yang, Ding & Zhou, 1987

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Daidalotarsonemus hexagonus Yang et al., 1987: 157 ; Lin & Zhang, 2002: 60.

(Information translated and modified from Yang et al., (1987)).

Diagnosis. Female: Gnathosoma : Palpal length about 1/2 length of gnathosoma. Dorsum: Coarse ornamentation on prodorsum. Tergite C with three distinct central transverse rows of cells grouped between setae c1, and coarse ornamentation laterally. Tergite D with three central transverse rows of cells grouped between setae d. Setae v1, sc2, c1, c2 and h unmodified in shape. Setae v1 shorter than sc2 (~ 20 and ~ 25, respectively). Setae c1 longer than c2 (~ 14 and ~ 10, respectively). Setae c1 inserted anteriad midlength of tergite C. Setae d, e and f leaf-shaped. Setae d, e and f similar in shape (lanceolate) but different in length (~ 20, ~ 16 and ~ 8, respectively) and width (~ 5, ~ 4 and ~ 2, respectively). Venter: Tegula apparently truncate. All apodemes distinct. Apodemes 2 not fused to prosternal apodeme. Poststernal apodeme bifurcated anteriorly. Male & larva: unknown.

Type material deposition: holotype ♀ deposited at DBFU .

Locality: Shanghai, China ( Yang et al. 1987).

Figures

FIGURE 58. Dorsum (left) and venter (right) of Daidalotarsonemus hexagonus Yang, Ding & Zhou, 1987 (female) [adapted from Yang et al. (1987), used with permission from Entomotaxonomia].