Pulaeus pectinatus ( Ewing, 1909 )

Castro, Tatiane Marie Martins Gomes De & Heyer, Jacob Den, 2009, A revision of the genus Pulaeus Den Heyer, with descriptions of a new genus and four new Brazilian species (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae), Zootaxa 2141, pp. 20-36 : 22-23

Pulaeus pectinatus ( Ewing, 1909)

Eupalus pectinatus— Ewing, 1909: 402; Thor & Willmann, 1941: 183. Eupalus sternalis— Berlese, 1916: 293; Thor & Willmann, 1941: 183. Cunaxoides sternalis— Baker & Hoffmann, 1948: 245.

Cunaxoides pectinatus— Baker & Hoffmann, 1948: 246; Baker & Wharton, 1952: 194. Cunaxoides pectinellus— Muma, 1960: 324.

Pulaeus pectinatus— Den Heyer, 1980a: 19; Sepasgosarian, 1984: 143; Smiley, 1992: 319.

Female (n=1). Idiosoma: length 445 and width 305. Dimensions of sensillae and setae: vi 92, ve 60, sci 40, sce 120, c1 33, c2 27, d1 31, e1 46, setae f1 38, f2 15, h1 25 and h2 15. Hypostome 130 long and hg -setae: hg1 15, hg2 20, hg3 30 and hg4 9. Chelicera 125 long and cheliceral seta 7. Length of legs: I 260, II, 225, III 225, IV 260; length of tarsi: I 102, II 77, III 70, IV 72.

Remarks. The Brazilian specimens differ from those redescribed by Den Heyer (1980a) of P. pectinatus by the presence of 3 solenidia on genu I instead of 2 solenidia and by the reduction number of simple tactile setae on tarsi I and II that is 19—19 instead of 21—22. As there is just one specimen this will considered as belonging to P. pectiantus .

Specimens examined. One female, from leaf litter of Astrocaryum aculeatissimum (Schott) Burret (Arecaceae) , 11.X.2000, Cananéia, A.C. Pereira.