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Published: 2009-09-15
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Pterygosoma (Pterygosoma) pseudotrapelus sp. nov. (Acariformes: Pterygosomatidae)—ectoparasite of Pseudotrapelus sinaitus (Squamata: Agamidae) from Jordan

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya embankment 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 USA
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya embankment 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
Museum of Zoology, Moscow State University, B. Nikitskaya 6, 125009 Moscow, Russia
Acari mites lizards parasites systematics

Abstract

A new ectoparasitic mite species, Pterygosoma (Pterygosoma) pseudotrapelus sp. nov. (Acariformes: Pterygosomatidae) is described from Pseudotrapelus sinaitus (Squamata: Agamidae) collected from Jordan. According to leg setation, this species belongs to group 4 established by Jack (1964). It differs from the other three species of the group by the following female characters: from P. sinaita Jack by the presence of 15–18 pairs of long peripheral setae (vs. 3–4 pairs of short setae in P. sinaita), and 1 pair of strong and stout genital setae (vs. 3 short spur-like setae); from P. foliosetis Jack by the long peripheral setae with slightly expanded tips (vs. strongly expanded setae in P. foliosetis), barbed filiform anterior-lateral setae (vs. smooth expanded setae), and pseudoanal setae being much longer than wide (vs. as long as wide setae); from P. rhipidostichata Bertrand et al. by the presence of 23–28 pairs of antero-lateral setae (vs. over 50 pairs in P. rhipidostichata), peripheral setae slightly expanded apically (vs. pointed setae), presence of a pair of the stout genital setae (vs. lacking genital setae), and the presence of 4 pairs of pseudoanal setae of uniform shape (vs. 5 pairs of setae of different shape).

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