Charletonia cameroonensis Haitlinger &amp; Kekeunou sp. nov. and the first record of C. justynae Haitlinger, 1987 (Acari: Erythraeidae) from Cameroon with redescription of the species

RYSZARD HAITLINGER; SÉVILOR KEKEUNOU; DARIUSZ ŁUPICKI

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3760.1.2

Issue: Vol. 3760 No. 1: 30 Jan. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-01-30

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3760.1.2

Page range: 39–53

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Charletonia cameroonensis Haitlinger & Kekeunou sp. nov. and the first record of C. justynae Haitlinger, 1987 (Acari: Erythraeidae) from Cameroon with redescription of the species

RYSZARD HAITLINGER⁺⁻
SÉVILOR KEKEUNOU⁺⁻
DARIUSZ ŁUPICKI⁺⁻

Institute of Biology, Department of Systematics and Ecology of Invertebrates, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kożuchowska 5B, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland.

Laboratory of Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon.

Museum of Natural History of the Faculty of Biology and Animal Science, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chełmońskiego 38D, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland.

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Abstract

Charletonia cameroonensis Haitlinger & Kekeunou sp. nov. is described and illustrated from larvae obtained from Zonocerus variegatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae) in Cameroon. For the first time C. justynae Haitlinger, 1987 is reported from Cameroon and from Z. variegatus and Eupezus rufipes Quedenfeldt, 1885 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). This paper also presents new morphological data and a range of metric and meristic data for C. justynae. Distribution and hosts of Charletonia found on Orthoptera are given.