Umashtanchaeviella
| Notice: | This page is derived from the original publication listed below, whose author(s) should always be credited. Further contributors may edit and improve the content of this page and, consequently, need to be credited as well (see page history). Any assessment of factual correctness requires a careful review of the original article as well as of subsequent contributions.
If you are uncertain whether your planned contribution is correct or not, we suggest that you use the associated discussion page instead of editing the page directly. This page should be cited as follows (rationale):
Citation formats to copy and paste
BibTeX: @article{Ermilov2014ZooKeys408, RIS/ Endnote: TY - JOUR Wikipedia/ Citizendium: <ref name="Ermilov2014ZooKeys408">{{Citation See also the citation download page at the journal. |
Name
Umashtanchaeviella Ermilov, Anichkin & Tolstikov, 2014 gen. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Diagnosis
Rostral, lamellar, interlamellar, notogastral and ventral setae setiform. Lateral prodorsal and lateral notogastral condyles of medium size, normally developed. Notogaster with 10 pairs of well developed setae and numerous plethotrichial setae. Ventral neotrichy absent (epimeral formula: 3–1–3–3; anogenital formula: 4–1–2–3). Pedotecta II rectangular. Adanal lyrifissures iad located nearly to the anal plates.
Type species
Umashtanchaeviella plethotricha sp. n.
Etymology
The specific name is dedicated to our colleague, the acarologist Dr. Umukusum Ya. Shtanchaeva (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain), for her extensive contributions to our knowledge of oribatid mites.
Remarks
Umashtanchaeviella gen. n. can clearly be distinguished from all the other genera of Otocepheoidea by the following apomorphic character: presence of strong (more 250 pairs) notogastral plethotrichy (versus notogastral plethotrichy absent).
The new genus is most similar to representatives of the genera Hydroecocepheus Corpuz-Raros, 1979 (see Corpuz-Raros 1979[1]), Neotrichocepheus Hammer, 1973 (see Hammer 1973[2]), Trichocondyla J. et P. Balogh, 1986 (see J. et P. Balogh 1986[3]) (all three from Tetracondylidae), and Megalotocepheus (Archegotocepheus) Mahunka, 1988 (see Mahunka 1988[4]), Trichotocepheus Aoki, 1965 (see Aoki 1965[5]) (both from Otocepheidae) by presence of body neotrichy, however, it can be distinguished from the genera listed above by the localization (notogaster versus ventral side), number (more than 250 pairs versus less than 20 pairs) and morphology (short, thin versus normally developed) of neotrichial setae.
Original Description
- Ermilov, S; Anichkin, A; Tolstikov, A; 2014: Umashtanchaeviella plethotricha, a new genus and species of the family Tetracondylidae (Acari, Oribatida) ZooKeys, 408: 51-59. doi
Other References
- ↑ Corpuz-Raros L (1979) Philippine Oribatei. I. Preliminary list of species and descriptions of forty new species. Philip. Agricult. 62(1): 1-82.
- ↑ Hammer M (1973) Oribatids from Tongatapu and Eua, the Tonga Islands, and from Upolu, Western Samoa. Det Kong. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Biol. Skr. 20(3): 1-70.
- ↑ Balogh J, Balogh P (1986) New oribatids (Acari) from New Guinea. III. Acta Zool. Hung. 32(1–2): 35-60.
- ↑ Mahunka S (1988) New and interesting mites from the Geneva Museum LXI. Oribatids from Sabah (East Malaysia) III (Acari: Oribatida). Rev. suisse Zool. 95(3): 817-888.
- ↑ Aoki J (1965) A preliminary revision of the family Otocepheidae (Acari, Cryptostigmata). I. Subfamily Otocepheinae. Bul. Nat. Mus. Nat. Sci. , Tokyo, 8(3): 259-341.
