Neophyllobius womersleyi Fan & Walter, 2006, sp. n.
Creators: name: Fan, Qing-Hai
name: Walter, David E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Camerobiidae
Neophyllobius
Neophyllobius womersleyi

description: Neophyllobius womersleyi sp. n.
(Figs. 8–11, 12)
Material examined
Holotype, adult female, from under bark, Waywood ph, Adelaide, Australia, coll. F. Womersley, 15 Sept. 1940. In SAM.
Paratype, 1 adult female, from under Suc bark, Australia, coll. F. Womersley, 4 Apr. 1937. In SAM.
Diagnosis
Adult female. Peritremes with 1 loop; palptarsus with 2 + 2 eupathidia + 1; a pair of pdx present; idiosomal setae lanceolate, c1, c2, d1, e1 and f1 longer than others; c1: c2 = 1.0 (1.0–1.1), d1: d2 = 1.3 (1.3–1.5), e1: e2 = 1.3 (1.2–1.3), c1: d1: e1: f1 = 1.1: 1.1: 1.1: 1.0; femora (I–IV) with 4, 3, 2, 1. Setae on genua lanceolate, ratio I: II: III: IV= 1.0: 1.1: 1.3 (1.2–1.3): 2.1 (1.7–2.1).
Description
ADULT FEMALE (n = 2)
Gnathosoma. Stylophore stumpy, 42 (42–50); movable digits 17 (17–20); peritremes with 1 loop. Palp 37 (37–42); counts of setae and solenidia from trochanter to tarsus: 0, 2, 1, 3 + 1 claw, 2 + 2 eupathidia + 1 solenidion (). Subcapitular setae m 20, distance m–m, 25 (24–25).
Idiosoma. Nearly circular in shape, 247 (220–247) long, 177 (177–200) wide. Prodorsum bearing 1 pair of eyes (7 in diameter), 1 pair of postocular bodies (10 (10–13) in diameter) and 5 pairs of lanceolate setae, vi 45 (45–60), ve 38 (38–50), sci 42 (42–47), sce 38 (38–45), pdx 48 (48–50); distances: vi– vi 50, vi–ve 27 (25–27), vi–pdx 46 (45–46), ve–sci 13 (11–13), sci–sce 35 (35–37). Hysterosoma bearing 10 pairs of setae, c1 58 (58–63), c2 60, d1 60 (60–70), d2 45 (45–48), e1 60, e2 45 (45–50), f1 55 (55–73), f2 40 (37–40), h1 33 (33–38), h2 34 (34–35); distances: c1–c1 12, c1–c2 72 (72–77), c1–d1 47 (45–47), d1–d1 12, d1–d2 62 (62–65), d1– e 1 37 (37–42), e1– e 1 11 (10–11), e1– e 2 50 (50–52), e1–f1 37 (37–42), f1–f1 10 (7–10), f1–f2 55 (50–55), f1–h1 50 (32–50), h1–h1 10, h1–h2 17 (17–22). Venter with 3 pairs of setae, 1a 18 (18–23), 3a 23 (23–25), 4a 17 (17–18); coxal setae 1c about 1.5 times as long as 1b, 1b 25 (25–38), 1c 38. Aggenital setae small, ag 13 (13–15). Genito­anal valves with 1 pair of genital setae, g 13 (13–15) and 3 pairs of pseudanal setae, ps3 9 (9–10), ps2 10, ps1 10.
Legs. Length (from base of trochanter to tip of tarsus): leg I 366 (366–395), leg II 283 (283–328), leg III 330 (330–367), leg IV 377 (377–411). Setae on genua lanceolate, IV longest, length I–IV: 45 (45–55), II 50 (50–62), 57 (57–67), 95, ratio I: II: III: IV= 1.0: 1.1: 1.3 (1.2–1.3): 2.1 (1.7–2.1). Tibiae I–IV each with 1 solenidion: I 14 (14–17), II 13 (10–13), III 11 (10–11), IV 10 (10–13). Tarsi I–II each with 1 solenidion: I 6 (5–6), II 4. Counts of setae and solenidia on legs I–IV: coxae 1a + 2, 1, 2, 2; trochanters 1, 1, 1, 1; femora 4, 3, 2, 1; genua 1 + 1, 1 + 1, 1, 1; tibiae 9 + 1, 8 + 1, 8 + 1, 7 + 1; tarsi 10 + 1, 10 + 1, 8, 8.
ADULT MALE. Unknown.
Remarks
Neophyllobius womersleyi sp. n. resembles N. aegyptium Soliman & Zaher, 1967 in having similar setal numbers on the legs, but can be readily distinguished from the latter because the setae on the genua are lanceolate and the seta on genu IV is the longest.
description: Published as part of Fan, Qing-Hai & Walter, David E., 2006, Camerobia and Neophyllobius (Acari: Prostigmata: Camerobiidae) from Australia, with the descriptions of two new species, pp. 1-23 in Zootaxa 1309 on pages 13-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.173835