Cenopalpus bakeri Duzgunes 1967
Creators: name: Çobanoğlu, Sultan
name: Ueckermann, Edward Albert
name: Sağlam, Hayriye Didem
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Tenuipalpidae
Cenopalpus
Cenopalpus bakeri

description: Cenopalpus bakeri Düzgüneş 1967
(Figs 52–70)
Cenopalpus bakeri Düzgüneş 1967b: 91.
Brevipalpus bakeriana Ghai & Shenhmar 1984: 127.
Diagnosis. Dorsum entirely reticulate. Dorsal opisthosomal setae f2 present. Prodorsal setae v2, sc1 long, lanceolate and slightly serrate. Dorsal opisthosomal setae c3, d1, e1, h1, h2 short, smooth; setae c1, c2, d3, e3, f2, f3 lanceolate-serrate. Ventral cuticle between setae 1b–4a smooth; cuticle between setae 4a and ventral shield reticulate. Ventral, genital and anal shields reticulate. Dorsal setae on femora I–II and genua I–II strongly serrate. Spermatheca a long, slender tube, distal end not visible.
Female. Dimensions. Length of body excluding gnathosoma 239–260; width 130–141, length of gnathosoma 56–73. Legs: I 132–141; II 119–131; III 111–124; IV 122–132. Setae: v 2 22–24; sc 1 21–24; sc 2 14– 17; c 1 9–19; c 2 12–13; c 3 13–19; d 1 12–15; d 3 14–19; e 1 10 –17; e 3 14 –17; f 2 12–18; f 3 11–15; h 1 9–12; h2 5– 9.
Dorsum (Figs 52 – 55). Dorsum entirely reticulate. Prodorsal setae v2, sc1 long and slightly serrate, dorsocentral setae on opisthosoma slender and smooth and lateral setae and c2 lanceolate and slightly serrate. Notch of anterior projection of prodorsal shield deep, reaching setae v2, forming two broad triangular lobes.
Venter (Figs 56 – 57). Ventral cuticle between setae 1b–4a smooth; cuticle between 4a and ventral shield reticulate. Setae 3a much shorter than long 4a. Ventral, genital and anal shields reticulate. Setae ag, g1–2, ps1–2 all smooth; setae g2 inserted slightly anterior to g1. Spermatheca a long tube, distal end not visible (Fig. 57).
Gnathosoma (Fig. 58). Tip of gnathosoma reaching middle to anterior margin of femur I. Palp foursegmented; palp tarsus with one solenidion and two eupathidia; tibia with two setae; femorogenu with one seta; trochanter without setae.
Legs (Figs 59 – 61). Counts of setae and solenidia (included in counts) on podomeres of legs I–IV: coxae 2-2- 1-1, trochanters 1-1-2-1, femora 4-4-2-1, genua 3-3-1-0, tibiae 5-5-3-3, tarsi 9(ω)-9(ω)-5-5. Leg chaetotaxy as follows: trochanters I, II, IV v’; tr III v’, l’; femora I–II d, v’, bv”, l’; fe III d, ev ’; fe IV ev ’; genua I–II l’, d, l”; ge III l” IV nude; tibiae I–II l’; ti III–IV d, v’, v”; tarsus I–II u’, u”, p’, p” tc’, tc”, ft’, ft”, ω; ta III–IV u’, u”, tc’, tc”, ft’. Dorsal setae on genua I–II and femora I–II strongly serrate. Solenidion on tarsi I and II long and slender. Setae ft’ on tarsi I–IV long.
Deutonymph (Figs 62 – 65). Dimensions: Length of body excluding gnathosoma 245–249; width 120–125, length of gnathosoma 32–42; Legs: I 96 –109; II 83 –91; III 75 –76; IV 75 –91. Setae: v 2 31–39; sc1 38–41; sc2 39–45; c1 4–5; c2 5–6; c3 41–45; d1 3–6; d3 44–50; e1 3 –5; e3 40 –50; f2 44–49; f3 38–43; h1 3–4; h2 3–4. Dorsum striated; setae sc1, sc2, c3, d3, e3, f2 and f3 long, lanceolate and serrate, setae c1, c2, d1, e1, h1, h2 minute and smooth. Venter completely covered with striae, with one pair of setae 1a, 3a and 4a, one pair of aggenital, one pair of genital and two pairs of pseudanal setae all slightly serrate. Gnathosoma similar to that of female. Leg chaetotaxy only differs from that of female in that trochanter IV is without setae. Dorsal setae d on femora I–II much longer, and thicker than those of female.
Protonymph (Figs 66 – 68). Dimensions: Length of body excluding gnathosoma186; width 111, length of gnathosoma 30; legs: I 74; II 67; III 61; IV 95. Setae: v2 28; sc1 33; sc2 32; c1 3; c2 3; c3 37; d1 3; d3 38; e1 3; e3 35; f2 43; f3 30; h1 2; h2 3. Dorsum similar to that of deutonymph. Leg chaetotaxy differs from deutonymph as follows: tarsus IV without setae tc’, tc”; trochanters I–II and IV without setae; trochanter III with only l’; genu I with only seta l’. Gnathosoma similar to that of female.
Larva (Figs 69–70). Dimensions: Length of body excluding gnathosoma 141; width 88, length of gnathosoma 25; legs: I 64; II 61; III 59; IV absent. Setae: v2 21; sc1 26; sc2 30; c1 4; c2 4; c3 28; d1 4; d3 35; e1 3; e3 30; f2 36; f3 24; h1 4; h2 3. Dorsum similar to that of protonymph; venter striate. Counts of setae and solenidia of podomeres of legs I–III: coxae 2-0-0; trochanters 0-0-0; femora 3-3-2; genua 1-1-1, tibiae 5-5-3; tarsi 7(ω)-7(ω)-3. Femora I–II with l’ absent (d, v’, bv” present), genua I–III each with only seta l’.
Remarks. Düzgüneş (1967) described this species from Turkey, but it has since been reported from Iran (Kamali et al. 2001; Khanjani et al. 2012a, b).
Material examined. All material collected in Turkey— 2 females from Rubus fruticosus L. (Rosaceae), Kocaeli, 11 September 1974; 24 females and 2 deutonymphs from Crataegus sp. (Rosaceae), Dışkapı/Ankara, 13 September 1966; 22 females from R. fruticosus, Kocaeli, 13 April 1967; 3 females, 4 deutonymphs, 1 protonymph and 1 larva from Malus comminus L. (Rosaceae), Erzincan, 26 June 1965 (Zeliha Düzgüneş’s Collection).
Distribution. Western Palearctic (Khanjani et al. 2013a).
description: Published as part of Çobanoğlu, Sultan, Ueckermann, Edward Albert & Sağlam, Hayriye Didem, 2016, The Tenuipalpidae of Turkey, with a key to species (Acari: Trombidiformes), pp. 151-186 in Zootaxa 4097 (2) on pages 168-169, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/271029