Notoporus amnoni Haitlinger 2001, n.sp.
Creators: name: Haitlinger, Ryszard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2001
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Trematoda
Plagiorchiida
Opecoelidae
Notoporus
Notoporus amnoni

description: <i>Notoporus</i> <i>amnoni</i> n.sp. Material examined Holotype female (figs 1-9), Cameroon, from <i>Erionomus planiceps</i> Esch. <i>(. Passalidae);</i> deposited in MIZPAS. Diagnosis <i>N. amnoni</i> is similar to <i>N. clypeolus</i> SCHUSTER &amp; SUMMERS: both species have femur I with single macroseta. <i>N.</i> <i>amnoni</i> is distinguished by the presence of single macroseta on femora III and IV, shorter epigynial plate (164 to 195),sternoventral plate (312 to 446), setae dl (354 to 396), d2 (340 to 380) and d3 (332 to 388). DESCRIPTION Body oval, longer than wide. Dorsal plate covers whole idiosoma and bears six pairs oflong setae; especially long are dl, d2, d3 and ml (Tab. I). All long setae are barbed (fig. 1). Ventrum with broad sternoventral plate. The first pair of sternals longer than the remaining ones. Postgenital setae placed near posterior margin of sternoventral plate. This plate considerably widened behind coxae IV. Epigynial plate oval; its posterior margin unvisible. Paranal setae (pa) is very long and barbed (fig. 2). Tectum with lateral rami broadened (fig. 3), mesal process bifurcates, delicately fringed. Genu and femur of leg I each with one barbed macroseta and the same seta on femur; seta on femur I somewhat longer than seta on genu I (fig. 4). Terminala over twice longer than subterminala (Tab. I). Leg II with one barbed macroseta on femur (fig. 5). Legs III-IV each bears on femora and genua one barbed macroseta (fig. 6). Palps with short and nude setae, except the dorsal side of femur; palpfemoralais barbed and much longer than the remaining ones (fig. 7). Cheliceral spur curved, smooth (fig. 9). Malae externae relatively massive of moderate length -60 Pm, malae internae comprise two long processes (fig. 8). Measurements are given in Tab. I. Remarks SCHUSTER &amp; SUMMERS (1978) mentioned three genera belonging to the <i>Diarthrophallinae</i> for Africa. Species of the genus <i>Notoporus</i> are associated with passalid beetles belonging to the genus <i>Erionomus.</i> At present only two species of <i>Notoporus</i> are known. <i>N. amnoni</i> n.sp. was obtained from thesame host as <i>N. asperatus</i> SCHUSTER &amp; SUMMERS but from the other territory. <i>N.</i> <i>amnoni</i> has character untypical for this genus: femora III and IV each have only one macroseta. This character is typical for the genus <i>Tenuiplanta</i> SCHUSTER &amp; SUMMERS but this genus is known from Mexico and Central America. The remaining characters are typical for the genus <i>Notoporus.</i> In this case <i>N.</i> <i>amnoni</i> n.sp. is provisionally include to the <i>Notoporus.</i> The new species can be distinguished from both known <i>Notoporus</i> by only one macroseta on femora III, IV. From two known species of <i>Tenuiplanta</i> it can be separated: 1) from <i>T.</i> <i>crossi</i> (HUNTER &amp; GLOVER) by distinctly longer ultralong dorsal setae and the presence of six pairs of long setae on dorsal plate (in <i>T. crossi</i> only four pairs), 2) from <i>T.</i> <i>polypora</i> SCHUSTER &amp; SUMMERS by the presence of six pairs of long setae on dorsal plate (in <i>T.</i> <i>polypora</i> five pairs) and shorter ultralong dorsal setae. From both species it differs by the shape of tectum. Etymology The name of the species has been derived from the name Amnon
description: Published as part of <i>Haitlinger, Ryszard, 2001, Four new diarthrophallid mites (Acari, Mesostigmata, Diarthrophallidae) from tropical Africa, pp. 169-177 in Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum (Entomology) 10 - 11</i> on pages 169-171, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7781787
description: {"references": ["SCHUSTER R. O. &amp; SUMMERS, F. M. 1978. Mites of the family Diarthrophallidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Inter. J. Acarol., 4: 279 - 385."]}