Klinckowstroemia montanoi Villegas-Guzman, Pérez & Reyes-Castillo, 2009, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Villegas-Guzman, Gabriel A.
name: Pérez, Tila M.
name: Reyes-Castillo, Pedro
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Klinckowstroemiidae
Klinckowstroemia
Klinckowstroemia montanoi

description: Klinckowstroemia montanoi sp. nov.
Material examined. Holotype. Ƥ (CNAC 006538), Oaxaca, Mexico, 8 km NW San Miguel Coatlán, Federal highway Cuixtla-San Miguel Coatlán (16°15.064' N, 96°41.629' W), 2,170 m, 24 June 2006, from Verres aff. intermedius, O. Francke, A. Valdez and H. Montaño coll., oak forest. Paratypes. 14 Ƥ (CNAC 006539- CNAC 006552), 5 33 (CNAC 006553- CNAC 006557), same data as holotype, from four specimens of Verres aff. intermedius. Holotype, 10 paratype female and four paratype males deposited in the CNAC, one female and one male paratype deposited in NMNH; one female paratype each deposited in UGA and UMMZ.
Female (n = 15). Body oval. Idiosoma, L = 742(704–755), W = 512 (493–538) (Fig. 5 A).
Ve n tr al idiosoma. Hyaline hood extending to level of coxa I, seta a 1 moderate and simple, L = 19 (16–18). Tritosternum base wider than long. Tetartosternum (Tst) L = 43 (40–47), anterior W = 93 (87–93), shagreened (Fig. 6 G), with a line near anterior margin, lyriform sternal pore stp 1 near posterior margin. Tetartosternal notch square-ish, sternal seta st 1, L = 22 (21–29), serrate (Fig. 8 F). Sternal shield (Fig. 6 H) L = 50 (43–56), stp 2 near centre of shield, behind it sternal seta st 2, short and simple, L = 6. Setae st 3, L = 6, simple, and st 4, a microseta, near posterior margin of shield. Shield reticulated and shagreened (Fig. 6 H). Sternogynial shield, L = 43 (37–47), W = 152 (143–155), triangular, posterior margin narrow and pointed at apex, surface shagreened and reticulated (Fig. 8 A), stp 3 near anterior margin. Sternogynial apodeme short and thick, extending to posterior level of latigynial and mesogynial condyles. Latigynial shields, L = 99 (96–102); W = 65 (65– 68) each with an oval pore and five to eight setae, medial margins of shields wavy and short (Fig. 8 A), shields reticulated and surface shagreened; latigynial apodeme thin. Mesogynial shield, L = 62 (59–68); W = 74 (71–77), triangular, wider posteriorly and pointed at apex, surface shagreened. Mesogynial condyles in centre of shield. Ventral shield, L = 211 (195–220); posterior W = 422 (416–435), shield triangular (Fig.8 D), truncated posteriorly, surface shagreened and reticulated, with 13–14 pairs of small setae (Fig. 5 A). One pore underneath posterior margin of coxa IV. Metapodal-peritremal-exopodal shield with a pair of pores and one simple seta. Anal shield (Fig.8 E), L = 124 (105–140); anterior W = 352 (320–365), with five pairs of simple setae plus longer anteroanal seta, L = 25 (20–25), two pairs of pores, one near anterior margin and the other below anus.
Gnathosoma. Capitular setae (sc) short and serrate, L = 11 (8–12). With three hypostomal setae (Fig. 6 F), hyp 1 long and simple, L = 46 (43–50), longest. Seta hyp 2 medium and serrate, L = 29 (26–32). Seta hyp 3 short and serrate, L = 15 (14–17). Chelicera with barbed seta, movable digit bifurcate at tip, with four teeth; fixed digit with five teeth. Palp setae generally simple, except al 1 and al 2 on trochanter branched and serrate respectively. Femur setae av 1, pl 1, pl 2, pl 3 and pd 1 serrate. Genu setae av 1, pl 1, pl 2, pl 3, pd 1 and pd 2 serrate. Anterior margin of palp trochanter with blunt process (b), denticulated process divided (s) (Fig. 8 B).
Legs. Leg setae mostly simple except: Leg I: trochanter I ad 1 and pv 1 serrate; femur I ad 1, ad 2, pv 1 and pv 3 serrate; genu I av 1 and pv 1 serrate. Leg II: femu av 1 and genu av 1 serrate. Leg III: femur av 1; genu III av 1 and pv 1 serrate; trochanter IV pv 1, femur av 1; genu av 1 and pv 1 serrate. Seta pv 1 (Fig. 8 C) is large and serrate, L = 37 (34–38).
Male (n = 5) Body oval, similar to female. Idiosoma, L = 704–755, W = 474–518 (Fig. 5 B).
Ve n tr al idiosoma. Tetartosternum, L = 40–56, anterior W = 93–124, shagreened. Tetartosternal notch deep, V-shaped. Sternal seta st 1, L = 20–22, simple. Setae st 2, st 3 and st 4 are simple microsetae. Sternal shield shagreened and reticulated (Fig. 5 B), L = 78–81. Genital opening oval, L = 43–47, W = 71–78. Ventral shield, L = 279–285, posterior W = 384–403, shagreened, with 24–26 setae (Fig. 5 B), with two pores, one at level of coxa III and other below posterior margin of coxa IV. Anal shield, L = 124–127, anterior W = 333–352, with five pairs of simple setae plus longer antero anal seta, L = 24–25, with two pores, one near anterior margin and the other below anus.
Gnathosoma. Hypostomal seta hyp 1 long and simple, L = 47–50, hyp 3 serrate, L = 31–34, hyp 2 simple and shorter, L = 16–25.
Etymology. This species is named in honour of Héctor Montaño, who helped to collect almost all the passalid beetles used in this research.
Remarks. This species can be distinguished from all others because st 4 is a microseta, st 2 and st 3 are short and simple, st 1 is moderate and serrate and the medial margin of the latigynial shield is wavy. The sternal, latigynial and sternogynial genital shields are shagreened and reticulated, the tetartosternum is only shagreened. The mesogynial shield is wider in the anterior and posterior margins. In the male the tetartosternal notch is deep and distinct, V-shaped, almost reaching half the length of the shield, and there are 24–26 pairs of setae on the ventral shield. Klinckowstemia montanoi is similar to K. scotti and K. valdezi because all the species have wavy medial margins on the latigynial shield, st1 serrated, and number of setae on anal shield is equal. Klinckowstroemia montanoi (735.6) is longer than K. valdezi (685.9), but shorter than K. scotti (1292). The latigynial shield has eight pilose setae in K. scotti, while K. montanoi have five to eight simple setae simple and K. valdezi has three simple setae. K. montanoi has 13–14 pairs setae on the ventral shield, while K. valdezi and K. scotti have 12 pairs.
The specimens were found in decaying trunks only in one locality in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, on the same host, Ve r re s aff. intermedius. Mites were found in the alcohol, not on the beetles.
description: Published as part of Villegas-Guzman, Gabriel A., Pérez, Tila M. & Reyes-Castillo, Pedro, 2009, New species of the genus Klinckowstroemia Baker & Wharton from Mexico (Acari: Mesostigmata: Trigynaspida: Klinckowstroemiidae), pp. 1-46 in Zootaxa 2248 on pages 11-15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190717