Rodhainyssus balantiopteryx Fain 1967
Creators: name: Bochkov, Andre V.
name: Zabludovskaya, Svetlana
name: Oconnor, Barry M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Astigmata
Gastronyssidae
Rodhainyssus
Rodhainyssus balantiopteryx

description: 11. <i>Rodhainyssus balantiopteryx</i> Fain, 1967 (Fig. 28) <i>Rodhainyssus balantiopteryx</i> Fain 1967: 24, figs. 15–16. <b>Redescription.</b> FEMALE (1 paratype). Body, including gnathosoma, 290 long, 105 wide. Ventral projections of subcapitulum tongue-like, 7 long, 16 wide. Propodonotal shield length 44, maximum width 45. Dorsal and ventral surface of hysterosoma finely and regularly striated. Setae <i>si</i> and <i>c2</i> absent, <i>f2</i> present. Distance <i>se–se</i> 65. Punctate areas between setae <i>h2</i> and <i>h3</i> absent. Sternum 23 long, its apex separated from apodemes II. Posterior projections of coxal fields I distinctly widened, 10 long, 26 wide. Distal ends of apodemes II separated from posterior apodemes of coxal fields II. Posterior apodemes of coxal fields II short, not fused with epigynum. Apodemes III completely fused with epigynum. Setae <i>4b</i> situated posterior to epigynum. Apodemes IV connected with sclerotized fields of oviporus by narrow and weakly sclerotized interrupted band. Inseminatory canal 20 long, opening terminal. Legs III–IV subequal in length, about 110 long. Trochanters I– II without ventral folds; trochanters III–IV with distinct transverse crests ventrally. Setal lengths: <i>se</i> 13, <i>h2</i> 190, <i>1a</i> 7, <i>3a</i> 9, <i>vF</i> I–II about 23, <i>cG</i> I–II about 6, <i>mG</i> I–II about 13, <i>d</i> I–II about 20, <i>d</i> III–IV about 15. MALE (paratype). Body, including gnathosoma, 250 long, 115 wide. Ventral projections of subcapitulum tongue-like, 7 long, 16 wide. Propodonotal shield length 40, maximum width 43. Dorsal and ventral surface of hysterosoma finely and regularly striated. Setae <i>si</i>, <i>c2</i> and <i>ps2</i> absent, and <i>f2</i> present. Distance <i>se–se</i> 63. Punctate areas between setae <i>h2</i> and <i>h3</i> absent. Sternum 24 long, its apex separated from apodemes II. Posterior projections of coxal fields I distinctly widened, 9 long, 22 wide. Distal ends of apodemes II not connected with posterior apodemes of coxal fields II. Posterior apodemes of coxal fields II short, not fused to each other or with pregenital apodeme. Apodemes III fused to each other. Pregenital apodeme 8 long, 9 wide. Setae <i>4b</i> flanking pregenital apodeme. Aedeagus 45 long, crimped. Legs III–IV subequal in length, about 95 long. Trochanters I–II without ventral folds; trochanters III–IV with distinct transverse crests ventrally. Setal lengths: <i>se</i> 11, <i>h2</i> 80, <i>1a</i> 6, <i>3a</i> 11, <i>vF</i> I–II about 19, <i>cG</i> I–II about 7, <i>mG</i> I–II about 13, <i>d</i> I–II about 12, <i>d</i> III–IV about 10. <b>Type material examined.</b> One female, 1 male, and 1 tritonymph paratypes (IRSNB) from <i>Balantiopteryx plicara</i> Peters (Emballonuridae) (USNM), <b>MEXICO</b>: Morelos, Cuernavaca, 18°55'N, 99°15'W, 25 October 1895. <b>Type deposition.</b> Holotype is deposited in USNM. <b>Host range and distribution.</b> This species is known only from the type host, <i>Balantiopteryx plicara</i> from Mexico (Fain 1967).
description: Published as part of <i>Bochkov, Andre V., Zabludovskaya, Svetlana &amp; Oconnor, Barry M., 2008, Phylogeny and systematics of the endoparasitic astigmatid mites (Acari: Sarcoptiformes) of mammals: families Gastronyssidae, Lemurnyssidae, and Pneumocoptidae, pp. 1-152 in Zootaxa 1951 (1)</i> on page 61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1951.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5240616