Tetra lucidi Xue, Song & Hong, 2006, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Xue, Xiao-Feng
name: Song, Zi-Wei
name: Hong, Xiao-Yue
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Eriophyidae
Tetra
Tetra lucidi

description: Tetra lucidi sp. nov.
(Fig. 6)
Description
FEMALE: (n = 7) Body fusiform, 191 (188–195) long, 69 (68–70) wide, 63 (60–65) thick; light yellow. Gnathosoma 18 (17–20), projecting obliquely down. Prodorsal shield 47 (45–50) long, 60 (58–61) wide; subtriangular; frontal lobe acuminate; median line present 2/3 at base, admedian and submedian lines connected by transverse lines at basal 2/3, submedian lines connected at base. Scapular tubercles near rear margin, 30 (28–31) apart, scapular setae (sc) 5 (4–6) projecting posterior. Coxal area smooth; anterolateral setae on coxisternum (1b) 7 (6–9), proximal setae on coxisternum (1a) 17 (15–20), proximal setae on coxisternum (2a) 40 (40–41). Prosternal apodeme present. Legs with usual series of setae. Legs 32 (30–34), femur 10 (9–10), basiventral femoral setae (bv) 9 (8–11); genu 5 (4–5), antaxial genual setae (l'') 22 (20–24); tibia 8 (8–9), paraxial tibial setae (l') 4 (4–5), setae located 1/3 from dorsal base; tarsus 6 (5–6); tarsal empodium simple, 4­rayed, tarsal solenidion knobbed. Legs 28 (26–30), femur 8 (7–8), basiventral femoral setae (bv) 7 (6–9); genu 4 (4–5), antaxial genual setae (l'') 7 (6–7); tibia 6 (5–6); tarsus 6 (5–6); tarsal empodium simple, 4­rayed, tarsal solenidion knobbed. Opisthosoma: dorsal opisthosoma with 30 (29–32) annuli, smooth, ventrally with 69 (67–71) microtuberculate annuli. Setae c2 23 (20–26) on ventral annulus 11 (11–12); setae d 56 (50–63) on ventral annulus 23 (22–24); setae e 21 (19–23) on ventral annulus 44 (43–46), setae f 28 (25–31) on 5th ventral annulus from rear. Setae h1 3 (3–4). Female genitalia 16 (15–16) long, 22 (21–23) wide, coverflap with 8 longitudinal ridges and 2 transverse lines at base, proximal setae on coxisternum (3a) 20 (18–22).
MALE: (n = 1) 150 long, 53 wide; genitalia 5, 20 wide, proximal setae on coxisternum III (3a) 15.
Types
Holotype, female, China: Shaanxi Province, Yang County, 33°31.08’N, 107°40.14’E. August 10, 2005, from Ligustrum lucidum Ait. (Oleaceae), coll. Xue, Xiao­Feng & Song, Zi­Wei. Paratypes, 7 females and 1 male, with the same data as holotype.
Relation to host
Mites are vagrant on leaf surface, causing no apparent damage.
Remarks
This species is similar to Tetra guiyangensis Kuang & Hong, 1989, but can be differentiated by prodorsal shield median line separate from admedian lines (connected in T. guiyangensis), female coverflap with two transverse lines at base (absent in T. guiyangensis).
Two Tetra spp. have already been described from the plant family Oleaceae (genera Forsythia and Syringa). They are T. forsythiae Boczek (1961) and T. balasi Farkas (1963), respectively. However, T. lucidi differ more from T. forsythiae and T. balasi than T. guiyangensis.
description: Published as part of Xue, Xiao-Feng, Song, Zi-Wei & Hong, Xiao-Yue, 2006, A taxonomic study of the genus Te t r a Keifer (Acari: Eriophyidae: Phyllocoptinae: Anthocoptini) from Shaanxi Province, China with descriptions of nine new species, pp. 1-22 in Zootaxa 1249 on pages 13-14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172971