Cubachipteria pianmaensis Tang &amp; Yang &amp; Liang 2015, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Tang, Qiu-Xiao
name: Yang, Mao-Fa
name: Liang, Wen-Qin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Achipteriidae
Cubachipteria
Cubachipteria pianmaensis

description: <i>Cubachipteria pianmaensis</i> sp. nov. (Figs 1–23) Diagnosis. Body size 435–480 × 325–355; surface of lamellae foveolae, podotectum I and pteromorph with thin striae, notogaster with irregular circular structure; lamellae with 3–4 pointed teeth; interlamellar setae absent; sensilli clavate, with long stalk and oblong, barbed head; notogastral setae long; all legs monoda ctylous. Measurements. Body length 480 (holotype), 435–480 (two paratypes); body width 355 (holotype), 325–355 (two paratypes). Integument. Body color yellow–brownish to brown. Surface of lamellae with very small foveolae densely. Podotectum I with thin striae parallel to anterior margin. Pteromorph with weakly developed striae parallel to lateralanterior margin, radial striae medially. Medial-posterior border of notogaster with irregular circular structure. Prodorsum (Figs 1–8, 11). Rostrum rounded. Lamellae broad, fused basally. Lamellae cusp with 3–4 pointed teeth in anterio-dorsal view. Lamellar setae (32) setiform, short and thick. Rostral setae (83) with unilateral barbs densely. Interlamellar setae absent. Sensilli (135) clavate, with long stalk and well developed barbed, oblong distally head, directed to the middle of lamellae. Notogaster (Figs 1, 11–12). Dorsosejugal suture convex medially. Process of pteromorphs narrowed apically. Lateral corner of pteromorphs with slightly pointed process. Ten pairs of notogastral setae short, setiform and smooth. Setae <i>c</i> and <i>la</i> (35–38) longest; <i> h 2</i> , <i> p 1</i> and <i> p 3</i> shortest (19–25); others of medium size (27–33). Sacculi <i>Sa</i> oval, indistinct; <i> S 1</i> oblonged, well developed; <i> S 2</i> and <i> S 3</i> hardly visible. Lyrifissyre <i>im</i> S-shaped. Opisthosomal gland openings located lateral-posteriorly to <i> h 3</i> . Gnathosoma (Figs 2, 11). Subcapitulum: 54 × 96. Setae <i>h</i> (13), <i>m</i> (40) and <i>a</i> (11) setiform, smooth. Epimeral region (Figs 2, 11). Epimeral setal formula 3–1–3–3, setiform, smooth. Setae <i>1a</i> and <i>2a</i> only alveoli present; 3b (4) shortest; <i>1c</i>, <i>3a</i>, <i>3c</i> and <i>4c</i> (19–33) middle; <i>1b</i>, <i>4a</i>, and <i>4b</i> (38–46) longest. Setae <i>3c</i> and <i>4c</i> inserted laterally. Pedotecta II convex. Discidia triangular, pointed-ended. Anogenital (Figs 9–10). Six pairs of genital setae (<i> g 1 – g 2</i> 33–38, <i> g 3 – g 6</i> 24–27), one pair of aggenital (35). Two pairs of anal (15–17) and three pairs of adanal (15–25) setae setiform, smooth. Lyrifissures <i>iad</i> located in paranal position, near to anal plates, anterior to <i> ad 3</i> . Legs (Figs 13–23). Monoda ctylous. Generally similar to other species of Achipteriidae. Formulae of leg setation and solenidia: I (1–5–3–4–20)[1–2–2], II (1–5–3–4–14)[1–2–2], III (1–2–1–3–12)[1–1–0], IV (1–2–2–3–11)[1–1–0]. Seta <i>s</i> of tarsi II and I thick, with strong spines unilaterally. Famulus short, blunt-ended. Material examined. Holotype male, China, Yunnan, Nujiang Prefecture, Lushui County, Pianma Town (26º0’N, 98º37’E), 12 July 2010, Ping Feng, in moss. Paratypes 2 males, same data as holotype. All deposited in Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang City, China (GUGC). Distribution. China (Yunnan). Etymology. The specific name “ <i>pianmaensis</i> ” refers to the type locality, Pianma Town.
description: Published as part of <i>Tang, Qiu-Xiao, Yang, Mao-Fa &amp; Liang, Wen-Qin, 2015, First record of Cubachipteria (Acari: Oribatida: Achipteriidae) in China, with descriptions of two new species, pp. 250-257 in Zoological Systematics 40 (3)</i> on page 251, DOI: 10.11865/zs.20150302, http://zenodo.org/record/7176330