Neophyllobius lorestanicus Khanjani, Hoseini, Yazdanpanah & Masoudian, 2014, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Khanjani, Mohammad
name: Hoseini, Mohammad Ahmad
name: Yazdanpanah, Shima
name: Masoudian, Farshad
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Camerobiidae
Neophyllobius
Neophyllobius lorestanicus

description: Neophyllobius lorestanicus sp. nov.
(Figs. 33–49)
Diagnosis. Tarsi I–II 10 (ω)–9(ω), seta vi <ve, seta c1 83–86, c2 90–94, d1 130–143, e1 128–131; genual setae I 210– 223, II 275–280, genua setae IV 302–338, seta vi 67 –77, sce 65–72, c1 83–86, d2 63–77, f1 100–106, f2 40–44.
FEMALE (n=4). Dimensions (range of paratypes in parenthesis): length of body excluding gnathosoma 325 (340–360), width 300 (313–320).
Dorsum (Fig. 33). With 15 pairs of long serrated setae set on tubercles, all setae longer than distance to setae next behind. Length of prodorsal setae: vi 73 (67–68), ve 62 (59–61), sci 66 (60–63), sce 72 (66–70), pdx 70 (70– 72), opisthosomal setae: c1 86 (83–86), c2 94 (90–93), d1 142 (137–138), d2 67 (63–67), e1 131 (128–130), e2 73 (68–72), f1 106 (100–103), f2 44 (40–44), h1 47 (42–44), h2 36 (36–38). Distances between setae: vi– vi 60 (57–59), ve–ve 104 (100–102), vi–ve 33 (30–31), vi–pdx 52 (51–54), pdx–pdx 12 (10–10), pdx–c1 27 (29–33), c1–d1 40 (41– 43), d1–d1 9 (7–7), d1–d2 88 (86–87), d1– e 1 35 (48–51), sci–sci 110 (108–110), ve–sci 10 (9–10), sce–sce 148 (144– 145), sci–sce 32 (33–34), sce–c1 100 (105), sce–c2 49 (52–53), c1–c1 12 (10–10), c1–c2 94 (91–93), c2–c2 179 (184– 185), d2–d2 160 (172–175), e1– e 1 8 (6–7), e1–f1 55 (50–52), f1–h1 54 (66–68), e1– e 2 75 (73–75), d2– e 2 38 (33–36), f1– f1 7 (6–6), f1–f2 70 (68–70), f2–f2 120 (125), e2–f2 76 (80–81), h1–h1 5 (4–5), h1–h2 22 (22–23), h2–h2 50 (52–54), c2–d2 51 (52–58), d2– e 2 38 (34–36), f2–h2 36 (35–38). Two pairs of eyes, anterolateral to sce.
Venter (Fig. 34). Coxal setae stout and serrate, setae 1a slender and slightly serrate. Endopodal shields absent. Anogenital area with one pair of aggenital setae (ag), two pairs of genital setae (g1–2) and three pairs of anal setae (ps1–3) (Fig. 4). Length of ventral setae: Setae 1a 28 (26–27), 1b 26 (25–27), 1c 58 (56–57), 2b 46 (44–45), 3b 36 (34–35), 3c 46 (42–43), 4a 40 (37–39), 4b 28 (26–28), 4c 34 (36–37). Anogenital setae: ag 26 (23–25), g1 16 (15– 17), g2 15 (14), ps1 15 (13), ps2 14 (13), ps3 15 (14).
Gnathosoma (Figs. 35–37). Gnathosoma 89 (83–85) long (from base of infracapitulum to tip of palp) and 80 (75–80) wide. Infracapitulum with setae m 25 (22–24) only and two pairs of adoral setae (or1–2), or1 9 (8–9), or2 8 (7–9); m–m 26 (23–24) (Fig. 35). Palp five segmented with following setal distribution: tarsus with two eupathidia, two simple setae, one small solenidion; tibia with three tactile setae, one blade-like seta; genu with one long, slender, serrated seta 36 (35–38); femur with two serrated setae, 19 (18–20) and 30 (30–37) (fig. 37); chelicerae length 28 (25–27) (fig. 36).
Legs (Figs. 38–49). Leg measurements: leg I 578 (555–565), leg II 515 (500–506), leg III 542 (534–538), leg IV 585 (575–580), leg IV longer than others. Chaetotaxy of leg segments as follows: coxae 3–1–2–2, trochanters 1–1–1–1, femora 4–3–2–2, genua 1+1 κ –1+1 κ –1–1, tibiae 9+1 φ –8+1 φ –8+1 φ –7+1 φ, tarsi 10+1 ω –9+1 ω –8–8. Leg setae as illustrated in Figs 38–49. Genual setae III–IV longer than I–II (Figs. 39, 41, 43, 45). Genual setae lengths as follows: I–IV 223 (210–215)–279 (275–280)–306 (300–318)–327 (317–338).
Remarks. Neophyllobius lorestanicus sp. nov. closely resembles N. mitrae Khanjani & Ueckermann, 2011, but differs from the latter by: (1) shorter dorsal setae c1, 83–86, and f2 40–44, opposed to longer dorsal setae c1, 108– 109 and f 2, 52–55 in N. mitrae; (2) setae c2 longer than setae c1, as compared to setae c2 shorter than setae c 1 in N. mitrae; (3) genual setae I 210–223, II 275–280, III 300–318 respectively in N. lorestanicus whereas I 81 –83, II 155–157, III 236–259 in N. mitrae. The new species also similar to N. sultanensis Akyol & Koς, 2006a, in having equal lengths in some dorsal setae, but can be readily distinguished from N. sultanensis by: (1) femora II with three setae in the new species instead of four setae in N. sultanensis, (2) tarsi II with 9+1 ω setae in N. lorestanicus sp. nov. opposed to tarsi II with 10+1 ω setae in N. sultanensis, (3) length of f1 100–106 in the new species compared to f1 122 in N. sultanensis. The new species is also close to N. podocarpi Bolland, 1991 in having the same dorsal setae lengths, setal counts for tibiae and femora, but differs from the latter in: 1) shorter dorsal setae pdx 70–72, c1 83–86 as opposed to longer dorsal setae pdx 85, c1 125 in N. podocarpi 2) tarsi II with 9+1 ω in N. lorestanicus whereas tarsi II with 10+1 ω in N. podocarpi.
Male. Unknown.
Etymology. The new species is named after the name of the province, Lorestan, in southwest Iran, the birthplace of the second author.
Type materials. Holotype female from soil under of Prunus domestica L. (Rosaceae), and three paratype females from soil under Juglans regia L (Juglandaceae), Sarcheshmahe village, Mahallate, Markazi province, (33° 54' 39.94'' N, 50° 27' 10.15'' E, 1754 m above sea level), 8 Nov. 2012; col. Mohammad Ahmad Hoseini. The type materials are preserved as slide mounted specimens, the holotype female and two paratype females are deposited in the Acari collection of department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bu–Ali Sina, Hamedan, Iran and one paratype female will be deposited in the Arachnida Collection of ARC –Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
description: Published as part of Khanjani, Mohammad, Hoseini, Mohammad Ahmad, Yazdanpanah, Shima & Masoudian, Farshad, 2014, Neophyllobius lorestanicus sp. nov. and N. ostovani sp. nov. (Acari: Camerobiidae) from Iran, pp. 441-454 in Zootaxa 3764 (4) on page 450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3764.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/225926