Aculops buddlejaes Xue & Song & Hong 2010, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Xue, Xiao-Feng
name: Song, Zi-Wei
name: Hong, Xiao-Yue
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Eriophyidae
Aculops
Aculops buddlejaes

description: Aculops buddlejaes sp. nov.
(Figs 5 & 6)
Description. FEMALE: (n = 15) Body fusiform, 223 (210–229), 51 (49–55) wide, 65 (63–66) thick; light yellow. Gnathosoma 21 (19–23), projecting obliquely down, pedipalp coxal seta (ep) 3 (3–4), dorsal pedipalp genual seta (d) 6 (5–6), cheliceral stylets 18 (18–19). Prodorsal shield 35 (34–36), 37 (35–40) wide, median line present 1/3 at base, admedian and submedian lines present; anterior shield lobe present. Scapular tubercles on rear shield margin, 25 (25–26) apart, scapular setae (sc) 24 (22–25), projecting posteriorly and diverging. Coxal plates I with few short lines, coxal plates II smooth, anterolateral setae on coxisternum І (1b) 10 (10–11), 12 (12–13) apart, proximal setae on coxisternum І (1a) 21 (18–23), 8 (7–8) apart, proximal setae on coxisternum І (2a) 35 (33–37), 23 (23–24) apart. Prosternal apodeme 8 (7–8). Legs with usual series of setae. Leg І 39 (38–39), femur 10 (9–10), basiventral femoral seta (bv) 10 (10–11); genu 5 (4–5), antaxial genual seta (l'') 22 (22–23); tibia 8 (7–8), paraxial tibial seta (l') 7 (6–7), located at 1/3 from dorsal base, tarsus 7 (6–7), seta ft' 20 (18–20), seta ft'' 22 (20–22), seta u' 4 (4–5), tarsal empodium (em) 6 (5–6), simple, 4-rayed, tarsal solenidion (ω) 9 (8–9), rod-like. Leg І 28 (27–29), femur 7 (7–8), basiventral femoral seta (bv) 9 (9– 10); genu 4 (4–5), antaxial genual seta (l'') 11 (10–11); tibia 6 (6–7); tarsus 7 (6–7), seta ft' 7 (5–7), seta ft'' 22 (20–23), seta u' 5 (4–5), tarsal empodium (em) 6 (6–7), simple, 4-rayed, tarsal solenidion (ω) 9 (8–9), rodlike. Opisthosoma: opisthosoma dorsally with 26 (24–27) annuli, with spiny microtubercles on rear annular margins, projecting forward on annuli 1–17, and posteriorly thereafter; annuli 18–21 larger with lobe-like sculptures posteriorly; opisthosoma ventrally with 76 (71–78) annuli, with small elliptical microtubercles on rear annular margins. Setae c2 22 (20–23) on ventral annulus 13 (13–14), 42 (42–43) apart; setae d 48 (45–50) on ventral annulus 29 (29–31), 26 (26–27) apart; setae e 15 (14–15) on ventral annulus 48 (45–48), 14 (14– 15) apart, setae f 25 (22–27) on 6th ventral annulus from rear, 16 (16–17) apart. Setae h1 4 (3–4), h2 56 (56– 57). Female genitalia 13 (12–13), 22 (22–23) wide, coverflap smooth, setae 3a 15 (15–16), 18 (16–19) apart.
MALE: Unknown.
Type material. Holotype, female (slide number NJAUAcariEri326, marked Holotype), from Buddleja lindleyana Fort. (Buddlejaceae), Changqing Nature Reserve, Yang County, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China, 33°35ʹ23ʹʹN, 107°32ʹ26ʹʹE, elevation 1083m, 9 August 2005, coll. Xiao-Feng Xue and Zi-Wei Song. Paratypes, 14 females (slide number NJAUAcariEri326), with the same data as holotype.
Relation to host. Vagrant on leaf surface. No damage to the host was observed.
Etymology. The specific designation buddlejaes is from the generic name of host plant, Buddleja.
Differential diagnosis. This species is similar to Aculops salviifoliae Meyer & Ueckermann, 1990 (from Buddleja salvifolia) but can be differentiated from the latter by prodorsal shield with median and submedian lines (median and submedian lines absent in A. salviifoliae), empodium 4-rayed (empodium 6-rayed in A. salviifoliae), and dorsal annuli with microtubercles (dorsal annuli smooth in A. salviifoliae).
description: Published as part of Xue, Xiao-Feng, Song, Zi-Wei & Hong, Xiao-Yue, 2010, Five new species of Anthocoptini from China (Acari: Eriophyidae), pp. 29-44 in Zootaxa 2666 (1) on pages 35-38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2666.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5302410