Tenuipalpus carlosflechtmanni Feres & Hernandes, n. sp.

Abstract

Tenuipalpus carlosflechtmanni Feres & Hernandes n. sp. (Figs. 1–8) Diagnosis: This species is placed in the caudatus group, annonae subgroup (Baker & Tuttle 1987; Meyer 1993); it is similar to T. oliveirai Flechtmann (1994), but differs from the latter mainly by the chaetotaxy of tarsi I–IV: 8 (1)­ 8 (1)­ 5 ­ 5 in T. carlosflechtmanni sp. n. and 7 (1)­ 6 (1)­ 3 ­ 3 in T. oliveirai. Female: (6 individuals)—Body length 286 (275–291); width 176 (165–176). Reddish colour when alive. Dorsum (Fig. 1): prodorsal ve 4 (3–4) and sci 3 (3–4) setae reduced, sce setae 30 (27–30) developed, slightly curved and serrate; hysterosomal setae similar to ve and sci, except h 2 whiplike; c 1 4 (3–6), c 3 9 (8–9), d 1 4 (4–6), d 3 5 (4–6), e 1 6 (4–6), e 3 11 (10–15), f 1 13 (12–15), f 2 14 (13–17), h 1 13 (12–14), h 2 128 (122–136). Ven te r (Figs. 2–3): IC 3 setae relatively short and IC 4 elongate; pre­genital setae reaching the bases of genital setae; in one specimen an extra IC 4 seta was observed (Fig. 3); with 2 pairs of genital setae longer than anal setae. Gnathosoma (Fig. 4): Palpus 3 ­segmented, 2 nd segment elongate with a long hairy seta dorso­distally; 3 rd segment short (3) with a terminal prominent rod­like solenidion (9 m), 3 times as long as the segment. Legs (Figs. 5–8): chaetotaxy (from coxa to tarsus): I 3 (including 1 a)­ 1­4 ­ 3­5 ­ 8 (1), II 2 ­ 1 ­4­ 3­5 ­ 8 (1), III 1­2 ­ 2 ­ 1­3 ­ 5, IV 1 ­ 1 ­ 1 ­ 0­3 ­ 5. Femur I with 2 serrate dorso­lateral setae and two pubescent ventral setae; femur II with 3 serrate dorso­lateral setae and 1 pubescent ventral seta. Male: Unknown. Relation to host: inhabits the upper surface of leaves, mainly along the midrib. Type material: Holotype female, ex. Qualea grandiflora Mart. (Vochysiaceae), September 17, 1987, “Sítio” Santo Antônio (20 º 44 ’S; 49 º 21 ’W), São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil (DZSJRP n. 6282). Paratypes: 5 females, same data as holotype (DZSJRP n. 6282–6284). Etymology: carlosflechtmanni, in homage to Dr. Carlos Holger Wenzel Flechtmann, eminent acarologist of the Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.Published as part of Feres, Reinaldo J. F. & Hernandes, Fábio A., 2006, Three new species of Tenuipalpus Donnadieu (Acari, Tenuipalpidae) from the State of São Paulo, Brazil, pp. 57-68 in Zootaxa 1125 on pages 58-60, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17180