Journal article
A new genus and family of sejine mites (Acari, Parasitiformes, Mesostigmata, Sejoidea) based on new species from Lord Howe Island and Brazil, and a redescription of Sejus americanus (Banks, 1902)
Zootaxa, Vol.3691(3), pp.301-323
2013
Abstract
The Sejoidea currently contains three families (Sejidae, Ichthyostomatogasteridae, Uropodellidae) of enigmatic mesostigmatic mites with a mixture of characters of general distribution in the Parasitiformes (e.g. hypertrichy, tarsus IV with an intercalary sclerite bearing a pair of ventral setae, archispermous mating system) and derived character states both unique (e.g. distinctive female sterno-gential region; first hypostomal setae adjacent and more or less membranous) and apparently convergent with other Mesostigmata (e.g. 2-tined palpal apotele, reduced dorsal sclerotisation in the adult, phoretic deutonymph). In this paper, I review the characters defining the Sejoidea; propose a new genus, Reginacharlottia gen. nov. based on two new species: one from Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia (R. lordhowensis sp. nov.) and one from Bahia State, Brazil (R. braziliensis sp. nov.) and erect a new family, Reginacharlottiidae fam. nov. to accommodate them. These new species share a number of unusual characters not otherwise known in the Sejida, including a plumose interdigital cheliceral excrescence, a highly reduced female genital shield, and a highly modified anal region covered by a pair of hypertrophied pre-anal setae; the postanal seta is absent. Adult female R. lordhowensis carry up to a dozen eggs that enclose fully developed larvae; the larvae also lack the postanal seta, but have a unique pygidial tubercle that may act as an egg burster. In addition, the female of Sejus americanus (Banks, 1902) is redescribed and the male described for the first time. Sejus species tend to be more typical of the warmer parts of the world, but S. americanus extends well into the boreal forest of Alberta, Canada (56°N). A key to separate the families of Sejoidea is provided
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- Title
- A new genus and family of sejine mites (Acari, Parasitiformes, Mesostigmata, Sejoidea) based on new species from Lord Howe Island and Brazil, and a redescription of Sejus americanus (Banks, 1902)
- Authors
- David E Walter (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
- Publication details
- Zootaxa, Vol.3691(3), pp.301-323
- Publisher
- Magnolia Press
- Date published
- 2013
- DOI
- 10.11646/zootaxa.3691.3.1
- ISSN
- 1175-5326; 1175-5326
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2013 Magnolia Press
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99447781402621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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