A new species of Corynoppia (Acari, Oribatida, Oppiidae) from Biscay (the Basque Country, northern Spain)

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A New Species Corynoppia (AcarOir,ibatidaO,ppiidae)
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from Biscay(TheBasque Country,NorthernSpain)

Juan Carloslturrondobeitia'aMnadrtalnesSalofia

facultad de Ciencias ,Universida dde/ Pais 1i:asco, slh,
E-48940,Leioa,Vizcaya,SpainBOSartiena

ABSTRACT-A new oribatid mite belongin gto the famie yOppiida ei sdescribe dirom the province of Biscay
in the Basque Country ,Norther nSpain ,We propose the name Cosynoppi apapiltiseti gteor riat w,hose shape
and size of setae ta (Q) bearin gpapiii aies the main and distinct ifveeatur teo separate i tfrom allied species,
such as Corynoppj afoiiatoide sSub[as et Rodriguez, 1986. For the moment i thas been found in a coastal
meadow and eucaliptus, evergreen-oak, and pine iorests,
INTRODUCTION species of the genus ,lnterbotri dspiaacei with four spots and
soft lines as the remains of lamellar and translamella rstruc-
Some years ago, specimens ot an oppiid oribatld mite, tures, Foveolate tdegument ls easily distinguish iend laterals
which has been remalned unnamed up to now and being re- whereas a rugose cerotegument covers the re$t.
corded as Corynoppi asp, were coltected (lturrondo abndeitia
Sato6a ,1988), Although this species has appeared in a few Notogaster
ocassions (Echevar r19r8a0;, Salofi a1,988; and recently, Anterjor borde rwjth two small humeral spines and $etae
unpublished resuits) we have decided to record i tas a new ta (q) of a club-form structure bearin gpapill aaes the foliated
for science today due to the clear djstinct itveeature si ncom- ones (Fig s1A. and 2). This is the main character of differen-
pariso nwith its reiated species, The descripti ooin the shape tlatio nwith it selosest species C. iciiatoide sc,haracter that
of the main structures has been done according to the no- has been used by the authors to name the new specie$:
mendature ot Mahunka and Zombori <1985), "papiUisetigera" which means "...carrying setae with papillae"
Ln reference to the setae ta <q )and the rest ot the toliated
Coiynoppi apapiliiseti gne, rsap. setae. Notogaster bearing 9 pair set setae lik ethe widened
one$ described for the rostral and iamellar setae, Surfac eof
DESCRIPTION this body part with a rugose cerotegument anci uncter i ta
ioveolatetdegument.

Dimensions, colour and covering of body
Slze of 270-285 itm Iengt hand 128-140 Ltm width. Coiour Ventral region
Iigh tbrown. Body covered by an irregul raurgose-)ike cerotegu- Epimeral reglon has usual chaetotaxy 3:1:3i 3and
rnent, formed by not very thick irregul awrrinkles, mixect with apodeme apq softly marked (Fig s1,B and 3) .Genita lplates
di rt ,spread specialiy over the anterior and posteri oprart sot bear 5 pair sof setae and anal ones 2, The latterwi tcihliation
the dorsa lside and, to a lesser extent, on the ventral plate, hardl yvisible using non-contrast microscope, Fissures iad
whieh does not allow to discern well the tegument and other Iocate din paraana lpositio nA.danal aoj and adgenital ag se-
body structures. Once i tis removed a foveoiate tdegument ali tae small and setiform and arranged in a lin ew,hile adanals
over body, including the legs ,can be djstingujshed, aai anct ad2 widened similarly to those of notogaster and
prodorsum .Softly foveoiated tegument of the epimeral regLon
Prodorsum weV seen due to the absence of cerotegument whereasa softly
Rostra Land Iamellar setae foliate r,acquet shaped and rugo$e cerotegument appear in the ventral plate.
covered with small papiUae o,r spicuFes, sometimes scale-like
papill adeepending on the view pesitio n(sFlg s1,A and 2).ln- Legs
terlamella ranci exobotridial setae small and setiterm. Sensillus We have no genera lcomments about the legs and their
fusiform ,curved and laterall yciliated as i tis typica lin most chaetotaxy because the Eack ot material to compare with, So,
we refer totiguresas theyexp)ain themselves, Particularly

'Correspondingauthor: Tel, [phone]; remarkable are the following comments, All legs monodactiie
FAX. [phone]. with a softly foveolate tdegument (Fi g3},, Chaetotaxy f}tting
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int othe model proposed by Aril[ (o1995 f}or the family li l2/-3-1(1}-3(1)-1 2or 13,
Oppiidae ,based ,at the same time, on the nomenclature pro- IV :1 -2-2-3( )1- 9or 1O,
posals and setae posjtion sgive nby Norto n(1977 t)of the family Long solenidion ff ilocate don the extremity of an apo-
Damaeidae. A possibLe tormu]a is the following: physis of tibi a1 ,matter ahready describe bdy Perez-1fi i<g1 9o67)
I i1-5-2<1)-4(2)-20(2), in Stachyoppi akosaro vi matritensis, whereas the smaller g2
II 1i-5-2{1)-4(1)-14{2>, jus btehind i tT,ibia e)l l,l a:nd IV normal, without apophysis.
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Fig. 2.Laterai side of Corynoppia pa,piili'set in.gsep.r{ascale bar ,50 pm}.
A)l solenidia short, not exceeding ihe length of podomere with Type-series
the exception of a` whlch do not exceed the extreme ot the lndividual scollected in "Punta de Musques" <local oifty
leg. A lot ot setae dilate dtjk ethose of notogaster, This hyper- Somorrostra, Biscay Pfovince, Northern Spain), on March of
trophy could be the cause ot the reiative displacement ot the 1 979 by Marla Pila rEchebarria Rotaeche, have been selected
setae arranged i npairs ,f tfor example, and, probably ,the as the type - series. One of them has been selected as holo-
secondary Ioss of setae. Hence the tibia clhaetotaxy of legs type and the remainjng seven as paratypes, They have been
ll land IV instead of having 13 and 1O setae respectively, have deposited in the Laboratory of Zooiogy of the Sciences Fac-
12 and 9 because the loss of one seta, ulty of the Basque Country University ,located in Leioa {Biscay
province,Northern Spain>mounted wLth Hoyer insemiper-

Studied rnaterial and habitat manent slides.
Eightindividu acollslected in 1 979 in a meadow situated
in the localit oyf Somorrostr o(B]sc Paryovlnce) ,exactly in the DISCUSSION
smali cape "Punta de Musques" ln the seaboard facing north-
west and in consequence bearing strong winds. The main The new taxon belongs to the subfamily Mystroppiinae
vegetation composition covering the meadow isPiantago Balogh, 1983, and tothe genus CorynoppjBaalogh, 1983,

man'tima (seaplan taandi ngr)ass .The pH is slightly alkaline according to the cla$siflcatory system of Balogh and Batogh
and carbonate content is high ,The studled area i ssurrounded <1992 T)h,ere are tour taxa insid ethis genus, three species
by afforested eucalyptus lands, and a subspecies CSubi aasnd Balogh ,1989: Balogh and
One individu aco)llected i n1988 in an eucalyptus forest Ba)ogh ,1992) /Corynoppi aiotiat u(sMihel c1i95c7,) ;the type
situated in the localit yof Carranza {Bisca pyrovince> 18 km species Cotynoppia kosarovi (Jelev a1,962); Cotynoppia
far away from the forme rsite, This fores htas a pH vatve next kosarovi rnatritensis (Perez-1f 1i9i67g)o ,and Corynoppia
to 5 and i thas almost no contentin carbonates, Twe individu- ioiiatoi dSeusbias et Rodriguez ,1 986.
als collected in 1992, within a Project of Wiid Fire impact on Among all existing species, includi ntghe one proposed
oribatids, in an evergreen-oak fofes t$ampie situated in the in thi spaper ,we fin ddlfferenc easffecting the fo)iowi nigea-
locali toyf Car;anza (Bi¢say Province) ,One individua elollected tures /(1 )mean vaiues of body sLze (mean length and width in
in 1992, in the same Proiect of Fire impact on orjbatids, in a ,um, )(,2 )the shape and iength of sensilius (th etypica lof the
pine tores tsample situated in the locaMy ot Bilba o(Biscay genus versus a longer one), (3 )rostral setae {sma Hand
Province). seWorm versus foliatedc)1,4)setae ta(q}(smalanld setitorm

AIthoug hBisca yand AIaba province shave been inten- versus a iarge rc,lub-form one, bearin gpapillae (),5 )adanal
slvely sampled, no more individual sof this species have ap- setae adi (sma ianld setiform versus foliate d(>6, a)danai se-
peared up to now, So, i tseems to be a rare, not very abun- tae ad, (smal alnd setiform versus foljated )and (7 )the reia-
dant,spec[es, tive positj obnetween ag and ad3 (arrang eind a lin eversus a
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Tablet. Corynoppiaspeciesdefinablecharacters

Characters
Species 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
C. foliataC. 265x130325x1653t3y0pxi1c6a0l2t6y0pxi1c4a0l2fl7oo5nlxgi1e3ar5tteypsiectalslefttyoifproimrcmsael VormfofioilaLtaetfeolia tleargersetidfiesrpmlsaecteidformsetiformsetiform
kosarovi setiform setiform in linedisplaced
C, k, matfitensis setiform setiform
C, foiiatoides setiform foliate in line
C, papitSisetigera clubea foiiate in line
1/ mean values of body size, 2/ the shape and length of $en$illi .3/ rostral 4/ setae ta (q) .5/ adanal setae a4.
6/ adanal setae ac(]. 7/ the relative posjtio bnetween ag and aa,, (se etext'),setae.
thatislongitudinalydisplaced),
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