Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 34 (1) : 28- 31 (Jan. , 2009) ISSN1000(cid:1)0739 动物分类学报 A NEW SPECIES OF TURNIXACARUS , A NEWLY RECORDFEATHER MITE GENUS (ASTIGMATA, PTEROLICHIDAE), FROM CHINA WANG Zi(cid:1)Ying, LIUJin, WANGJin(cid:1)Jun* Key Laboratoryof Entomology andPest Control Engineering, Collegeof Plant Protection, SouthwestUniversity, Chongqing(cid:1) 400716, China Abstract(cid:1) The presentpaper dealswitha newly recorded genusTurnixacarus Gaudet Atyeo, 1996and a newspecies, Turnixacarus longisetus sp. nov. collectedfromTurnixsuscitator blakistoni (Swinhoe) (Gruiformes, Turnicidae) in Guizhou Province ofChina. The type specimens of the newspeciesarepreservedinthe Insect Collectionof Southwest University, Chongqing, China. Key words(cid:1) Feathermites, Pterolichidae, Turnixacarus, newrecord, newspecies. (cid:1) (cid:1) Feather mites are obligatory permanent ectoparasites idiosomal shields entire, glabrous, surrounded by wide or paraphages livingon almostall recent orders of birds. striae; without scapular shield and humeral shield; setae They occur on flight feathers and large coverts of the c3 short, piliform; legs (cid:2)(cid:1)∀ subequal in length; tarsi wings, sometimes in the down, layer and on the skin (cid:2), slightly longer than tibiae (cid:2) and ; setae ba (Gaud & Atyeo, 1996; Dabert, 1999; Mironov, 2003; near (cid:2)1 on tarsi (cid:2) and ; (cid:2)1 on tarsi (cid:2) minute; Proctor, 2003). There are over 2400 known species in ambulacra edentate, with a small notch at the margin 450genera of 33(cid:1)36families in3superfamilies (Mironov, midpoint. 2003), and the assumed total number of species is Keyto Speciesof Turnixacarus Gaudet Atyeo, 1996 probably about 10000 or even much more ( Gaud & 1. Epimerites !a absent in both sexes; male lobes without postlobar Atyeo, 1996; Dabert, 1999). membranes, setae h2, h3 on hysteronotal shield; female setaee2 15(cid:1) The genus Turnixacarus was described by Gaud and 20 minlength ######## T. exutus Gaudet Atyeo, 1996 Epimerites !a present in both sexes; male lobes with postlobar Atyeo in 1996. Currently, there is only one known membranes, setaeh2, h3onthemembranes; femalesetaee252(cid:1)65 m species assigned to the genus: T. exutus Gaud et Atyeo, inlength ############## T. longisetus sp. nov. 1996. This species was collected from Turnix suscitator Turnixacaruslongisetus sp. nov. (Figs. 1(cid:1)6) suscitator ( Gmelin) ( Gruiformes, Turnicidae ) in Indonesia, T. suscitatorfasciata ( Temminck) in Philippine Male. Terminal cleft small; lobes with postlobar Islands and T. suscitator blakistoni (Swinhoe) in Vietnam membranes; setaeps1piliform; setae h3large, fusiform; genital organ between coxae ∀; epimerites !a present, (Gaud & Atyeo, 1996). In this paper, a new species is described. jointing with epimerites ∀; adanal discs sclerotized, disc Idiosomal length was measured from the anterior membranes with radiating striae; legs !, ∀ subequal; tarsus ∀ with subapical claw, setae d, e not visible. margin of prodorsum to the opisthosomal lobes. Width of idiosomal was measured at the level of setae c2. Idiosomal measurements: length 185(cid:2)1 (181(cid:2)9, 184(cid:2)3), Distances between pairs of setae were taken from the width116(cid:2)9(123(cid:2)5, 126(cid:2)2) . Distancebetween setae: se ∃se 38(cid:2)4 (39(cid:2)8, 38(cid:2)5), si: si 27(cid:2)0 (28(cid:2)4, 27(cid:2)4), h3 centre of insertion. Themeasurementsinmicrometers are givenfor the holotype male and nine paratype specimens length 50(cid:2)1 ( 50(cid:2)0, 50(cid:2)2). Length of legs, tibiae: (cid:2) (two males and seven females). The terminology of 17(cid:2)4 ( 16(cid:2)3, 16(cid:2)6), 17(cid:2)5 ( 16(cid:2)0, 16(cid:2)3), ∀ 16(cid:2)3 (16(cid:2)1, 16(cid:2)8); tarsi: (cid:2) 21(cid:2)1 ( 21(cid:2)0, 22(cid:2)1), 21(cid:2)8 idiosoma and chaetotaxyfollows that of Gaud and Atyeo (1996). Holotype (male) andparatypes are deposited in (21(cid:2)9, 22(cid:2)3), ∀20(cid:2)9 (20(cid:2)9, 21(cid:2)6) . the Insect Collection, SouthwestUniversity, Chongqing, Female. Proterosoma similar to male; hysteronotal China. shield including setae e2, e2 long; setae h3 minute; epigynum short; epimerites !a present, jointing with Turnixacarus Gaud et Atyeo, 1996 (cid:1) New record to epimerites ∀. Idiosomal measurements: length 283(cid:2)1 China (282(cid:2)0(cid:1)329(cid:2)7), width 150(cid:2)4 ( 156(cid:2)0(cid:1)199(cid:2)7). Distance Type species: Turnixacarus exutus Gaud and Atyeo, between setae: se: se 51(cid:2)6 ( 53(cid:2)6(cid:1)63(cid:2)9), si ∃si 38(cid:2)1 1996 (39(cid:2)4(cid:1)46(cid:2)6). Length of legs, tibiae: (cid:2) 20(cid:2)3 ( 19(cid:2)5(cid:1) Gnathosoma quadrate; epimerites (cid:2) U(cid:1)shaped; 23(cid:2)5), 20(cid:2)3 ( 19(cid:2)3(cid:1)22(cid:2)1), ∀ 16(cid:2)1 ( 17(cid:2)8(cid:1)22(cid:2)4); setae d1, e1, h1, and solenidia (cid:1) , (cid:1)! absent; tarsi: (cid:2) 23(cid:2)7 ( 28(cid:2)5(cid:1)32(cid:2)1), 23(cid:2)8 ( 28(cid:2)2(cid:1)35(cid:2)4) , ∀ cupules, opisthonotal gland openings absent; dorsal 36(cid:2)6 (36(cid:2)3(cid:1)42(cid:2)5) . This workwassupportedbytheProgramfor NewCenturyExcellentTalentsinUniversityof ChineseMinistryofEducation(NCET(cid:1)04(cid:1)0854). * Corresponding author, E(cid:1)mail: [email protected], [email protected] Received17 Sep. 2008, accepted5Nov. 2008. 28 Jan., 2009 王梓英等: 中国羽螨新纪录属一新种记述 29 (cid:1) Figs. 1(cid:1)4. Turnixacarus longisetus sp. nov. 1. Male dorsal view. 2. Male ventral view. 3. Female dorsal view. 4. Female ventral view. Ep. epimerites. 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Entomol., 48: 185(cid:1)209. Yong(cid:1)Xue ( Southwest University, China) for his kind Jan., 2009 王梓英等: 中国羽螨新纪录属一新种记述 31 (cid:1) 中国羽螨新纪录属一新种记述 王梓英(cid:1) 刘(cid:1) 晋(cid:1) 王进军* 西南大学植物保护学院, 昆虫学及害虫控制工程重庆市重点实验室(cid:1) 重庆(cid:1) 400716 摘(cid:1) 要 (cid:1) 简要介绍了羽螨, 并记述中国 1 新纪录属 体长较短, 尾叶周边围有狭窄膜片, 着生h2, h3 毛; 雌螨 Turnixacarus Gaudand Atyeo, 1996 及 1新种: 长毛三趾鹑螨 e2毛长是T. exutus 的2~ 4倍。标本采自贵州荔波棕三趾鹑 T. longisetus sp. nov.。新种与已知种 T. exutus 的区别在于: Turnix suscitator blakistoni 羽毛上, 保存于西南大学昆虫标本馆。 新种两性都有亚基节内突!a,并与亚基节内突∀连接; 雄螨 关键词(cid:1) 羽螨, 翅螨科, 三趾鹑螨属, 新纪录, 新种. 中图分类号(cid:1) Q959(cid:2)226 * 通讯作者.