Lanceacheyla filipina, a new species of cave-inhabiting predatory mite from the Philippines (Acari: Cheyletidae: Cheyletinae)

Issue Date

4-2016

Abstract

A new species, Lanceacheyla filipina (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Cheyletidae) from bat guano inside a cave in Bulacan Province, Luzon Island, Philippines id described. This species differs from the generic type species, L. whartoni Xia, Klompen & Childers, 2011, by the lanceolate caudal seta h2 which, like the humeral seta c2 is, differentiated in shape from the squamiform setae of dorsal shields; presence of hornlike anterolateral projections of protegmen, reticulate (vs. granulate) pattern of tegmen and protegmen; presence of cupules im and ip; and transverse arrangement of anal setae ps1-3 on a half-moon shaped anal plate (vs. longitudunal). Morphological characteristics were described and illustrated based on the female of this species.

Source or Periodical Title

The Philippine Entomologist

ISSN

0048-3753

Volume

30

Issue

1

Page

1-9

Document Type

Article

Frequency

semi-annually

Physical Description

illustrations

Language

English

En – AGROVOC descriptors

CHEYLETIDAE; PROSTIGMATA; PREDATORY MITES; CAVERNICOLOUS SPECIES; NEW SPECIES; PHILIPPINES

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS