TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - A new species Zachvatkinibates svanhovdi sp. nov. (Acari: Oribatida: Punctoribatidae) from Norway with comments on Punctoribatidae in Fennoscandia
VL  - 63
IS  - 1
SP  - 41
EP  - 57
PY  - 2023
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Seniczak, Anna
AU  - Seniczak, Stanisław
AU  - Hagen, Snorre B.
AU  - Klütsch, Cornelya F. C.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.24349/skz7-19nt
DO  - 10.24349/skz7-19nt
DA  - 2023-01-13
ET  - 2023-01-13
KW  - oribatid mites
KW  - sexual dimorphism
KW  - leg setation
KW  - dorsal crest
KW  - sex structure
KW  - DNA barcoding
AB  - The adults of the new species Zachvatkinibates svanhovdi A.  Seniczak & S. Seniczak sp. nov. are described and illustrated from Norway, and this is the first finding of Zachvatkinibates Shaldybina, 1973 in Fennoscandia. This species is the most similar to Z. quadrivertex (Halbert, 1920), but differs from it mainly by the shape of notogastral setae, posterior tectum of notogaster and lack of postanal porose area Ap, which in Z. quadrivertex is present. In Z. svanhovdi, the prodorsal seta in is long, translamella is narrow, notogastral setae are short and distally pliable, notogastral porose areas are usually oval and of medium size, but Aa can be larger, especially in males. Dorsal crest on tarsus I is present. The cytochrome oxidase I (COI) barcodes (length: 658 bp) of five specimens of the new species are provided; the maximum variation within the species was 2.41% (p-dist). The morphology and ecology of the new species is compared with other Zachvatkinibates species. The knowledge on family Punctoribatidae in Fennoscandia is updated, and Mycobates carli (Schweizer, 1922) is first reported from Norway.
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