1. Gunabopicobia masalaje Kaszewska, Kavetska & Skoracki, 2014, sp. nov
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Kaszewska, Katarzyna, Kavetska, Katarzyna, and Skoracki, Maciej
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Gunabopicobia masalaje ,Animalia ,Columbiformes ,Biodiversity ,Chordata ,Columbidae ,Aves ,Taxonomy ,Gunabopicobia - Abstract
Gunabopicobia masalaje sp. nov. (Figs. 1–3) Description. FEMALE, holotype. Total body length 470 (470–493 in 8 paratypes). Gnathosoma. Hypostomal apex truncate with pair of small and blunt-ended shoulders (Fig. 2 A). Each medial branch of peritremes with 6–7 chambers, each lateral branch with 5–6 chambers (Fig. 2 B). Length of stylophore 195 (190–210). Distal end of movable cheliceral digit dentate, each with 3 teeth (Fig. 2 A), proximal end smooth (Fig. 2 D). Idiosoma. Propodonotal shield divided into 3 sclerites: pair of narrow, densely punctate, bearing bases of setae vi, ve, si and se; and large apunctate central sclerite, bearing setae c 1 bases. Length ratio of setae vi: ve: si 1: 2.5–2.7: 2.6–2.8. Setae d 2 about twice as long as e 2. Pygidial and hysteronotal shields absent. Length ratio of setae f 1: f 2 1: 1.2–1.6. Setae f 1 and f 2 located at same transverse level. Setae h 1 1.8 times longer than f 1. Agenital and genital plates absent. Length ratio of setae ag 1: ag 2: ag 3 2.8–3.5: 1: 3.6–4. Setae 3 c about 4 times longer than 3 b. Cuticular striations as in figs 1 A, B. Legs. Antaxial and paraxial claw members of legs III and IV dissimilar in size and shape. Setae tc” of legs III and IV slightly (1.2 times) longer than tc’III–IV. Solenidia of legs I as in fig. 2 C. Lengths of setae: vi 60 (50–65), ve 150 (150–185), si 160 (150–170), se 255 (250–270), c 1 260 (240–280), c 2 280 (270–310), d 1 215 (190–220), d 2 235 (235–255), e 2 135 (110–140), f 1 25 (20–35), f 2 40 (25–40), h 1 45 (35–45), ag 1 70 (70–100), ag 2 25 (20–30), ag 3 90 (90–100), tc’III–IV (50), tc”III–IV (60), 3 b 30 (25–40), 3 c 110 (100–135). MALE (3 paratypes). Total body length 350–365. Gnathosoma. Hypostomal apex without protuberances (Fig. 2 E). Distal end of movable cheliceral digit dentate. Each medial branch of peritremes with 6 chambers, each lateral branch with 6 chambers (Fig. 2 F). Length of stylophore 100–105. Idiosoma. Propodonotal shield entire, rectangular in shape, punctate, bearing bases of setae vi, ve, si, se and c 1. Length ratio of setae vi: ve: si 1: 3.5–4.3: 3.8–4. Hysteronotal shield entire, apunctate, bearing bases setae e 2 and d 1. Setae d 2 8 times longer than e 2. Pygidial shield apunctate. Agenital plate apunctate, well sclerotised, its anterior margin reach setae 4 b. Setae ag 1 slightly (1.2 times) longer than ag 2. Setae 3 c about 3 times longer than 3 b. Cuticular striations as in figs 3 A, B. Lengths of setae: vi 30–40, ve 130–140, si 155–160, se 185–190, c 1 130–145, c 2 165–185, d 1 20–30, d 2 155–165, e 2 15 –20, f 2 10–15, h 2 230–240, ag 1 80, ag 2 65, 3b 20, 3c 60–65. Type material. Female holotype, 8 female and 3 male paratypes from quill of body feathers of Ptilinopus iozonus Gray (Columbidae); PAPUA NEW GUINEA: April 1910, coll. Wiedenfeld. Type material deposition. All specimens are deposited in the AMU (Reg. No. AMU-SYR. 489), except 1 female paratype in the ZSM (Reg. No. ZSM- 20112043) and 1 female paratype in the ZISP (ZISP-AVB 011- 2908 - 023). Additional material. Four females from Ducula pistrinaria Bonaparte (Columbidae), PAPUA NEW GUINEA: New Britain Island, 17 August 1912, coll. Basenbruch (deposited in the AMU (Reg. No. AMU- SYR. 496) and 1 female in the ZSM (Reg. No. ZSM- 20112044)). Two females and 3 males from Ducula rosacea (Temminick) (Columbidae); INDONESIA: East Nusa Tenggara, Kupang, Semau Island, 21 April 1911, coll. Haniel (deposited in the AMU (Reg. No. AMU-SYR. 497), except 1 female in the ZSM (Reg. No. ZSM 20112051)). Three females from Ducula rufigaster (Quoy and Gaimard) (Columbidae), PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Astrolabe, 5 March 1894, coll. Hagen (deposited in AMU (Reg. No. AMU-SYR. 498)). One female from Ducula luctuosa (Temminick) (Columbidae), INDONESIA: Sulawesi Island, coll. Rvedel (deposited in AMU (Reg. No. AMU- SYR. 501)). Two females from Ducula spilorrhoa (Gray) (Columbidae), PAPUA NEW GUINEA: 17 March 1911, coll. Wiedenfeld (deposited in AMU (Reg. No. AMU-SYR. 502)). Differential diagnosis. This new species is distinguished from a single previously described species in this genus, Gunabopicobia zumpti (Lawrence, 1959), by the following features: in females of G. masalaje sp. nov., each medial branch of the peritremes has 6–7 chambers, each lateral branch has 5–6 chambers; the propodonotal shield is densely punctate near bases of setae vi and si; the length ratios of setae vi: ve: si and ag 1: ag 2: ag 3 are 1: 2.5–2.7: 2.6–2.8 and 2.8–3.5: 1: 3.8–4, respectively. In females of G. z u m p t i, each medial branch of the peritremes has 2–3 chambers, each lateral branch of the peritremes has 10–11 chambers, the length ratios of setae vi: ve: si and ag 1: ag 2: ag 3 are 1: 2–2.2: 3.2–3.8 and 1: 1: 3, respectively. Etymology. The specific epithet “ masalaje ” derives from the Papuan and New Guinean spirit which inhabit the forest—Masalaje.
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