ABSTRACT

Teneriffiidae (Prostigmata: Anystoidea) is a poorly studied family of predatory mites that are recognized among its superfamily by thick raptorial palps, weakly marked naso, and rosette-like bothridial organs on prodorsum. In the present paper, a new species – Teneriffia aethiopica sp. nov. – is described from the soil material collected in Ethiopia. It is a relatively large species (about 1 mm); almost all coxal fields (I–III) have at least five epimeral setae; prodorsal shield and palpal oncophysis are present; ventral opisthosoma does not exhibit neotrichy, i.e. there are only six to seven pairs of aggenital setae ag present; pseudanal setal series is represented by four pairs of setae ps; claws on tarsi I–II are strongly bipectinate without empodia, and claws on tarsi III–IV are slightly serrate with smooth, hook-like empodia (almost the half of the size of each claw). Although representing unique characters, the rest of its morphological features suggest that it may form a group with members of the two currently defined genera Heteroteneriffia Hirst, 1925 and Teneriffia Thor, 1911 of which further study and re-examination have recently been proposed; hence, the present paper contributes some new knowledge that may be helpful in a future revision of this intriguing family.

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摘要

Teneriffiidae (Prostigmata: Anystoidea) 是一个研究不足的捕食性螨科，在其超科中通过厚厚的猛禽触须、弱标记的鼻腔和前背上的玫瑰花状器官被识别出来。在本文中，一个新物种 - Teneriffia aethiopica sp。十一月 – 从埃塞俄比亚收集的土壤材料中描述。它是一个比较大的物种（大约1毫米）；几乎所有的臀部区域（I-III）都有至少五根表生刚毛；存在前背盾和掌骨骺；腹侧opisthosoma不呈现neotrichy，即只有6个到7对aggenital刚毛AG本; 假刚毛系列由四对刚毛ps 表示; tarsi I-II 上的爪子是强烈的二叉状，没有 empodia，tarsi III-IV 上的爪子有轻微的锯齿，带有光滑的钩状 empodia（几乎是每个爪子大小的一半）。尽管代表了独特的特征，但其其余的形态特征表明它可能与目前定义的两个属Heteroteriffia Hirst, 1925 和Teneriffia Thor, 1911 的成员组成一个群，最近有人提议对其进行进一步研究和重新检查；因此，本文提供了一些新知识，可能有助于未来修订这个有趣的家庭。

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