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956F571BFF95FFE933249DD6AF10FDEE.text	956F571BFF95FFE933249DD6AF10FDEE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neognathus Willmann 1952	<div><p>Genus Neognathus Willmann, 1952</p> <p>Type species: Neognathus insolitus Willmann, 1952, by original designation</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/956F571BFF95FFE933249DD6AF10FDEE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Khaustov, Alexander A.	Khaustov, Alexander A. (2024): A new species and a new record of Caligonellidae (Acari: Raphignathoidea) from Russia. Persian Journal of Acarology 13 (1): 1-11, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v13i1.83381, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/b71d5021-0b82-3489-970e-a1498cb1bdc2/
956F571BFF95FFEC30E79E43A9D0FBE7.text	956F571BFF95FFEC30E79E43A9D0FBE7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neognathus beshtauiensis Khaustov 2024	<div><p>Neognathus beshtauiensis sp. nov. (Figs. 1–3)</p> <p>http://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org: act: DE51827D-445C-4A7F-B904-F4A95241DDFF</p> <p>Diagnosis</p> <p>Female – Cupuli ia well developed, tarsi III and IV with eight setae each (vs present), genua III and IV with two setae each, tarsus IV without solenidion, tibia IV without solenidion, palpgenu with one seta, stylophore without lateral projections, peritremes with 5–6 pairs of segments, two pairs of pseudanal setae.</p> <p>Description</p> <p>Female (Figs. 1‒3) – Length of idiosoma 265 (240‒250), width 160 (135‒140).</p> <p>Idiosomal dorsum (Fig. 1A) ‒ Ovate. Dorsal idiosomal striae thin. Dorsal setae smooth, pointed. Cupules ia, im and ip large, almost round; ia located posterolaterad c1, im posterolaterad d, and ip anterolaterad f. Lengths of dorsal setae: vi 8 (8–9), ve 12 (12), sci 13 (13–14), sce 12 (12–13), c1 12 (12), c2 12 (11–12), d 14 (13–14), e 13 (12–13), f 13 (11–12), h1 11 (10–11), h2 13 (11–12).</p> <p>Idiosomal venter (Fig. 1B) ‒ All ventral setae smooth and pointed. Four pairs of aggenital and two pair of genital setae; cupuli ih located anterolaterad ag4. Anal valves with two pairs of pseudanal setae. Two longitudinal groups of tiny sclerites situated between setae 4a and ag1. Lengths of ventral setae: 1a 20 (20‒22), 1b 15 (15‒18), 1c 16 (16‒18), 2c 19 (19‒20), 3a 20 (20‒23), 3c 16 (16‒20), 4a 19 (19‒20), 4c 16 (14‒16), ag1 16 (16‒18), ag2 15 (15‒18), ag3 13 (13‒18), ag4 11 (11‒13), g1 15 (15‒17), g2 15 (15‒16), ps1 11 (11), ps2 11 (11‒13).</p> <p>Gnathosoma (Fig. 2) ‒ Stylophore width 38 (38‒40); peritremes with 5–6 pairs of segments; cheliceral stylets 30 (30‒31), slightly curved; cheliceral levers poorly visible, about three times shorter than cheliceral stylets. Palpal supracoxal setae (ep) short, peg-like; palpal chaetotaxy: Tr 0, Fe 1 (d), Ge 1 (d), Ti 3 (d, l’, l”), Ta 8(1) (ba, bp, lp, va, acmϛ, ul’ϛ, ul”ϛ, sulϛ, ω); tibial claw well developed, slightly hooked; all palpal setae smooth, eupathidia acmϛ, ul’ϛ, ul”ϛ, sulϛ blunt-tipped, other palpal setae pointed. Subcapitulum with delicate striae in basal part; all subcapitular setae smooth and pointed; lengths of subcapitular setae: m 16 (16‒18), n 37 (37‒38), or1 11 (11‒12), or2 11 (11‒12), length of palptarsal solenidion ω 4 (4).</p> <p>Legs (Fig. 3) ‒ Lengths of legs: I 165 (170‒180), II 125 (125‒130), III 125 (125‒130), IV 155 (155‒160). Leg I (Fig. 3A). Leg setation: Tr 1 (v’), Fe 3 (d, l’, bv”), Ge 6 (d, l’, l”, v’, v”, k), Ti 5(2) (dϛ, l’, l”, v’, v”, φ, φp), Ta 14(2) (ft’ϛ, ft”ϛ, tc’ϛ, tc”ϛ, p’ϛ, p”ϛ, a’, a”, u’, u”, vsϛ, pv’, pl’, pl”, ω1, ω2). Supracoxal seta of leg I (el) peg-like; all leg setae smooth; setae d of tibia, (ft), (tc), (p) and vs of tarsus eupathid-like, blunt-tipped; other leg setae pointed; solenidion ω1 8 (8) digitiform, solenidion ω2 11 (11) baculiform and curved, solenidion φ 4 (4) digitiform, solenidion φp 8 (8‒9) baculiform and curved, seta k 3 (3). Leg II (Fig. 3B). Leg setation: Tr 1 (v’), Fe 3 (d, l’, bv”), Ge 6 (d, l’, l”, v’, v”, k), Ti 5(1) (dϛ, l’, l”, v’, v”, φp), Ta 9(2) (ft’, tc’ϛ, tc”ϛ, a’, a”, u’, u”, pv, vs, ω1, ω2). All leg setae smooth; setae d of tibia and (tc) of tarsus eupathid-like, blunt-tipped; other leg setae pointed; solenidion ω1 7 (6‒7) digitiform, solenidion ω2 8 (8) baculiform and curved, solenidion φp 9 (7) baculiform, seta k 3 (3). Leg III (Fig. 3C). Leg setation: Tr 2 (l’, v’), Fe 2 (d, ev’), Ge 2 (d, v’), Ti 4(1) (d, l”, v’, v”, φp), Ta 8(1) (tc’, tc”, a’, a”, u’, u”, pv, vs, ω). Solenidion ω 10 (9) digitiform, solenidion φp 9 (8) baculiform. All leg setae smooth and pointed. Seta l” of genu absent. Leg IV (Fig. 3D). Leg setation: Tr 1 (v’), Fe 2 (d, ev’), Ge 3 (d, v’), Ti 4 (d, l”, v’, v”), Ta 8 (tc’, tc”, a’, a”, u’, u”, pv, vs). Solenidia ω and φp absent. All leg setae smooth and pointed.</p> <p>Male and immatures unknown</p> <p>Type material</p> <p>Female holotype, slide ZISP T-Cal-05, Russia, Stavropol Krai, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=43.02028&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=44.103638" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 43.02028/lat 44.103638)">Beshtau mountain</a>, 44° 06' 13.1" N, 43° 01' 13.0" E, 30 July 2023, in soil on the meadow, 1180 m a.s.l., coll. A.A. Khaustov. Paratypes: 2 females, same data.</p> <p>Type deposition</p> <p>The holotype and one female paratype of the new species are deposited in the acarological collection of the Zoological Institute of RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia; one paratype is deposited in the mite collection of the Tyumen State University Museum of Zoology, Tyumen, Russia.</p> <p>Etymology</p> <p>The name of the new species refers to its distribution in Beshtau mountain.</p> <p>Differential diagnosis</p> <p>The female of the new species is very similar to Neognathus sibiriensis in having large palptibial claw, absence of solenidion ω on tarsus IV, absence of lateral projections on stylophore, presence of two pairs of pseudanal setae, presence of well-developed cupuli ia, presence of three setae on femur I, presence of seta k on genu II, presence of two setae on genu III, presence of only one seta on palpgenu, and presence of seta vs on tarsi III and IV. The new species differs from N. sibiriensis by the absence of solenidion on tibia IV (solenidion on tibia IV present in N. sibiriensis), presence of two setae on genu IV (three setae in N. sibiriensis), and in having 5–6 pairs of segments in peritremes (four pairs in N. sibiriensis).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/956F571BFF95FFEC30E79E43A9D0FBE7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Khaustov, Alexander A.	Khaustov, Alexander A. (2024): A new species and a new record of Caligonellidae (Acari: Raphignathoidea) from Russia. Persian Journal of Acarology 13 (1): 1-11, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v13i1.83381, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/b71d5021-0b82-3489-970e-a1498cb1bdc2/
956F571BFF90FFEC30BE98B8AE12FB69.text	956F571BFF90FFEC30BE98B8AE12FB69.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Molothrognathus Summers & Schlinger 1955	<div><p>Genus Molothrognathus Summers &amp; Schlinger, 1955</p> <p>Type species: Molothrognathus leptostylus Summers &amp; Schlinger, 1955, by original designation</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/956F571BFF90FFEC30BE98B8AE12FB69	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Khaustov, Alexander A.	Khaustov, Alexander A. (2024): A new species and a new record of Caligonellidae (Acari: Raphignathoidea) from Russia. Persian Journal of Acarology 13 (1): 1-11, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v13i1.83381, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/b71d5021-0b82-3489-970e-a1498cb1bdc2/
956F571BFF90FFE1304A993EA903FE91.text	956F571BFF90FFE1304A993EA903FE91.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Molothrognathus venustus (Khaustov & Kuznetsov 1997)	<div><p>Molothrognathus venustus (Khaustov &amp; Kuznetsov, 1997) (Figs. 4–7)</p> <p>Caligonella venusta Khaustov and Kuznetsov, 1997: 80</p> <p>Molothrognathus venusta: Doğan 2003, 69</p> <p>Molothrognathus artvinensis Koç and Ayyıldız, 1997: 47, synonymy by Doğan 2003, 69 Molothrognathus venustus: gender agreement, corrected here under art. 34.2 of ICZN</p> <p>Diagnosis</p> <p>Female – Dorsal shield absent; idiosomal striae very thick, double; three pairs of aggenital setae; three pairs of pseudanal setae; dorsal idiosomal setae short, subequal; seta vs of tarsus I absent; seta p” of tarsus II absent; tibia I with one solenidion; stylophore elliptical.</p> <p>Redescription</p> <p>Female (Figs. 4–6) – Length of idiosoma 390‒410, width 205‒210.</p> <p>Idiosomal dorsum (Fig. 4A) ‒ Ovate. Dorsal idiosomal striae thick, usually double; dorsal shield absent. Two pairs of subequal ocelli located posterolaterad setae sci. Cupuli ia, im and ip large, almost round; ia located just posteromesad posterior ocellus, im anterolaterad d, and ip posterolaterad f. All dorsal idiosomal setae short, subequal, smooth and pointed. Anal valves located dorsoterminal, with three pairs of pseudanal setae; setae ps3 located dorsally. A pair of longitudinal, oblique rows of tiny subcuticular sclerites situated laterad setae c1 and d. Lengths of dorsal setae: vi 19‒20, ve 17‒18, sci 19‒23, sce 20‒21, c1 18‒19, c2 19‒20, d 17‒18, e 17, f 15‒16,</p> <p>h1 15‒17, h2 16, ps1 8, ps2 12, ps3 13.</p> <p>Idiosomal venter (Fig. 4B) ‒ Ventral idiosoma striated, without plates. All ventral setae smooth and pointed. Setae 3a located on the margin of coxisternal fields III. Coxisternal fields I‒IV sparsely punctate. Three pairs of aggenital and one pair of genital setae; cupuli ih located anterolaterad ag3. A pair of almost parallel rows of small subcuticular sclerites situated laterad setae 4a. Lengths of ventral setae: 1a 25, 1b 22‒23, 1c 13‒14, 2c 13‒14, 3a 25‒26, 3b 14‒15, 4a 18‒19, 4c 13‒14, ag1 15‒16, ag2 12‒13, ag3 11‒13, g 12.</p> <p>Gnathosoma (Fig. 5) ‒ Stylophore short and wide, elliptical in shape; longitudinally striated in basal half and punctate in distal one, its width 67‒69; peritremes tubular, typical for the genus, their anterior ends situated near anterior margin of stylophore; peritremes inside with fine striae; cheliceral levers large, bean-shaped, about 1.5 times shorter than cheliceral stylets. Palpal supracoxal setae (ep) very small and located in deep depression with terminal pore; palpal chaetotaxy: Tr 0, Fe 1 (d), Ge 1 (d), Ti 3 (d, l’, l”), Ta 7(1) (ba, bp, va, acmϛ, ul’ϛ, ul”ϛ, sulϛ, ω); tibial claw large, slightly hooked; all palpal setae smooth, eupathidia acmϛ, ul’ϛ, ul”ϛ, and sulϛ distinctly widened distally, with four subapical flat lobes; seta va usually blunt-tipped, sometimes distinctly widened distally, with four subapical flat lobes (Fig. 2A); seta bp slightly flattened and blunt-tipped distally; seta ba pointed; solenidion ω very small, rod-shaped. Subcapitulum striated in basal half and punctate in distal one; all subcapitular setae smooth and pointed. Rostrum of subcapitulum short and wide, almost V-shaped split between setae or2. Lengths of subcapitular setae: m 30‒32, or1 11‒12, or2 11‒12, length of palptarsal solenidion ω 3, length of cheliceral stylet 28.</p> <p>Legs (Fig. 6) ‒ Lengths of legs (excluding claws): I 235, II 180‒185, III 200‒210, IV 225‒230. Leg I (Fig. 6A) longer than other legs. Leg setation: Tr 1 (v’), Fe 2 (d, bv”), Ge 6 (d, l’, l”, v’, v”, k), Ti 5(1) (d, l’, l”, v’, v”, φp), Ta 14(1) (ft’, ft”, tc’ϛ, tc”ϛ, p’ϛ, p”ϛ, a’, a”, u’, u”, pv’, pv”, pl’, pl”, ω). Supracoxal seta of leg I (el) located in deep depression with terminal pore; all leg setae smooth; seta vs absent, setae (tc) and (p) eupathid-like, blunt-tipped, with very small subapical projections, other leg setae pointed; solenidion ω 8 digitiform, solenidion φp 10‒11 baculiform; seta k 3 weakly clavate. Leg II (Fig. 6B). Leg setation: Tr 1 (v’), Fe 2 (d, bv”), Ge 4 (d, l’, l”, v’), Ti 5 (d, l’, l”, v’, v”), Ta 9(1) (ft’, tc’, tc”, a’, a”, u’, u”, pv’, pv”, ω). All leg setae smooth and pointed; seta p”ϛ absent; solenidion ω 6‒7 digitiform. Leg III (Fig. 6C). Leg setation: Tr 1 (v’), Fe 2 (d, ev’), Ge 2 (d, v’), Ti 4 (d, l”, v’, v”), Ta 8 (tc’, tc”, a’, a”, u’, u”, pv’, pv”). All leg setae smooth and pointed. Leg IV (Fig. 6D). Leg setation: Tr 1 (v’), Fe 2 (d, ev’), Ge 2 (d, v’), Ti 4 (d, l”, v’, v”), Ta 8 (tc’, tc”, a’, a”, u’, u”, pv’, pv”). All leg setae smooth and pointed.</p> <p>Male (Fig. 7) – Idiosoma narrower posteriorly than in female. Length of idiosoma 285, width 185.</p> <p>Idiosomal dorsum (Fig. 7A) ‒ Striation and setal lengths similar with those of female, except presence of almost smooth pygidial shield with setae h1 and h2. Only two pairs of pseudanal setae. Lengths of dorsal setae: vi 15, ve 13, sci 16, sce 18, c1 16, c2 16, d 15, e 14, f 14, h1 11, h2 14, ps1 11, ps2 12. Aedeagus weakly sclerotized, long, and slightly curved.</p> <p>Idiosomal venter (Fig. 7B) ‒ Ventral idiosoma completely striated. Two pairs of aggenital setae; genital setae absent. Other characters as in female. Lengths of ventral setae: 1a 18, 1b 19, 1c 13, 2c 13, 3a 22, 3b 12, 4a 16, 4c 15, ag1 16, ag2 16.</p> <p>Gnathosoma as in female. Width of stylophore 52, lengths of setae: m 22, or1 10, or2 10, length of palptarsal solenidion ω 3.</p> <p>Legs as in female, except absence of seta v’ on trochanters I‒IV. Lengths of legs: I 195, II 155,</p> <p>III 165, IV 185. Solenidion ω I 5, φp 7, ω II 5, seta k I 3.</p> <p>Immatures unknown.</p> <p>Material examined</p> <p>Two females, one male, Russia, Tyumen Oblast, city of Tyumen, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=65.6&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=57.166668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 65.6/lat 57.166668)">Gagarin Park</a>, moss on soil, 57° 10' N, 65° 36' E, 28 March 2023, collected by A.A. Khaustov.</p> <p>Remarks</p> <p>Molothrognathus venustus was described from Ukraine (Khaustov and Kuznetsov 1997). Doğan (2003) synonymized M. artvinensis Koç and Ayyıldız, 1997, described from Turkey, under M. venustus. The original description of M. venustus as well as description of M. artvinensis lacking detailed illustrations of some gnathosomal structures and legs. Male was not depicted. The comparison of specimens collected in Western Siberia with the type material of M. venustus confirms their identity. Using DIC revealed an unusual shape of some setae on palptarsus, which were missed in original description.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/956F571BFF90FFE1304A993EA903FE91	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Khaustov, Alexander A.	Khaustov, Alexander A. (2024): A new species and a new record of Caligonellidae (Acari: Raphignathoidea) from Russia. Persian Journal of Acarology 13 (1): 1-11, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v13i1.83381, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/b71d5021-0b82-3489-970e-a1498cb1bdc2/
