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523DE20E4F0F9D7EFED518067DB8D37C.text	523DE20E4F0F9D7EFED518067DB8D37C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Raphignathus DugLs 1834	<div><p>Genus Raphignathus DugŁs, 1834</p><p>Type species — Raphignathus ruberrimus DugŁs, 1834.</p><p>Diagnosis — Small mites with soft-sclerotized body, red or yellow colored when they are live; subcapitulum with two pairs of subcapitular setae (m, n) and two pairs of adoral setae (or 1, or 2); palptibia claw small; cheliceral bases fused; peritremes arising from midbasal part of stylophore and extending along anterior margin of idiosoma; idiosoma oval; propodosoma with three shields, one median and two lateral; one pair of eyes on lateral shields present; one pair of small shields may be present between median and lateral propodosomal shields; Opisthosoma with a large shield bearing 3-6 pairs of setae; Dorsum with 11-12 pairs of setae; two pairs of aggenital setae and three or four pairs of genital setae present; anal opening clearly separated from genital aperture and with three pairs of setae; number of solonidia on tarsi in male and female often is similar but in male dorsal body shields are fused and solonidia of tarsi enlarged (Fan and Yin 2000; Khanjani and Ueckermann 2003; Ghorbani et al. 2011; Bagheri et al. 2012).</p><p>Genus Raphignathus DugŁs: Key to the Iranian species</p><p>1. Interscutal membrane dorsomedially with less than 3 (1 or 2) pairs of setae...................... 2</p><p>— Interscutal membrane dorsomedially with 3 pairs of setaee..................... R. larestanaensis</p><p>2. Interscutal membrane with 1 pair of setae...... 7</p><p>— Interscutal membrane with 2 pairs of setae.... 3</p><p>3. Genital shields with 4 pairs of setae... R. saboorii</p><p>— Genital shields with 3 pairs of setae........... 4</p><p>4. Palpfemur with 3 pairs of setae................ 5</p><p>— Palpfemur with 2 pairs of setae................ 6</p><p>5. Femur IV with 3 setae............... R. aciculatus</p><p>— Femur IV with 2 setae.................. R. atyeoi</p><p>6. Endopodal shields associated only with coxae III-IV............................................ 7</p><p>— Endopodal shields associated with coxae I- IV................................. R. hecmatanaensis</p><p>7. Small shields between median and lateral prodorsal shield absent, dorsal setae e 1 reaching anterior margin of opisthosomal shield, median propodosomal shield reaching to peritremes anteriorly.................................. R. gracilis</p><p>— Small shields between median and lateral prodorsal shield present, dorsal setae e 1 not reaching anterior margin of opisthosomal shield, median propodosomal shield not reaching to peritremes anteriorly................................... R. giselae</p><p>8. Tibia I with 7 setae (5+’, ’ρ)................... 9</p><p>— Tibia I with 6 setae (5+’ρ).................... 10</p><p>9. Two small shields on interscutal integument is very small; setae e 1 close to anterior margin of opistosomal shield........................ R. collegiatus</p><p>— Two small shields on interscutal integument is much longer; setae e 1 well behind anterior margin of opistosomal shield............. R. azarshahriensis</p><p>10. Tarsus IV with 14 setae................. R. zhaoi</p><p>— Tarsus IV with 13 setae.............. R. protaspus</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/523DE20E4F0F9D7EFED518067DB8D37C	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	Ahaniazad, M.;Bagheri, M.;Gharakhany, G.;Zarei, E.	Ahaniazad, M., Bagheri, M., Gharakhany, G., Zarei, E. (2012): Raphignathus Azarshahriensis N. Sp. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Raphignathidae) From Northwest Iran. Acarologia 52 (4): 367-372, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20122065, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20122065
523DE20E4F0F9D79FC581C4A7D60D6CD.text	523DE20E4F0F9D79FC581C4A7D60D6CD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Raphignathus AZARSHAHRIENSIS N.	<div><p>Raphignathus azarshahriensis n. sp.</p><p>(Figures 1-2)</p><p>Female (n = 4) — Measurements of holotype (measurements of paratypes in parentheses); Length of body (including gnathosoma) 660 (582 – 690); Length of body (excluding gnathosoma) 410 (372 – 440) and width 245 (215 – 276).</p><p>Dorsum (Figure 1a) — Body oval; prodorsum with one median and two lateral shields; one pair of small shields behind median shield present; median prodorsomal shield with three pairs of setae (vi, sci and c 1); each lateral shield with three pairs of setae (ve, sce and c 2), one pair of eyes and one pair of cupules (in); interscutal membrane with one pair of setae (d) situated on small platelets. Opisthosomal shield is large and with five pairs of setae (e 1, f 1, h 1, h 2 and h 3) and two pairs of cupules (im and ip); setae e 1 well behind anterior margin of opistosomal shield; all dorsal setae setiform. Lengths of dorsal setae as follows: vi 27 (25 – 27); ve 32 (26 – 33); sci 30 (27 – 31); sce 29 (27 – 30); c 1 25 (21 – 26); c 2 27 (26 – 28); d 1 27 (20 – 27); e 1 24 (23 – 27); f 1 26 (21 – 26); h 1 20 (17 – 20); h 2 20 (18 – 21); h 3 22 (21 – 23); distances between setae as fallow: vi-vi 35 (26 – 37); ve-ve 116 (109 – 124); sci-sci 55 (50 – 59); sce-sce 180 (175 – 183); sci-vi 46 (42 – 47); ve-sce 33 (31 – 35); ve-c 2 51 (46 – 62); sce-c 2 50 (46 – 56); c 1 -c 1 16 (14 – 17); d 1 -d 1 40 (37 – 41); e 1 -e 1 92 (82 – 103); d 1 - e 1 50 (42 – 57); f 1 -f 1 60 (60 – 66); e 1 -f 1 72 (64 – 70); h 1 -h 1 27 (26 – 30); h 1 -h 2 35 (32 – 36); h 2 -h 2 70 (67 – 77); h 3 -h 3 95 (80 – 92).</p><p>Venter (Figure 1b) — Endopodal shields between the coxae I-II and III-IV are present; setae 1a and 3a on endopodal shields; setae 4a on membrane posterior to coxae IV; three pairs of genital (g 1 -g 3) and two pairs of aggenital setae (ag 1 - ag 2); the anal plates bear three pairs of pseudanal setae (ps 1 -ps 3). Lengths of anogenital area setae as follows: ag 1 30 (28 – 35); ag 2 27 (23 – 27); g 1 25 (23 – 27); g 2 24 (21 – 23); g 3 25 (21 – 24); ps 1 20 (18 – 20); ps 2 21 (20 – 22); ps 3 21 (20 – 22).</p><p>Gnathosoma (Figure 1c) — Length of gnathosoma 250 (210 – 240). Subcapitulum with two pairs of subcapitular setae (m: 39 and n: 40) and two pairs of adoral setae (or 1: 23 and or 2: 25); stylophore conical and striated; palpal chaetotaxy: tarsus with four terminal eupathidia, one long solenidion and four tactile setae; tibia with one developed claw and three tactile setae; genua and femur with two and three tactile setae, respectively.</p><p>Legs (Figure 2) — Length of legs (from base of coxae to tip of tarsi) as follows: leg I: 390 (360 – 403), leg II: 320 (305 – 328), leg III: 325 (317 – 330) and leg IV: 390 (380 – 418); Chaetotaxy of leg segments (excluding 1a, 3a and 4a) as follows: coxae 2-2-2-1; trochanters 1-1-2-1; femora 6-6-4-4; genuae 5(+k)- 5(+k)-4-4; tibiae 5(+’, ’ρ)-5(+’ρ)-5(+’ρ)-4(+’ρ); tarsi 19(+ω I, ω II)-15(+ω)-13(+ω)-13.</p><p>Male and immature stages — Unknown.</p><p>Etymology — The new species name " azarshahriensis " refers to the type locality, Azarshahr, Iran.</p><p>Type material — Holotype female and seven female paratypes of Raphignathus azarshahriensis n. sp. were collected from soil of black cherry, walnut and almond orchards, September 17, 2011, Pirchopan village, Azarshahr, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, by Mansoureh Ahaniazad. The holotype and one paratype female will be deposited in the Arachnida Collection of Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa and six paratypes were deposited in the Acarological Collection, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Iran.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/523DE20E4F0F9D79FC581C4A7D60D6CD	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	Ahaniazad, M.;Bagheri, M.;Gharakhany, G.;Zarei, E.	Ahaniazad, M., Bagheri, M., Gharakhany, G., Zarei, E. (2012): Raphignathus Azarshahriensis N. Sp. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Raphignathidae) From Northwest Iran. Acarologia 52 (4): 367-372, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20122065, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20122065
