Scaptognathus pacificus Newell 1971
- Dataset
- Taxonomic review of the subfamily Lohmannellinae (Acari: Trombidiformes Halacaridae) with morphological comparisons among genera
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Trombidiformes
- family
- Halacaridae
- genus
- Scaptognathus
- species
- Scaptognathus pacificus
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Glp- 1 posterior to Ds- 1. Ds- 2 on membranous cuticle. PE with 1 dorsal seta. GA bipartite in female. Female with 4 Pgs and 4 Sgs. Tr I – IV with 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 setae; Bf I – IV with 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 setae; Tf I – IV with 4 - 3 - 2 - 2 setae, 2 - 0 - 0 - 0 Bp setae; Gn I – IV with 5 - 4 - 2 - 3 setae, 2 - 1 - 0 - 0 Bp setae; Tb I – IV with 6 - 5 - 5 - 5 setae, 3 - 2 - 2 - 2 Bp setae; Ta I – IV with 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 dorsal setae. Lc I with unidentate accessory process. Idiosoma length 167 in female. Idiosoma width 98 – 104 in female. Gnathosoma length 147 – 151 in female. Gnathosoma width 60 (gnathosoma length 147) in female. Ratio of gnathosoma to idiosoma 0.88 – 0.91 in female. Remarks. This species has the smallest body size in the genus. Female is known. Habitat. Bathyal zone: Sediment at 210 m depth. Distribution. South Pacific Ocean: Robinson Crusoe Is. (Juan Fernández Is.) [Chile]. References. Abé (1990 c), Abé & Green (1994), Newell (1971, 1984). Depository. USNMNHW.
Name
- Homonyms
- Scaptognathus pacificus Newell 1971