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Brevipalpus recki


Fig. 1. Brevipalpus recki female dorsum (after Livshitz amp; Mitrofanov 1968).

Fig. 1. Brevipalpus recki female dorsum (after Livshitz & Mitrofanov 1968).
Fig. 2. Brevipalpus recki female dorsum.

Fig. 2. Brevipalpus recki female dorsum.
Fig. 3. Brevipalpus recki female tarsus I (s = solenidion) (after Livshitz amp; Mitrofanov 1968).

Fig. 3. Brevipalpus recki female tarsus I (s = solenidion) (after Livshitz & Mitrofanov 1968).
Fig. 4. Brevipalpus recki female prodorsum.

Fig. 4. Brevipalpus recki female prodorsum.
Fig. 5. Brevipalpus recki female anterior dorsal opisthosoma.

Fig. 5. Brevipalpus recki female anterior dorsal opisthosoma.
Fig. 6. Brevipalpus recki female posterior dorsum (focused centrally).

Fig. 6. Brevipalpus recki female posterior dorsum (focused centrally).
Fig. 7. Brevipalpus recki female posterior dorsum (focused laterally).

Fig. 7. Brevipalpus recki female posterior dorsum (focused laterally).
Fig. 8. Brevipalpus recki female posterior venter.

Fig. 8. Brevipalpus recki female posterior venter.
Fig. 9. Brevipalpus recki female venter.

Fig. 9. Brevipalpus recki female venter.
Fig. 10. Brevipalpus recki female palp - arrow indicates seta on palp femur.

Fig. 10. Brevipalpus recki female palp - arrow indicates seta on palp femur.

Authority

Livshitz and Mitrofanov

Taxonomic history

Tauripalpus recki - Mitrofanov (1973)

Suspected synonyms

Species group characters

B. recki species group = f2 absent; tarsus II with 1 solenidion; dorsal central setae d1, e1 absent; palp 4-segmented with 3 distal setae

This group is in need of revision.

Characters

  • opisthosomal setae d1, e1 absent (Fig. 1)
  • opisthosomal setae f2 absent (= 6 setae around opisthosomal margin) (Figs. 1, 2, 6)
  • tarsus II with 1 distinctly long solenidion distally (antiaxial) (Fig. 3)
  • anterior dorsal setae large, broadly lanceolate, heavily barbed (Figs. 1, 2, 4); posterior dorsal setae much smaller
  • prodorsum reticulate with large cells (Fig. 4)
  • anterior projection of prodorsum with pebble-like reticulation (Figs. 4, 10)
  • dorsal opisthosoma mostly reticulate with large cells (Figs. 2, 5, 6, 7); central cuticle between e1-e1 with series of short transverse bands (Figs. 1, 2, 5, 6)
  • ventral plate small, with weakly defined large cells; plate surrounded by characteristic folding in cuticle (Figs. 8, 9) (similar to Cenopalpus)
  • genital plate with large weakly defined cells; cells transversely aligned (Fig. 8)
  • spermatheca not visible
  • palp femur seta thin, tapered, weakly barbed (Fig. 10)
  • palp tarsus with 3 setae

Distribution based on confirmed specimens

Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine

Hosts based on confirmed specimens

Inula vulgaris (Asteraceae), *Quercus pubescens (Fagaceae), Rubus sp. (Rosaceae)

* - holotype

Remarks

The description presented here is based almost entirely on the original description.

References

Hatzinikolis (1987); *Livshitz & Mitrofanov (1968); Meyer (1979); Mitrofanov (1973); Mitrofanov & Strunkova (1979)

* - original description



  • Authors: J.J. Beard, R. Ochoa, G.R. Bauchan, M.D. Trice, A.J. Redford, T.W. Walters, C. Mitter
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