taxonID	type	description	language	source
B95687C7FFFDFFE2FFBBFF674783FF31.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis of the genus is based on Seeman and Beard, 2011. Aegyptobia arabica sp. nov. Diagnosis. Adult female: Dorsal body setae broadly spatulate, smooth, anterior margin of prodorsum deeply notched, propodosoma entirely with elongate reticulate patterns, hysterosoma medially with elongate reticulate elements, laterally with polygonal and more even reticulations, a transverse line between hysterosomal setae d 1 and e 1; ventral idiosoma smooth between coxae I, coarse transverse striae between intercoxal setae 1 a and 3 a and posteriad 4 a, area between setae 3 a and 4 a smooth, genital flap with few punctations. Setae on palp segments (from tarsus to trochanter): 3 (1 s + 2 e) – 2 – 0 – 1 – 0, femora I – III and genua I – II with broad spatulate dorsal setae. Trochanters 1 – 1 – 2 – 1; femora 4 – 4 – 2 – 1; genua I – III 2 – 2 – 1 – 0 (setae l ′′ absent), tarsi 9 (1) – 9 (1) – 5 – 5 (setae tc ′′ present); tarsal claws uncinate. Description (Figures 1 – 7): Female (Holotype): Measurements of 5 paratypes in parentheses. Color in life red. Idiosoma oval in shape, body measured from v 2 to h 1 283 (274 – 285); (including gnathosoma) 346 (342 – 349); width 170 (169 – 176) near setae sc 2; length of legs I – IV, 143 (138 – 144), leg II 126 (122 – 128), leg III 114 (110 – 114), leg IV 119 (118 – 123). Dorsum (Figure 1): Anterior margin of prodorsum deeply notched. Propodosomal shield entirely with elongate reticulate patterns, hysterosoma medially with elongate reticulate elements that become polygonal and more even laterally, a dorsal transverse line between setae d 1 and e 1 (Figure 1). Area of sejugal suture with transverse striations. Dorsal setae broadly spatulate, smooth. Opisthosomal pores present between setae d 2 and d 3. Prodorsal setae v 2 0.38 as long as distance between their bases. Lengths of dorsal setae: v 2 22 (21 – 22), sc 1 24 (23 – 24), sc 2 21 (20 – 22), c 1 27 (26 – 28), c 2 22 (22 – 23), c 3 20 (20), d 1 20 (20), d 2 28 (26 – 28), d 3 23 (21 – 23), e 1 20 (20 – 21), e 2 21 (19 – 21), e 3 23 (22 – 24), f 2 21 (21 – 22), f 3 20 (19 – 20), h 1 20 (19 – 20), h 2 20 (20); distances between dorsal setae: v 2 – v 2 57 (55 – 59), v 2 – sc 1 39 (38 – 42), sc 1 – sc 1 108 (105 – 110), sc 2 – sc 2 124 (120 – 125), sc 1 – sc 2 26 (24 – 26), c 1 – c 1 50 (48 – 53), c 1 – c 2 31 (29 – 31), c 2 – c 3 23 (22 – 23), c 2 – c 2 112 (110 – 115), c 3 – c 3 157 (150 - 160), c 1 – d 1 37 (34 - 38), c 2 – d 2 26 (25 – 27), c 3 – d 3 47 (47 – 50), d 1 – d 1 46 (43 – 47), d 1 – d 2 28 (25 – 28), d 2 – d 3 27 (27 – 29), d 2 – d 2 99 (97 – 105), d 3 – d 3 140 (135 – 140), d 1 – e 1 53 (49 – 55), e 1 – e 1 28 (25 – 28), e 1 – e 2 43 (39 – 47), e 2 – e 2 117 (115 – 120), e 2 – e 3 22 (21 – 22), e 3 – e 3 102 (100 – 105), e 1 – e 3 43 (40 – 43), f 2 – f 2 75 (72 – 75), f 3 – f 3 93 (90 – 96), f 3 – f 2 17 (16 – 17), f 2 – e 1 22 (21 – 23), f 2 – e 3 23 (21 – 23), f 3 – h 2 21 (20 – 21), h 1 – h 1 30 (29 – 30), h 1 – h 2 19 (18 – 20), h 2 – h 2 69 (67 – 70), e 1 – h 1 56 (55 – 57). Venter (Figure 2): Intercoxal area anterior to setae 1 a smooth, area between setae 1 a and 3 a with coarse transverse striations, between 3 a and 4 a with some longitudinal striations laterally, smooth medially, and area posteriad setae 4 a with coarse transverse striations. Length of ventral setae 1 a 82 (78 – 85), 3 a 16 (15 – 17), 4 a 21 (20 – 22), 1 b 40 (38 – 40), 1 c 14 (13 – 14), 2 b 17 (16 – 17), 2 c 21 (20 – 21), 3 b 13 (11 – 13), 4 b 13 (12 – 13). Pregenital area with few faint transverse striations, ag 16 (16 – 17), ag – ag 20 (19 – 21). Genital flap with few punctations, 2 pairs of genital setae, g 1 = g 2 = 14, distance between genital setae g 1 – g 1 15 (14 – 15), g 2 – g 2 25 (23 – 25), g 1 – g 2 10 (9 – 10). Anal setae (ps 1 – 3) 3 pairs, all 10 – 11, distance between genital setae, ps 1 – ps 1 6 – 7, ps 2 – ps 2 8 – 9, ps 3 – ps 3 11 – 12. All ventral setae simple and smooth except genital and anal setae, which are simple and finely serrated (Figure 2). Gnathosoma (Figure 3): Gnathosoma extending to anterior part of tibia I; palp-tarsus with 1 solenidion and 2 eupathidia, palp tibia with 2 setae, palp genu without seta and palp femur with 1 simple dorsal seta (Figure 3). Subcapitulum with setae m 11 (10 – 11), m – m 13 (12 – 13). Legs (Figures 4 – 7): Leg setal counts as follows: coxae 2 – 2 – 1 – 1; trochanters 1 – 1 – 2 – 1; femora 4 – 4 – 2 – 1; genua 2 – 2 – 1 – 0; tibiae 4 – 4 – 3 – 3; tarsi 9 (1) – 9 (1) – 5 – 5. Solenidia on tarsi I and II 9 – 10 long, rod-like. Dorsal setae on femur ALATAWI and KAMRAN / Turk J Zool I, II, III and genua I, II spatulate, similar to dorsal body setae. Tarsal claws uncinate and empodium pad-like. Male and immature stages. Unknown. Type material. Holotype female and 5 female paratypes ex wild plant, Hammada sp. (Amaranthaceae), Saudi Arabia: Salbookh road, near Dariah, Riyadh, 24 ° 50.57 ′ N, 46 ° 33.149 ′ E, 21 September 2012, coll. M. Kamran. Etymology: Name of new species is proposed on the name of the region, “ Arab ”. Remarks: This new species belongs to the tragardhi species group and is similar to Aegyptobia abuzabiensis Meyer & Van Dis, 1993 in leg setation (Seeman and Beard, 2011), the form of the dorsal setae, and general ornamentation. However, it differs from A. abuzabiensis by the presence of a deep notch on the anterior margin of the prodorsal shield (very shallowly emarginated in the latter species), the ventral shield (transverse vs. longitudinal striations), and the dorsal shield reticulation being compact in the new species versus large cells in A. abuzabiensis. The new species can be separated from other closely related species A. baptus (Pritchard and Baker, 1952) and A. neobaptus Meyer, 1979 by differences in leg setation, and from A. haplopappus Baker and Tuttle, 1972 by the propodosoma with reticulate elements medially in the new species whereas striated in A. haplopappus, and also the difference in leg chaetotaxy. Aegyptobia tragardhi Sayed	en	Alatawi, Fahad Jaber, Received, Muhammad Kamran, Online, Published (2015): Two new flat mite species of Aegyptobia and Pentamerismus (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Saudi Arabia. Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (2): 244-250, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1311-12, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1311-12
B95687C7FFFDFFE2FFBBFF674783FF31.taxon	description	Twelve females ex Thuja occidentalis L. (Cupressaceae), Baha, Saudi Arabia, 20 ° 6.695 ′ N, 41 ° 26.745 ′ E, 24 April 2013, coll. M. Kamran. Genus Pentamerismus McGregor Diagnosis of the genus is based on Beard et al., 2014. ALATAWI and KAMRAN / Turk J Zool	en	Alatawi, Fahad Jaber, Received, Muhammad Kamran, Online, Published (2015): Two new flat mite species of Aegyptobia and Pentamerismus (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Saudi Arabia. Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (2): 244-250, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1311-12, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1311-12
B95687C7FFFBFFE1FF61FA77453CFEEC.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Adult female: Dorsal opisthosomal setae f 2 present. Setae c 1, c 2 sublanceolate and serrate; d 1, d 2, and e 1 small, setiform, and serrate; propodosoma medially with polygonal reticulate patterns, laterally with elongate reticulate elements, hysterosoma with elongate reticulations, medially forming inverted v-shaped pattern between setae d 1 and e 1. Ventral idiosoma smooth between coxae I – IV except for a narrow band of course transverse striations between coxae II and III; area posteriad 4 a with course transverse striations. Ventral shield smooth, genital shield with transverse coarse striations. Setae on palp segments (from tarsus to trochanter): 3 (1 s + 2 e) – 2 – 0 – 1 – 0. Dorsal setae on femur I, II, III, genua I, II lanceolate, barbed, similar to propodosomal setae; genua 3 – 3 – 1 – 0 (d, l ′, l ′′ present); tarsi 9 (1) – 9 (1) – 5 – 5 (setae tc ′′ present). Tarsal claws uncinate. Description: (Figures 8 – 14): Female (holotype): Measurements of 4 paratypes in parentheses. Color in life red. Idiosoma oval in shape, length of body (excluding gnathosoma) 269 (265 – 275); (including gnathosoma) 318 (313 – 320) long; width 170 (167 – 176) wide; length of legs I – IV, 126 (123 – 128), leg II 117 (117 – 121), leg III 104 (100 – 106), leg IV 105 (103 – 108). Dorsum (Figure 8): Prodorsal shield deeply notched, propodosoma medially with polygonal reticulate pattern, laterally with elongate reticulate elements, hysterosoma entirely with elongate reticulation, medially forming inverted v-shaped pattern (Figure 8). Area surrounding sejugal suture transversely striated. Prodorsal setae v 2 and sc 1 subspatulate and serrate, setae sc 2 spatulate and serrate, setae v 2 slightly longer than half distance of v 2 – v 2; opisthosoma with 3 pairs of dorsocentral setae (c 1, d 1, e 1); 2 pairs of dorsosublateral setae (c 2, d 2), 8 pairs of dorsolateral setae (c 3, d 3, e 2, e 3, f 2, f 3, h 1, h 2), setae c 1, c 2 subspatulate and serrate, shorter then broadly spatulate and serrate lateral setae, setae d 1, d 2, and e 1 minute, setiform, and serrate. Lengths of dorsal setae: v 2 26 (25 – 26), sc 1 27 (26 – 28), sc 2 21 (21), c 1 13 (12 – 13), c 2 13 (13), c 3 16 (15 – 16), d 1 7 (6 – 7), d 2 7 (6 – 7), d 3 17 (16 – 17), e 1 7 (7), e 2 24 (23 – 24), e 3 23 (22 – 23), f 2 22 (22), f 3 22 (21 – 23), h 1 19 (19 – 20), h 2 17 (16 – 17); distances between dorsal setae: v 2 – v 2 45 (43 – 46), v 2 – sc 1 34 (31 – 35), sc 1 – sc 1 104 (101 – 105), sc 2 – sc 2 139 (134 – 140), sc 1 – sc 2 25 (23 – 25), c 1 – c 1 46 (44 – 46), c 1 – c 2 32 (31 – 37), c 2 – c 3 33 (30 – 33), c 2 – c 2 112 (107 – 115), c 3 – c 3 163 (161 – 165), c 1 – d 1 37 (34 – 38), c 2 – d 2 37 (36 – 39), c 3 – d 3 34 (33 – 39), d 1 – d 1 40 (38 – 44), d 1 – d 2 38 (36 – 41), d 2 – d 3 25 (24 – 26), d 2 – d 2 113 (110 – 115), d 3 – d 3 159 (155 – 160), d 1 – e 1 49 (47 – 51), e 1 – e 1 40 (37 – 42), e 1 – e 2 66 (64 – 69), e 2 – e 2 166 (166 – 170), e 2 – e 3 23 (22 – 23), e 3 – e 3 154 (150 – 155), e 1 – e 3 59 (57 – 61), f 2 – f 2 138 (135 – 142), f 3 – f 3 112 (109 – 115), f 3 – f 2 22 (22), f 2 – e 1 58 (55 – 60), f 2 – e 3 22 (22), f 3 – h 2 21 (21 – 22), h 1 – h 1 24 (23 – 24), h 1 – h 2 29 (28 – 30), h 2 – h 2 77 (77 – 80), e 1 – h 1 71 (55 – 57) (Figure 8). Venter (Figure 9): Ventral idiosoma smooth between coxae I – IV excepting a narrow band of coarse transverse striations between coxae II – III; area posteriad 4 a with coarse transverse striations. Pregenital area smooth, with 1 pair of aggenital setae (ag); genital shield with transverse course striations, 2 pairs of genital setae (g 1 – g 2), arranged in a transverse row, 3 pairs of pseudanal setae (ps 1 – 3) (Figure 9) arranged in longitudinal line along medial edge of anal shields. Length of ventral setae 1 a 40 (38 – 42), 3 a 60 (57 – 62), 4 a 64 (60 – 64), 1 b 14 (13 – 14), 1 c 13 (13), 2 b 38 (34 – 38), 2 c 19 (19 – 20), 3 b 12 (11 – 13), 4 b 13 (12 – 13), (ag) 13 (13), g 1 13 (13), g 2 15 (14 – 15), ps 1 – 3 9 – 10. Distance between genital setae g 1 – g 1 18 (17 – 18), g 2 – g 2 41 (38 – 42), g 1 – g 2 11 (10 – 11). Setae 1 a, 3 a, 4 a long, smooth. Aggenital, outer genital, and anal setae simple and serrated. Inner genital setae subspatulate and serrate (Figure 9). Gnathosoma (Figure 10). Gnathosoma reaching distal part of femur I; palp 5 - segmented. Palp tarsus with 1 solenidion and 2 eupathidia distally, palp tibia with 2 setae; palp genu without seta, and palp femur with 1 dorsal simple seta. Subcapitulum with setae m 9 (9 – 10), m – m 15 (3 – 15). Legs (Figures 11 – 14) ALATAWI and KAMRAN / Turk J Zool Setae and solenidia on leg I – IV as follows: coxae 2 – 2 – 1 – 1; trochanters 1 – 1 – 2 – 1; femora 4 – 4 – 2 – 1; genua 3 – 3 – 1 – 0; tibiae 4 – 4 – 3 – 3; tarsi 9 (1) – 9 (1) – 5 – 5. Leg chaetotaxy as presented in figures. Dorsal setae on femur I, II, II and ventral seta on femur II sublanceolate and serrate, similar to prodorsal shield setae. Tarsal claws uncinate. Male and immature stages. Unknown. Type material: Holotype female and 4 female paratypes ex Thuja occidentalis L. (Cupressaceae), Baha, Saudi Arabia, 20 ° 6.695 ′ N, 41 ° 26.745 ′ E, 24 April 2013. Coll. M. Kamran. Etymology: The name of the new species is proposed based on the name of the city from which it was collected. Remarks: The new species belongs to the erythreus species group of Pentamerismus. The new species closely resembles P. foliisetis Livshitz & Mitrofanov, 1967 (Livshitz and Mitrofanov, 1967). Both share a deeply notched anterior margin of the prodorsum and setae c 1 and c 2 are broad and sublanceolate. However, the new species differs from the latter in that the intercoxal area behind setae 4 a is transversely striated instead of smooth, the dorsal seta on femur I is sublanceolate instead of long and slender, and the genital flap is transversely striated versus smooth in P. foliisetis. The new species can be distinguished from another related species, P. behsharicus Khanjani & Gotoh, 2008, by genua I and II each with 3 setae in the new species as opposed to 4 in P. behsharicus (highly unusual presence of a ventral seta on the genu of the Tenuipalpidae), and dorsal setae c 1 and c 2 sublanceolate in new species instead of setiform as in P. behsharicus. The host plant of the new species, Thuja occidentalis L. (Cupressaceae), is the same as in the other 3 species of Pentamerismus, P. assianensis Thewke and Enns, P. coronatus Canestrini & Fangazo, and P. judiciarus De Leon, which belong to the species group oregonensis, while the new species belongs to the species group erythreus.	en	Alatawi, Fahad Jaber, Received, Muhammad Kamran, Online, Published (2015): Two new flat mite species of Aegyptobia and Pentamerismus (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Saudi Arabia. Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (2): 244-250, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1311-12, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1311-12
