FNZ 56 - Tyrophagus (Acari: Acaridae) - Methods and conventions
Fan, Q-H; Zhang, Z-Q 2007. Tyrophagus (Acari: Astigmata: Acaridae). Fauna of New Zealand 56, 291 pages.
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ISSN 0111-5383 (print),
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ISBN 978-0-478-09386-5 (print),
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Published 04 Jun 2007
ZooBank: http://zoobank.org/References/645F28C5-DAA9-46FF-B346-5B459C8B7BB9
Methods and conventions
Methods
All measurements were made from slide-mounted specimens using stage-calibrated ocular micrometers on an interference-phase contrast microscope. Chelicerae were measured from the basal articulations to the tips of movable digits. Idiosomal lengths were measured from the anterior margins to the posterior margins. Idiosomal widths were measured at the maximum width of the idiosoma between leg II and III. Dorsal body setae were measured from the alveoli to tips. Legs were measured from the bases of trochanters to the tips of claws. Femora of legs were measured from the ventral junction between the trochanter and femur to the junction between the femur and genu. Genua were measured from the junction between the femur and genu to the junction between the genu and tibia. Tibiae were measured from the junction between the genu and tibia to the junction between the tibia and tarsus. Tarsi were measured from the basal margins to the tips of claws. Setae, spines, and solenidia on legs were measured from the alveoli to tips. All measurements are given in micrometers; for convenience, the symbol mm is omitted throughout the descriptions. Line drawings were made in pencil using a camera lucida attachment on a microscope and inked with Rotring Rapidograph Pens. Images were taken using a Leica microscope and edited with the Automontage program if necessary.
In the material examined, n/n indicates number of slides/number of specimens. Measurements x (y–z): x is the measurement of the specimens (most are holotype or neotype) from which the figure was drawn; y–z is the range of measurements. Female or male means the adult of each sex.
The terminology of idiosomal chaetotaxy follows Griffiths et al. (1990) and the terminology of palp and leg chaetotaxy follows that of Grandjean (1939) and Griffiths (1970). The terminology of the copulatory organ follows that of Klimov & O’Connor (2003) and Fan & Zhang (2004).
Conventions
Depositories and collection acronyms
ANIC Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia
AQIS/NSW Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, New South Wales, Australia
AQIS/QLD Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, Queensland, Australia
ARC-PPRI ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa
ASCU Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit, Orange Agricultural Institute, NSW Agriculture, Orange NSW, Australia
BMNH Natural History Museum, London, U.K.
IRScNB Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
MaF/A Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Auckland, New Zealand
MaF/L Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lincoln, New Zealand
MRAC Musée royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium
MV Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
NPPRL National Plant Pest Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of New Zealand
NZAC New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand
OSM Ohio State University Museum, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
RMNH Nationaal Natuurhistorische Museum (Naturalis) [formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie], Leiden, Netherlands
SAM South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia
USNM National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
WINC Waite Insect & Nematode Collection, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Austalia
Under material examined, the New Zealand collection data is categorised under the area codes of Crosby et al. (1998), and Australian collection data is arranged under State abbreviations, such as WA for Western Australia; these are arranged alphabetically.
List of abbreviations
1a coxal-sternal setae associated with bases of legs I
3a innermost (first) pair of coxal-sternal setae associated with bases of legs III
3b second pair of coxal-sternal setae associated with bases of legs III
4a coxal-sternal setae associated with bases of legs IV
aa proximal seta on tarsi I
ad1 first pair of adanal setae
ad2 second pair of adanal setae
ad3 third pair of adanal setae
ba mid-dorsal seta on tarsi I and II
c1 innermost (first) pair of setae in first series or row on hysterosoma
c2 second pair of setae in first series or row on hysterosoma
c3 fourth pair of setae in first series or row on hysterosoma
cG anteriorly-located seta on genua I and II
cha cheliceral seta
cp third pair of setae in first series or row on hysterosoma
d subdistal dorsal seta on tarsi
d1 innermost (first) pair of setae in second series or row on hysterosoma
d2 second pair of setae in second series or row on hysterosoma
e subdistal dorsal conical spine or seta on tarsi
e1 innermost (first) pair of setae in third series or row on hysterosoma
e2 second pair of setae in third series or row on hysterosoma
elcp supracoxal seta of palp
f subdistal lateral seta on tarsi
f2 setae in fourth series or row on hysterosoma
g genital setae
gla opisthonotal glands
gT anteriorly-located seta on tibiae I and II
h1 innermost (first) pair of setae in fifth series or row on hysterosoma
h2 second pair of setae in fifth series or row on hysterosoma
h3 third pair of setae in fifth series or row on hysterosoma
hT posterior-located seta on tibiae I and II
ia anterior pair of cupules (lyrifissures) on dorsal hysterosoma
ih caudal pair of cupules (lyrifissures) on hysterosoma
im middle pair of cupules (lyrifissures) on dorsal hysterosoma
ip posterior pair of cupules (lyrifissures) on dorsal hysterosoma
kT ventral seta on tibiae III and IV
la anteriorly-located mid-lateral seta on tarsi I and II
m subcapitular setae
mG posterior-located seta on genua I and II
nG ventral seta on genu III
pR seta on trochanters I and II
ps1 first pair of pseudanal setae
ps2 second pair of pseudanal setae
ps3 third pair of pseudanal setae
r mid-lateral seta on tarsi III and IV
ra posterior-located mid-lateral seta on tarsi I and II
sce external pair of scapular setae
sci internal pair of scapular setae
scx supracoxal setae of leg I
sR seta on trochanter III
ve external pair of vertical setae
vF ventral seta on femora I and II
vi internal pair of vertical setae
w mid-ventral seta on tarsi III and IV
wa mid-ventral seta on tarsi I and II
wF ventral seta on femur IV
ε famulus at base of solenidion (ω1) on tarsus I
φ solenidion on tibia
σ solenidion on genua II and III
σ’ anteriorly-located solenidion on genu I
σ” posterior-located solenidion on genu I
ω proximal solenidion on tarsi II
ω1 proximal solenidion on tarsi I
ω2 basal solenidion on tarsus I
ω3 distal solenidion on tarsus I