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Rhizoecus kontschani Kaydan & Konczné Benedicty, 2019 (Rhizoecidae: Rhizoecus)

Rhizoecus kontschani Kaydan & Konczné Benedicty 2019: 6. Type data: BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro State, Itatiaia National Park, Itaporani rainfall, moss, 25/27/1992, by J. Balogh.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Zoological Department, Hungary; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: 4 females in 3 slides (1,1,2)—same data as holotype; Illustr.

Countries: 1

Systematics: Rhizoecus kontschani Kaydan & Konczné Benedicty is characterized by having (i) six segmented antennae, (ii) claw digitules spine-like, (iii) anterior and posterior pairs of ostioles present, (iv) multilocular pores present on both venter and dorsum, and (v) absence of oral collar tubular ducts on both sides. It is closely related to R. spinipes (Hambleton), R. distinctus (Hambleton), and R. associatus (Hambleton), in having multilocular pores on dorsum, spine-like claw digitules shorter than claw and lacking tubular ducts. But the new species Rhizoecus kontschani Kaydan & Konczné Benedicty differs from all the above species in having high number or multilocular disc pores scattered on dorsum. (Kaydan, et al., 2019)
Structure: Body elongate-oval, 0.80–1.56 mm long, 0.42–0.94 mm wide. Eyes marginal, 7.5–10.0 μm wide. Antenna 6 segmented, 150–170 μm long; apical segment 35–45 μm long, 30–35 μm wide, with 4 fleshy setae (plus 1 fleshy seta on fifth segment), each seta 30–40 μm long and apical setae each 25.0–27.5 μm long.(Kaydan, et al., 2019)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Kaydan, et al., 2019.

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