S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 60. (Budapest, 1999)

Copronomoia mahunkai sp. n. (Figs 41-48) Measurements — Length: 135-150 pm and breadth: 104-117 pm. Dorsal side (Fig. 41): Propodosoma wide, anterior margin of first pair of legs deeply incised, without conoid apex medially. Surface of propodosoma smooth. Propodosomatic setae short, inner pair standing slightly in front of the outer one. Dorsosejugal region narrow and smooth, without any sculpture. Hysterosomatic setae short, but well recognizable, surface of hysterosoma ornamented with rough foveolae and punctulae. Hysterosoma with a pair of ovoid structure standing antero-laterally, and a serrated line proceeded behind the hysterosomatic body margin and throughout the two ovoid structure. Ventral side (Fig. 42): Infracapitulum of gnathosoma (Fig. 43) long, wide basally and narrow medially. Solenidia long and thick, palpi well separated, infracapitular setae well visible, arising at the apical third of infracapitulum. Apodemes well developed, ap.sa short, apodemes on posterior sternal plate long, joining legs and reaching anteriorly to anterior sternal plate consisting of a closed net work, ap.^ formimg a straight transversal line. Epimeres 1, 3 with a simple seta each, epimeres 4 with a suction disk. Adhering plate (Fig. 44) normally developed, standing somewhat anteriorly of the posterior body margin. Disks D

2 very large, D

2 and £>

3 well developed, Ds. and Ds

3 missing. Legs (Figs 45-48): All legs with normal claws, excepting clawless leg IV. Solenidium (p

] of tarsus of leg I very long, solenidium co

{ short. Leg II with very short and thin <p, solenidium m

l also short, but longer and thicker than <p . Adhering setae of tarsi of legs III and IV setiform, longer on leg IV, those on legs I and II ending in an uncate head. Material examined — Holotype: Manure of animals, Assiut, Egypt. Leg. S. A. Eraky. 20.6.1998. Seven paratypes from the same locality. Holotype and 5 paratypes deposited in Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut Univesity, Egypt. Two paratypes deposited in the Arachnoidea collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary. Remarks — By the shape of dorsal surface, the structure of adhering plate and the shape of adhering setae of tarsi of legs I and II the new species can be distinguished from the only known congener of the genus Copronomoia Mahunka, 1976 (Figs 49-55) (i.e., Copronomoia sphaerocerae (Vitzthum, 1922)) collected by Dr. S. Mahunka from dung and or from flies developing in dung. LITERATURE Berlese, A. (1923): Genturia sesta di Acari nuovi. — Reidia, 15: 237-262. Kramer, P. (1876): Beitrage zur Naturgeschichte der Milben. — Arch. Naturgesch. 42: 28-45. Mahunka, S. (1961): Neue und weing bekannte Milben Arten aus Ungarn. —

Folia ent. hung. 14: 437-446. Mahunka, S. (1963): Neue Anoetiden (Acari) aus Angola. — Puhl. cult. Co. Diam. Angola, 68: 25-44. Mahunka, S. (1976): New and incompletely known taxa from the families Acaridae and Anoetidae (Acari: Acarida). — Acta zool. hung. 22 (3-4): 303-326. Mahunka, S. (1978): The examination of myrmecophilous Acaroidea based on the investigation of Dr. C. W. Rettenmeyer (Acari: Acaroidea). I. — Folia ent. hung. 31(1): 135-166. Oudemans, A. C. (1903): Acarol. Aanekeeningen 8 Ent. Ber. 1, Nr. 14, 103.