Charletonia austisensis

Charletonia austisensis is a species of mite belonging to the family Erythraeidae. C. austisensis belongs to the species group with two setae between coxae II and III. It differs from its cogenerate species by various length measurements. The species was first found in Austis, Sardinia, after which it is named.[1]

Charletonia austisensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari
Order:	Trombidiformes
Family:	Erythraeidae
Genus:	Charletonia
Species:	C. austisensis
Binomial name
Charletonia austisensis Haitlinger, 2007

Description

Larva

The species' dorsum possesses 34 barbed setae, and an eye on each side. Its dorsal scutum is punctate, longer than it is wide, with three pairs of scutalae. It also shows 2 pairs of sensillae, both of which are nude. Its idiosoma counts with a pair of short setae ventrally. Between its coxae II and III it exhibits two setae and 14 setae posterior to coxae III, all barbed. Its gnathosoma shows nude hypostomalae and galealae. The palpfemur has barbed seta, as does the palpgenu. The palptibia, in turn has 3 setae (two barbed, one nude), and the palptarsus possesses 6 nude setae.[1]

References

1. Haitlinger, R. Y. S. Z. A. R. D. "New records of mites from Corsica and Sardinia, with descriptions of five new species (Acari: Prostigmata: Erythraeidae, Trombidiidae, Eutrombidiidae)." Genus 18.3 (2007): 529-543.

Further reading

• Haitlinger, Ryszard. "New records of mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Erythraeidae, Johnstonianidae, Microtrombidiidae, Tanaupodidae, Trombidiidae) from Austria, Hungary, Italy and San Marino." Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego we Wrocławiu, Biologia i Hodowla Zwierząt 55.559 (2007): 45-54.
• Haitlinger, Ryszard. "Charletonia postojnensis n. sp. and the first record of Hauptmannia podorasensis Haitlinger, 2007 (Acari: Prostigmata: Erythraeidae) from Slovenia." Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego we Wrocławiu, Biologia i Hodowla Zwierząt 62.580 (2011): 27-32.