Cooremania kietaensis sp. nov. (Astigmata: Canestriniidae) from Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea

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Agriculture & Forestry, Vol. 66 Issue 3: 155-168, 2020, Podgorica
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Haitlinger, R., Šundić, M. (2020): Cooremania kietaensis sp. nov. (Astigmata: Canestriniidae) from
Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. Agriculture and Forestry, 66 (3): 155-168
DOI: 10.17707/AgricultForest.66.3.13
Ryszard HAITLINGER
1
, Miloje ŠUNDIĆ 2
COOREMANIA KIETAENSIS SP. NOV. (ASTIGMATA:
CANESTRINIIDAE) FROM BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, PAPUA NEW
GUINEA
SUMMARY
Cooremania kietaensis sp. nov. from Papua New Guinea is described and
illustrated, based on males, females and protonymphs. All specimens were
obtained from undetermined Lucanidae (Coleoptera). All canestriniids known
from Papua New Guinea are listed.
Keywords: Acari, taxonomy, new species, Lucanidae, Coleoptera, Papua
New Guinea canestriniids.
INTRODUCTION
Insects constitute the most diverse form of animal life in terrestrial
ecosystems (Bolu, 2016). The family Lucanidae (Coleoptera) includes about 1200
species in the world fauna which occurring mainly in subtropical regions. The
canestriniid mites were found only on 47 lucaniid species and some undetermined
species, 17 canestriniid species found on Lucanidae [without determined to the
genus for example mentioned by Okabe and Goka (2008)] belonging to 9 genera:
Amboniophela Haitlinger, 1993, Canestrinia Berlese, 1881, Cooremania Nesbitt,
1976, Haitlingeria Kim, Lee, Choi, Sim and Kim, 2006, Noemiphela Haitlinger,
1991, Rugoniphela Haitlinger, 1991, Sandrophela Haitlinger, 1990, Uriophela
Haitlinger, 1991 and Vereoxia Haitlinger, 1995 (Berlese, 1881, Nesbitt, 1976,
Haitlinger, 1990a, 1991, 1993, 1995, Kim et al., 2006).
One species of Coleopterophagus (Kishida, 1924) found on Lucanidae not
belongs to this genus. Canestriniid mites were found on Lucanidae only in Asia,
Europe and Papua New Guinea (Berlese, 1881, Kishida, 1924, Nesbitt, 1976,
Haitlinger, 1989a, b, 1990a, 1993, 1995, Kim et al., 2006, Okabe and Goka
2008). From Papua New Guinea were known only two species associated with
Lucanidae: Cooremania wauensis Nesbitt, 1976 and Amboinophela bernae
Haitlinger, 1993 (Nesbitt, 1976, Haitlinger, 1993). Moreover, in Papua New
1
Ryszard Haitlinger, (corresponding author: ryszard.haitlinger@upwr.edu.pl), Institute of Biology,
Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences,
Kozuchowska 5B, 51-631 Wroclaw, POLAND.
2Miloje Šundić, (miloje.sundic@gmail.com) Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences,
University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b. b. 80 000 Podgorica, MONTENEGRO.
Notes: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. Authorship Form signed online.
Received:24/06/2020 Accepted:02/08/2020

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Guinea were found 20 other species: Albinorattia igori Haitlinger, 1989
associated with Cetoniinae (Scarabaeidae), Sandrophela kokodaica Haitlinger,
1990 associated with Passandridae, Athogavia arrybasi Haitlinger, 1989,
Aurilossongia bolanica Haitlinger, 1989, A. guarana Haitlinger, 1989, A. norae
Haitlinger, 1989, Mossongia bissaina Haitlinger, 1989, M. savina Haitlinger,
1989 associated with Dynastinae (Scarabaeidae), Apalotacarus cidaris Summers
& Schuster, 1981, A. fusulus Summers & Schuster, 1981, A. petilus Summers &
Schuster, 1981, A. rigescens Summers & Schuster, 1981, Arraphosoma ninax
Summers & Schuster, 1981, Jullongia izae Haitlinger, 1990, Lidiophela pecki
(Nesbitt, 1976), Passalophagus georlei Nesbitt, 1976, Phaleratus fentoni Nesbitt,
1976, Photia howdeni Nesbitt, 1976 and Sajanophela alfredae Haitlinger, 1989
associated with Passalidae (Nesbitt, 1976, Summers & Schuster, 1981a, b,
Haitlinger, 1989a, b, 1990a, b).
The genus Cooremania Nesbitt, 1976 is known only from one species
found in Papua New Guinea and differing from all other genera by the presence
of peg-like setae on ventral part of idiosoma and legs I-III (in all instars). In this
paper we describe a new species Cooremania kietaensis from Bougainville
Island, Papua New Guinea. It is second species of the genus Cooremania.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Three males, two females and three protonymphs of the new species were
obtained from the Lucanidae collection of the Museum of Natural History,
Wrocław University. All specimens were preserved in 75% ethanol. Mite
specimens were cleared in Nesbitt’s solution and mounted in Berlese’s medium.
Figures were drawn using a Carl Zeiss Axioscope A1 compound microscope.
Measurements were made using a NIKON Eclipse 50i compound microscope. All
measurements are given in micrometers. The terminology and abbreviations
follow Grandjean (1939), Griffiths et al., (1990), Norton (1998), Trach and
Khaustov (2011) and Haitlinger and Šundić (2016).
RESULTS
Canestriniidae Berlese, 1884
Cooremania Nesbitt, 1976
Type species: Cooremania wauensis Nesbitt, 1976, by original designation.
Diagnosis. Propodosomal and sejugal structure absent. The presence of
peg-like setae on the ventral surface of all stages. Part of setae on legs I-III peg-
like. Males with well developed adanal suckers.
Cooremania kietaensis sp. nov.
(Figs. 1-20)
Diagnosis. Setae 2a, c3, 3a, 4b, ad2 and g peg-like. Setae p1, p2, p3 and h3
tubercle-like in males, peg-like in females, setae vF I, vF II and nG peg-like.
Description. Male (holotype) (n = 3) – Idiosoma with ornamentation on
propodosoma and anterior part of hysterosoma; Propodosoma with setae vi, si

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and long setae se. Hysterosoma with relatively short setae c1, c2, d1, d2, e1, e2 and
f2 (Fig. 1).
Among setae placed in middle of idiosoma distance c1 – c1 is the longest,
distance d1 – d1 is longer than distance e1 – e1 and e2 – e2 (Table 1).
Table 1. Metric data of Cooremania kietaensis sp. nov.; H – holotype, P–
paratype, PR – protonymphs.
Character
H ♂
P ♂
P ♂
P ♀
P ♀
PR
PR
PR
IL
526
480
595
730
677
407
481
430
IW
440
444
488
666
617
328
385
388
GL
108
91
100
110
106
90
87
97
GW
80
74
93
79
73
49
55
64
c1
42
36
40
65
61
42
54
53
c2
52
46
66
69
69
51
57
65
c3
11
13
14
15
17
12
13
12
d1
36
33
42
66
69
44
44
47
d2
39
57
58
80
76
61
57
68
e1
26
26
27
87
85
47
-
55
e2
24
26
31
61
67
51
44
54
h1
500
447
539
577
-
-
-
-
h2
472
486
520
517
513
-
197
-
h3
38
30
27
17
18
12
12
12
cp
425
409
435
490
523
-
-
243
se
390
-
425
498
-
310
-
391
si
54
63
77
75
73
56
52
52
vi
62
60
76
75
92
55
71
60
SW
34
36
44
-
-
-
-
-
SS
54
50
66
-
-
-
-
-
ANL
61
58
69
-
-
-
-
-
PL
69
60
72
-
-
-
-
-
p1
37
36
32
16
12
15
12
12
p2
32
30
27
18
13
12
12
12
p3
23
22
23
13
14
18
18
16
1a
27
30
30
40
40
31
32
26
2a
15
15
15
16
16
11
13
15
3a
14
13
13
17
16
12
14
15
4a
29
29
36
13
18
19
-
-
4b
15
14
18
16
15
-
-
-
g
11
10
13
19
19
11
-
-
f2
26
27
32
46
47
Ta I
62
63
68
71
67
44
56
45
Ta II
56
56
64
66
67
49
50
50
Ta III
85
83
83
96
86
65
72
66
Ta IV
93
93
88
119
112
80
87
-
Leg I
221
195
222
227
210
137
157
160
Leg II
200
187
223
-
210
151
160
159
Leg III
235
239
250
264
258
198
192
200
Leg IV
261
229
262
304
282
179
192
-
Ta I ω1
42
45
55
55
55
35
34
37
Ta I ω2
11
11
12
15
12
12
10
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Ta I ω3
78
66
83
71
82
50
59
60
Ta I d
95
81
100
92
100
79
88
71
Ta I e
40
45
46
46
40
33
35
32
Ta I wa
40
43
29
47
32
33
27
29
Ta I p
20
20
20
30
23
16
20
26
Ta I q
21
-
27
44
17
25
27
22
Ta I la
15
17
22
22
15
16
16
18
Ti I φ
151
152
-
172
171
120
-
126
Ge I σ
49
45
51
53
54
40
34
41
Ge I mG
26
25
33
31
26
18
24
20
Ge I cG
31
34
38
39
36
31
40
35
Fe I vF
7
9
8
9
11
11
9
11
Tr I vTr
35
43
37
22
24
32
33
31
Ta II ω
65
59
56
63
67
51
51
52
Ta II d
72
98
124
115
105
70
76
66
Ta II e
36
48
54
55
49
36
29
31
Ta II wa
29
44
46
39
35
28
23
28
Ta II ra
28
45
38
-
44
37
38
21
Ta II la
16
20
18
18
20
-
-
-
Ti II φ
73
70
83
79
82
55
61
69
Ge II σ
36
33
39
36
37
30
29
-
Ge II mG
33
25
37
37
32
18
20
22
Ge II cG
23
20
20
23
24
24
15
18
Fe II vF
10
14
10
12
10
8
10
12
Tr II vTr
35
27
20
30
36
29
-
-
Ta III d
48
67
57
127
117
84
73
-
Ta III e
45
62
47
72
70
33
44
48
Ta III w
25
30
28
54
48
34
28
31
Ti III φ
69
64
83
81
76
44
45
-
Ge III nG
12
12
12
16
13
12
10
11
Tr III vTr
12
12
-
10
13
13
10
13
Ta IV d
121
111
-
142
134
78
90
-
Ta IV w
41
38
41
58
40
34
36
-
Ta IV e
55
60
-
75
73
31
34
-
Ti IV φ
102
-
121
71
68
33
36
-
Tr IV vTr
48
49
-
15
13
-
-
-
c1-c1
214
200
-
258
222
158
186
198
d1-d1
100
101
116
128
121
85
82
108
e1-e1
126
116
129
132
151
103
-
101
e2-e2
107
70
106
90
127
75
-
58
ad1
24
22
23
54
57
-
-
-
ad2
11
10
11
48
55
-
-
-
Ventral side of idiosoma with long setae cp, h1, h2, thin setae 1a, 4a, peg-
like setae 2a, c3, 3a, 4b, ad2 and g and tubercle-like setae p1, p2, p3 and h3.
Apodemes I joint medially to form Y – shaped structure, other apodemes as in
Fig. 2. Aedagus short. The adanal suckers well developed (Fig. 2).

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Figures 2. Cooremania kietaensis sp. nov. (holotype-male). Ventral view of
idiosoma and gnathosoma.

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Gnathosoma partly covered by idiosoma, subcapitulum with 2 pairs of
nude setae, palps with placed terminally solenidion ω and two pairs of short setae
(Fig. 3). Chelicerae with denticles (Fig. 4).
Figures 3-4. Cooremania kietaensis sp. nov. (holotype-male). 3. Gnathosoma, 4.
Chelicerae.

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Figures 5-8. Cooremania kietaensis sp. nov. (holotype-male). 5, Leg I, 6, Leg II,
7, Leg III, 8, Leg IV.

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Leg setal formula: Leg I: Ta – ω1, ω2, ω3, d, e, q, p, la, ra, wa, s; Ti – φ, Ge
σ, cG, mG; Fe – vF; Tr – vTr (Fig. 5, Table 1). Leg II: Ta – ω, d, e, ra, la, wa, s;
Ti – φ, Ge – σ, mG, cG; Fe – vF; Tr – vTr (Fig. 6). Leg III: Ta – d, e, w, s; Ti – φ;
Ge – nG; Tr – vTr (Fig. 7). Leg IV: Ta – d, e, w, s; Ti – φ; Tr – vTr (Fig. 8). Leg
I: seta d is the longest on Ta, φ is two times longer than φ on Ti II and III and
distinctly longer than φ on Ti IV, seta vF is peg-like. Setae vF on Fe II, seta nG
on Ge III and Tr III are peg-like.
Figures 9-10. Cooremania kietaensis sp. nov. (female). 9, Dorsal view of
idiosoma and gnathosoma, 10, Ventral view of idiosoma and gnathosoma.
Female (n = 2). The females have longer idiosoma than males, the dorsal
setal pattern is identical as in males but all setae are longer, excluding setae h3
and h2 (one male has this seta longer) (Fig. 9, Table 1).
The whole dorsum is ornamented. Ventral side of idiosoma differs from
males in shape of setae in anal and genital region: setae p1, p2, p3 and h3 are peg-
like, in males tubercle-like (Fig. 10). Gnathosoma as in male, partly covered by
idiosoma.

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Figures 11-14. Cooremania kietaensis sp. nov. (female). 11, Leg I, 12, Leg II, 13,
Leg III, 14. Leg IV. Leg setal formula. As in male; the only difference: seta vTr
on leg IV is peg-like (Figs. 11-14).

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Figures 15-16. Cooremania kietaensis sp. nov. (protonymph). 15, Dorsal
view of idiosoma and gnathosoma, 16, Ventral view of idiosoma and
gnathosoma.
Protonymph (n = 3). Propodosoma with three pairs of setae: long setae se
and short setae vi and si. Hysterosoma with seven pairs of setae: long setae h1 and
short setae c1, c2, d1, d2, e1 and e2 (Fig. 15, Table 1) Ventral side of idiosoma with
long setae cp and h2 short and thin setae 1a, 4a and p3 and peg-like setae c3, 3a, g,
4b, p1, p2 and h3 (Fig. 16). Gnathosoma as in male, partly covered by idiosoma.

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Figures 17-20. Cooremania kietaensis sp. nov. (protonymph). 17, Leg I; 18, Leg
II; 19, Leg III, 20, Leg IV.

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Leg setal formula. Leg I: Ta – ω1, ω2, ω3, d, e, p, la, q, wa, s; Ti – φ; Ge –
σ, mG, cG; Fe – vF; Tr ––vTr (Fig. 17). Leg II: Ta – ω, d, e, ra, wa, la, s; Ti – φ;
Ge – σ, mG, cG; Fe –vF; Tr – vTr (Fig. 18). Leg III: Ta – d, e, w, s; Ti – φ; Ge –
nG; Tr – vTr (Fig. 19). Leg IV: Ta – d, e, w, s; Ti – φ; Tr – vTr (Fig. 20). Setae
vF on Fe I and Fe II and nG on Ge III nd vTr on Tr III are peg-like.
Measurements are given in Table 1.
Etymology –Named after the type locality.
Type material –Holotype male, seven paratypes: two males and two
females and three protonymphs, Kieta, date undetermined, Bougainville Island,
Papua New Guinea from undetermined Lucanidae (Insecta; Coleoptera); collector
undetermined. All mites are deposited in the Museum of Natural History,
Wrocław University, Poland.
Remarks. Cooremania kietaensis sp. nov. differs from C. wauensis in
males in longer tubercle-like spines with dumpy bases p1, p2, p3, h3 > 23 μm vs.
vs. these setae are peg-like, < 15 μm, setae h1 and se shorter than idiosoma vs.
setae h1 and se longer than idiosoma, longer solenidion φ on Ti I (over two times
longer than Ta I) vs. solenidion φ on Ti I slightly longer than Ta I, peg-like seta
on genu III vs. tubercle-like spine and seven pairs of short setae on hysterosoma
vs. six pairs of setae on hysterosoma; in females in posterior margin of idiosoma
slightly concave vs. posterior margin almost straight, setae se and h1 shorter than
idiosoma vs. setae se and h1 longer than idiosoma, solenidion φ on Ti I over two
times longer than Ta I vs. solenidion φ on Ti I shorter than Ta I and hysterosoma
with seven pairs of short setae vs. hysterosoma with six pairs of short setae;
protonymphs can be not compare on account of laconic Nesbitt description.
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