Sheltered life beneath elytra: three new species of Eutarsopolipus (Acari, Heterostigmatina, Podapolipidae) parasitizing Australian ground beetles Author Katlav, Alihan Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia Author Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115 - 336 Tehran, Iran Author Riegler, Markus Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia & Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, Australia text Parasite 2021 Paris, France 2021-11-05 28 75 1 21 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2021069 journal article 299940 10.1051/parasite/2021069 256d3de4-2d64-435e-91a1-9bb589127cbd 1776-1042 PMC8570142 34738903 12524440 7CFD69B7-066F-41F7-B37F-53C7CEDDFE39

Table 1. Comparison of selected characters (range of measurements if available) of E. paryavae n. sp. (Ep) with two closely related species of the pterostichi species group: E. fischeri (Ef) and E. teteri (Et). Dashes (–) denote absence of the character. Characters for which the data are obscured/not available in the original descriptions are given as question marks (?). Letters v and m indicate vestigial and mirosetae, respectively. Abbreviations: L. (length), S. (stylet), Gn. (gnathosoma), Gen. cap. (genital capsule), Ch. (chelicera), Sol. (solenidion), Ta (tarsus), Ti (tibia), Fe (femur).

Life stage		Female		Male			Larval female
Character	Ep	Ef	Et	Ep	Ef	Et	Ep	Ef	Et
Gn. L.	68–86	45–48	45	33–36	26–29	29–32	35–39	31	35–38
Ch. S. L.	63–68	33–34	38	23–26	19–22	22	30–33	22	32–34
Setae ch	19–26	17–19	15	17–21	2–4	5	21–24	17	20–25
Setae su	3–5	5–6	14	3–4	2–3	8	3–4	3	10–12
Setae v 1	4–5	5–6	10	2–3	2	?	3–44	5	15
Setae sc 1	7–8	6–7	9	4–6	2	?	6–7	3	9–10
Setae sc 2	35–38	32–42	59	52–65	48	38–45	65–75	74	80
Setae c 1	8–10	3–5	5	4–5	2	?	7–9	3	8–12
Setae c 2	9–11	5–6	7	6–7	2	?	7–9	4	10
Setae d	8–9	3–5	7	5–6	?	?	6–8	4	10
Setae f	7–8	5	5	3–4	?	?	7–8	4	7–10
Setae h 1	9–12	m	–	–	–	–	130–140	43	60–62
Setae h 2	–	–	–	–	–	–	29–32	16	5–7
Setae 1 a	3–4	2	m	2	v	m–3	2–3	m	4
Setae 2 a	3–4	2–3	7	3	v	3	2–3	m	5–6
Setae 3 a	7–8	4–5	?	5–6	v	?	5–6	3	?
Setae 3 b	5–6	7	3	4	?	m	5–6	4	5
Gen. cap. L.	–	–	–	31–34	25–38	38	–	–	–
Gen. cap. W.	–	–	–	25–30	27–30	32	–	–	–
Sol. Ta I ω	3–4	3	5	2	2–3	5	2	3	4–5
Sol. Ti I φ	5–7	7–10	7	4–5	7–8	5–7	4–5	6	8–13
Sol. Ta II ω	–	?	5	–	2–3	5	–	3	5
Fe I seta v ļļ	–	–	15	–	–	10–18	–	–	10
Fe I seta l ļ	m–1	~3–4	–	2	~1	–	2–3	~2	–
Ta III seta pl ļļ	20–24	15–17	15	18–20	12	10–15	20–23	13	15–18