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 2. Comparison of selected characters (range of measurements if available) of all the described species of the leytei species group in the genus Eutarsopolipus (male is unknown for E. leytei); species abbreviated as E. pulcher n. sp. (Ep), E. leytei (El), E. dastychi (Ed), E. orpheus (Eo), E. biuncatus (Eb), and E. janus (Ej).

Life stage			Female						Male					Larval female
Character	Ep	El	Ed	Eo	Eb	Ej	Ep	Ed	Eo	Eb	Ej	Ep	El	Ed	Eo	Eb	Ej
Gn. L.	42–50	78	47–50	50–57	44–46	52–57	25–36	30–33	30–32	28–31	28–37	29–32	56	37–40	32–38	30–34	31–34
Ch. S. L.	44–51	68	47–48	23–28	35–38	45–51	17–19	23–26	15	17–18	25–28	28–34	54	35–40	21–27	25–27	36–42
Setae ch	18–25	20	27–30	10–18	14–22	25–35	8–12	12–15	m	1–2	3–4	20–25	20	30–36	31–35	19–23	26–33
Setae su	12–14	3	22	11–15	8–12	15–20	9–10	9–10	6–7	4–6	8–9	10–12	3	15–18	6–7	8–10	12–15
Setae v 1	11–14	5	36–45	17–26	8–10	19–24	m	5–10	m	m–2	4–9	11–13	m	42–50	26–32	12–14	15–18
Setae sc 1	9–13	11	25	17–29	7–9	9–11	m	5–13	m	m	m–2	10–12	10	25–28	28–33	5–6	8–10
Setae sc 2	51–60	62	58–70	47–59	15–20	36–40	34–46	60–70	38–40	2–3	27–34	62–72	78	94–101	90–95	51–52	70–80
Setae c 1	4–6	12	18–19	8–10	5–7	8–9	m	10	m	m	2–3	7–8	10	18–22	14–18	5–6	7–10
Setae c 2	4–6	9	17–21	9–18	4–6	8–10	m	5–7	m	m	2	5–7	9	17–21	10–15	3–4	7–10
Setae d	4–5	12	18–21	11–18	4–5	9–10	m	8–10	m	m	m–2	6–7	9	20–23	15–17	4–5	7–9
Setae f	5	8	22	10–11	4–5	7–9	m	3–4	m	m	m–2	7–9	8	16–18	8–12	4–5	6–8
Setae h 1	–	–	–	–	–	–	m	m	m	m	m	64–67	148	65–90	55–64	65–70	100
Setae h 2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1–2	67	m	m	3–4	4–6
Setae 1 a	5–6	~4	5–6	4–5	5–6	6–7	m	2–5	m	2–3	4–5	5–7	~2	8–10	6–8	2–3	4–5
Setae 2 a	5–7	~4	5	3–4	4–5	6–7	m	3–4	m	2–3	4–5	4–6	~2	7–10	8–9	3–4	4–5
Setae 3 a	4–5	8	9	2–3	5–6	6–9	m	~2	m	3	5–6	5–6	4	10–13	9–11	4–5	7–8
Setae 3 b	5–6	4	7	3	4–5	6–7	m	~4	m	2–3	5–6	5	2	10–12	9–10	3–4	5–6
Sol. Ta I ω	4–5	~2	4–5	5–6	3–4	4–5	4–5	5–7	4	3	3–4	4–5	~2	4–5	4–5	3–4	4–5
Sol. Ti I φ	7–9	7	10	7–8	6–7	6–8	6–8	5–6	5–6	4–5	6–7	7–8	7	7–9	8–9	6–7	7–8