Hidden diversity of endoparasitic eriophyoid mites: two new Novophytoptus Roivainen, 1947 (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae) species from the parenchymatous tissues of rushes (Juncaceae) Author Chetverikov, Philipp E. text Zootaxa 2015 4006 3 481 505 journal article 40166 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.3.4 bfbc9b10-66fa-40d0-a1b2-bc4458587fce 1175-5326 239377 D01B5A31-9D9E-4C50-9443-101EDB3E04C3

TABLE 3. Differences between Novophytoptus luzulis n. sp. and N. aculeatus Pye 2012.

	N. luzulis n. sp. (n=9)	N. aculeatus (n=4)
Number of dorsal annuli	74 (67–83)	97 (94–100)
Shape of h1	Needle-like, basal width no more than 1.5 times larger than apical width (Fig. 7E–G)	Thorn-like, basal width no less than 3 times greater than apical width (Fig. 7A–D)
Prodorsal shield ornamentation	Five longitudinal narrow ridges slightly converging or parallel to each other anteriorly and distinctly converging posteriorly (Fig. 1 D–I); about 57 (52–80) microtubercule-like spots between tubercules of setae sc.	Five longitudinal ridges slightly diverging or parallel to each other anteriorly and indistinctly converging posteriorly; about 39 (28–44) microtubercule-like spots between tubercules of setae sc (Fig. 1 A–C).
Shapes of empodia I and II	Empodia I usually or more or less symmetrical, whereas empodia II are asymmetrical (Fig. 2 D–F)	Empodia I and II are clearly asymmetrical (Fig. 2 A–C)
Shape of posterior part of prosternal apodeme	The apodeme is inversely T-shaped with three distinct subcuticular processes forming a trident (Fig. 3 D–F)	The apodeme with a small triangle posteriorly and three indistinct processes forming a trident (Fig. 3 A–C)
Length of c2	40 (34–47)	27 (27–31)
Length of d	26 (23–29)	14 (14–16)
Length of e	15 (13–18)	9 (8–10)
Length of f	17 (16–18)	11 (10–11)