Antennocheles punctomarginalis Lindquist & Moraza 2014, sp. nov.

Antennocheles punctomarginalis sp. nov. (Figures 1–7) Diagnosis Adult female and male. Anterior area of union of dorsal and peritrematal shields without patch of dense, fine puncta on either side anterior to setae j3 and s1; dorsal shield coarsely punctate anterolaterally, and female with a marginal strip of puncta midlaterally amidst S- series of setae, but weakly punctate posterior to setae J4; peritrematal shield with strip of puncta, dorsal to peritreme, extending to area behind coxa IV; dorsal shield with setae j3 twice as long as j4–j5; setae Z3 at most 1.2 times as long as attenuate Z 4 in female, but about 1.5 times as long in male. Femur of legs II and III with seta al more strongly spine-like than in A. longisternalis; genu and tibia of legs I to IV with seta av not attenuated. Adult female: Sternal shield about 1.5–1.6 longer along mid-line than narrowest width between coxae II; metapodal plates 0.7 times as wide as long. Adult male. Spermatodactyl in lateral view slightly more broadly rounded apically than in A. longisternalis. Deutonymph. Dorsal shield setae Z4 nearly as long as thickened Z3. Anterior margin of anal shield sinuous, broadly concave; setae JV5 inserted closely beside gland pores gv3 on posterolateral corners of anal shield. Protonymph. Pygidial shield with thickened setae Z3 slightly shorter than attenuated Z4. Anterolateral corners of anal shield narrowly rounded. Description Adult female. Dorsal shield 481–535 long, 307–360 at its greatest width at level of setae S2 (n = 8); shield variably ornamented with sparse circular puncta over much of podonotal and anterior half of opisthonotal surface, without a patch of dense puncta on either side anterior to setae j3 and s1, but with conspicuous sparse puncta along dorsal surface of peritrematal shield lateral to setae s1–s2 and more densely so along marginal area of dorsal shield from level of setae r5 to S4; shield with a pair of transverse costulae in area of consolidation of podonotal and opisthonotal shields behind setae z6, and variably transversely lineate posterolaterally between setae z6 and Z3; shield without a longitudinal marginal strip delineated from level of setae s5 to S3 or S4. Dorsal shield with 34 pairs of setae, r3 and r5 always on shield; setae smooth, except J5 basally barbed, of dissimilar lengths: j1, j2 (11–15), j3 (26–28), j4– j5 (15–16), j6 (22–24), z2 (13–20), z4 (21–25), z5, z6 (13–17), s1 (12–15), s2, s6 (13– 20), s4 (19–25), s5 second longest (34–39), r2–r5 (14–17); J1–J2 (13–16), J3 (16–19), J4 (23–29), J5 (10–14); Z1–Z2 (15–17), Z3 longest (41–43, about 1.1–1.4 longer than Z4), Z4 attenuate (30–40), Z5 (25–28); S1–S2 (16–19), S3 (19–20), S4, S5 (26–28); s5, Z3 and to increasingly lesser extent j3, j6, z4 thicker, more spine-like than other setae (Figure 1A,B). Lateral soft cuticle usually with setae R1–R6, and three or four pairs of UR -setae (11–15). Peritrematal shields broadly united with dorsal shield anteriorly at level between setae s1 and z2, each with strip of puncta, flanking peritreme dorsally, extending to area behind coxa IV; peritremes long, sharply angled subapically, and reaching anteriorly to level of setae j1 (Figure 1A). Tritosternum with base about twice as long (37–39) as basal width (15–24), with laciniae fused for about 75% of total length (145–150 excluding base), their fused length with long, sparse, lateral setules. Presternal area with weak lineation and pair of faint small platelets (Figure 2A,B). Sternal shield moderately elongate, length from anterior margin at level between setae st1 to posterior margin 137–143, narrowest width between legs II 87–100, inconspicuously punctate over nearly entire surface, poorly lineate along lateral margins, and with a pair of concave transverse fissures with well sclerotized anterior margins laterally adjacent to and connecting with poroids iv2; shield with anterior margin lobulate between setae st1, and posterior margin slightly, irregularly convex between setae st3; shield with strong endopodal extensions between coxae I–II broadly fused to exopodal shield, and with strong endopodal extensions between coxae II–III; sternal shield with setae st1–st3 similar in short lengths (10–13). Setae st4 (9–12) together with poroids iv3 on small metasternal plates. Endopodal strips well developed alongside coxae III and IV, their anterior ends sometimes touching but not uniting with posterolateral margins of sternal shield. Epigynal shield 124–133 long, 107–125 at widest region behind genital setae, ornamented with small puncta arranged on reticula, and with truncate posterior margin; setae st5 subequal in length to st4. Paragenital poroids iv5 on soft cuticle well removed from posterolateral margins of epigynal shield. Two pairs of linear postgenital sclerites (transverse length of each 27–34) present in cuticular fold between epigynal and ventrianal shields. Ventrianal shield variably lightly lineated anterolaterally, punctate posteriorly on the anal region, with broadly rounded posterior margin; shield’ s greatest width (237–255) at level of setae ZV2 about 1.6 its midlength (144–157); shield with four pairs of opisthogastric setae (JV1–JV3, ZV2) of similar short length, though JV2 (16–18) slightly longer than others (11–14); shield with two pairs of poroids, gland pores gv3 on margin at level of anal opening, and a pair of weak preanal depressions; postanal seta (27–30) about 2.5 as long as paranal setae (11–13); posterior shield margin with cribrum formed as a wide (111–121) but narrow (c.4) strip embedded in postanal fold of cuticle. Soft cuticle with six pairs of opisthogastric setae of similar short length, ZV1 (11–13) anteriorly and thicker setae JV4, JV5, ZV3–ZV5 (14–18) laterally, flanked variably by R4–R6 and one or two pairs UR -setae (10–15). Peritrematal shield broadly consolidated with exopodal strip curving behind coxa IV, and bearing poroids ip3–ip4 and gland pore gp3 behind stigma (Figure 2A). One pair of large, subtriangular metapodal plates, length 29–38, width 18–23. Spermathecal apparatus with short tubular section (length 43, width 16) discernible within body behind coxa IV (Figure 1C). Gnathotectum (Figure 1D) with dorsal face convex, sparsely punctate, with prominent convex anterior margin projecting into three elongate, pilose/ciliated tines, medial tine (58–67) longer than lateral ones (33–52). Cheliceral shaft, excluding basal section 137–143 long, with moderately small digits (Figure 2C); dorsal face of fixed digit with short blunt dorsal seta; fixed digit with minute (6) pilus dentilis, with bifid apical hook, and with one or two offset subapical teeth; movable digit (43–47) bidentate, with proximal tooth bifid. Corniculi moderately long (31–34), slender (7–8 where inserted), parallel; internal malae wide basally, tapered, strongly curved laterally along mid-length, much longer (52–54) than corniculi, and with lateral margins slightly fimbriated or ciliated. Subcapitulum with seven finely multidenticulate (9–20 to 25–30 teeth) rows of deutosternal denticles, anteriormost row with slightly larger, fewer denticles, sixth row slightly widest and most denticulate, rows not connected by lateral margins. Subcapitulum with setal pairs in slightly convergent longitudinal alignment; hp1 conspicuously thicker and longer (51–53) than others; setae hp2 (20– 25) and pc (22–25) slightly shorter than hp3 (28–31). Palpi (117–122) nearly straight; palptrochanter with inner seta inserted on protuberance, sinuous, longer (30–35) and more attenuated than outer seta (24–26); palpfemoral seta al (15) with bluntly pointed tip; palpgenual setae al-1 and al-2 slightly spatulate, al-2 with more rounded tip; palptarsal claw with two tines spatulate with rounded tips (as in Figure 9B). At level of genu and tibia, respectively, legs I slightly slenderer (width c.24, 26), and legs II slightly thicker (c.35, 45), than legs III (c.31, 40) and IV (c.30, 35); legs I to IV (Figure 5A–H) each clearly shorter than dorsal shield length; leg lengths, excluding pretarsi: I 387–402, II 359–381, III 367–388, IV similarly as long as I, 384– 402. Leg I tarsus (108–126) about 1.6–1.8 longer than each of the similarly long femur (67–77), genu (61–67) and tibia (65–74). Tarsus I with well-developed pedicel (16–18) bearing pretarsus (14–15 to base of claws); tarsus I without markedly elongated setae apically. Legs II–IV with tarsus about 1.8–2.0 times as long as tibia. Tarsi II–IV with pair of apical setal processes ad-1, pd-1 (5–8) inconspicuous, shorter than length of pretarsus to base of claws (14–16); with ventroapical process short (5–8), rounded apically, about half as long as length of pretarsus to base of claws (as in Figure 11B); pretarsi with paradactyli inconspicuous as narrow sclerotized shafts flanking, and about as long as claws (11–15). Tarsi II–IV with ventral setae v-1 spine-like and grooved, pv-1 progressively thinner than av-1 from II to IV (as in Figure 11B,C); v-2 spine-like but slenderer than v-1. Coxae I–IV lineate on ventral surfaces; coxal setae simple, short (6–12) (Figure 5E–H). Legs I–IV with chaetotactic formulae of segments as described for genus. Leg segments with modified spine-like setae (Figure 5A–D): al slightly so on trochanters II–IV; ad-1, pd-1, pd-2, av on femora I–II, plus pv-1 slightly so on femur I and pv-2 on femur II; ad-1, ad-2, pd-1, pl, av on femora III–IV, plus al slightly so on femur III; pv on genu I; ad-2, ad-3 on genua I–II. Seta pd-2 on tibia I longer, slightly thicker, more erect, 1.5–1.8 times longer than pd-1. Seta pv on trochanters II–IV (Figure 5B–D) thin but not markedly elongated (22–27). Adult male. Dorsal shield 434–445 long, 259–267 wide at level of setae s6 (n = 3); shield ornamentation and complement of pore-like structures similar to that of female, but posterolateral margins alongside setae R1–S5 smooth, without puncta. Dorsal shield with 36 to 38 pairs of setae, includin

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