Calcarmyobia from the Ethiopian region (Acarina, Myobiidae)* Kimito Uchikawa Department of Parasitology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto 390, Japan Introduction The author has sought to locate as many species and specimens of bats of the genus Miniopterus from the Ethiopian region as possible in the collections of the big museums in the United States and Europe for mites of the genus Calcarmyobia. All the four known species of the mites from the region were again recorded in the present study (Uchikawa, 19856), and the five new species or subspecies were also found as described below. All the specimens dealt with in the present paper will be deposited in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History, New York (AMNH), the British Museum (Natural History), London (BMNH), the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN), Forschungs-Institut Senkenberg, Frankfurt (SMF) or the US National Museum (USNM), where they were collected. The scales for Figures are the same to those in Figs 1-6. As the present paper is the fourth and last report on the mites of the family Myobiidae taken from the bats of the genus Miniopterus in the big museums, a summary of the mites themselves and, adopting them as indicators, problems in host systematics will be made in discussion. Calcarmyobia comoresensis Uchikawa Calcarmyobia comoresensis Uchikawa, 1982, Annot. zool. Japan., 55: 39. Calcarmyobia comoresensis Uchikawa was originally described as a parasite of Miniopterus manavi from the Comores Islands (Uchikawa, 1982). It is shown in the present study that the mite is also found in Madagascar. The type of M. manavi (BMNH 97.9.1.37) also yielded a female of this species. The anonymous mites in Uchikawa (1982) were identified as C. comoresensis in the present study. MATERIAL EXAMINED. One $ and 1$ (1984.6.12.128-129) ex Miniopterus majori, Vobima, Madagascar (BMNH 0.5.5.48); 1? (1984.6.12.130) ex M. majori, Bersroha, Madagascar (BMNH 32.7.19.1-2); <J1? (1984.6.12.132-133) ex M. scotinus, Imasindrory, Madagascar (BMNH 97.9.1.41-3; 1$ (1984.6.12.131) ex M. manavi, Imasindrory, Madagascar (BMHN 97.9.1.37, type); 1$ ex Miniopterus, Tananarive, Tsimbazaza, Madagascar, 1-III-1948 (MNHN); \<3 ex Miniopterus, Grotte d'Andalambezo, Madagascar (MNHN); lc?4$$ ex M. scotinus, Madagascar (MNHN 1912^44, Calcarmyobia sp. nr. kenyaensis in Uchikawa, 1982). Calcarmyobia steatosetae steatosetae sp. n., ssp. n. MALE (Figs 1, 2, 3 & 4). Seta vi thickened posteriorly, rather short and not reaching to genital shield. Seta d^ distinctly thinner than d 2 . Genital shield bearing gp, which is modified into a process. Modified claw on leg II only slightly inferior in thickness and length to normal one; modified seta on genu II as in Fig. 4; a thickened seta ventrally on tarsus II. Penis curved. Measurements in (am for holotype and a paratype. Body ( = gnathosoma + idiosoma) 46(M60 long by 195-200 wide. Seta ve 138-142 long; vi 120-117 long; sc e 7-150 long; sc i 85-85 long; </, 33-35 long; d 2 35-40 long; d 3 43-43 long; /, 145-142 long; 7 3 63-65 long. Genital shield 55-52 long (excluding gp); distance between ga, ga-ga, 37-35. Modified seta on genu II 20-21 long. Penis ca. 150-153 long. *Supported financially by Overseas Scientific Research Grant Nos 57041019 and 5803013 from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan. Contribution No. Ac-4. Bull. Br. Mus. not. Hist. (Zool.) 48(1): 45-55 Issued 28 February 1985 45
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