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(
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,
<figureCitation id="132D71F3AB466902FEE8F902FEE7F906" box="[312,363,1737,1762]" captionStart="FIGURE 25 A I" captionStartId="38.[151,250,1845,1867]" captionTargetBox="[168,1411,195,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@38.[168,1412,195,1794]" captionTargetPageId="38" captionText="FIGURE 25 A I. Photographs of dorsal shield. A Monatractides acutiscutatus (K. Viets, 1914), female, unnamed creek upstream Sagyimase. B C M. convexiscutata (K. Viets, 1958), stream Asukuma: B = male, C = female. D E M. koenikei (K. Viets, 1916): D = male from Nubui River, E = female from Akaa Falls. F G M. stigeophora (Cook, 1966), female: F = specimen from Supon stream, G = juvenile specimen from stream upstream Sagyimase. H I M. cf. ventriosus (K. Viets, 1916): H = male from Laboun River, I = female from Agumatsa River." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286328/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">25A</figureCitation>
,
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<emphasis id="B962B164AB466902FF47F8DAFE07F8C3" box="[151,395,1809,1831]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Atractides acutiscutatus</emphasis>
K. Viets 1914: 17
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.
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<emphasis id="B962B164AB466902FF47F89FFEA1F889" bold="true" box="[151,301,1876,1901]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">New records</emphasis>
.
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: Unnamed creek upstream Sagyimase, Atewa Hills, 6º
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, 0º
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, alt.
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asl.,
<date id="FFA84BB6AB466902FF47F8B3FE85F875" box="[151,265,1912,1937]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="2013-02-28">28.ii.2013</date>
Smit, 0/1/0 (mounted); Laboun River, downstream of falls, Kyabobo NP, 8º
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Smit 0/1/0 (mounted).
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<emphasis id="B962B164AB466902FF17F80BFEEDF83D" bold="true" box="[199,353,1984,2009]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Morphology.</emphasis>
Female.
<emphasis id="B962B164AB466902FE19F80BFD09F83D" box="[457,645,1984,2009]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">General features</emphasis>
—Idiosoma elongated oval; shoulder platelets on each side fused with frontal platelets to form an elongated platelet (
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,
<figureCitation id="132D71F3AB416905FCF4FF5CFCD5FF54" box="[804,857,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 25 A I" captionStartId="38.[151,250,1845,1867]" captionTargetBox="[168,1411,195,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@38.[168,1412,195,1794]" captionTargetPageId="38" captionText="FIGURE 25 A I. Photographs of dorsal shield. A Monatractides acutiscutatus (K. Viets, 1914), female, unnamed creek upstream Sagyimase. B C M. convexiscutata (K. Viets, 1958), stream Asukuma: B = male, C = female. D E M. koenikei (K. Viets, 1916): D = male from Nubui River, E = female from Akaa Falls. F G M. stigeophora (Cook, 1966), female: F = specimen from Supon stream, G = juvenile specimen from stream upstream Sagyimase. H I M. cf. ventriosus (K. Viets, 1916): H = male from Laboun River, I = female from Agumatsa River." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286328/files/figure.png" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">25A</figureCitation>
); frontal margin medially with large anterolaterally pointed apodemes (
<figureCitation id="132D71F3AB416905FEA4FF77FE50FF30" box="[372,476,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 17 A F" captionStartId="28.[151,250,1940,1962]" captionTargetBox="[151,1427,511,1900]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[151,1436,507,1916]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE 17 A F. Monatractides acutiscutatus (K. Viets, 1914), female (A, C F—from unnamed creek upstream Sagyimase, B—from Laboun River): A = dorsal shield; B = idiosoma, ventral view; C = frontal margin of idiosoma, dorsal view; D = palp, lateral view; E = gnathosoma; F = I-L- 4 6. Scale bars = 100 Μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286320/files/figure.png" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Fig. 17C</figureCitation>
); Cxgl-4 located far anteriorly, near tips of Cx-I; gnathosomal bay moderately deep, narrow U-shaped; posterior suture line of Cx-IV well evident, originating from lateral edge of genital field and directed posterolaterally; genital field large and pentagonal; line of primary sclerotization close to posterior margin of genital field; excretory pore and Vgl-2 well separated from the line of primary sclerotization, Vgl-2 posterior to excretory pore (
<figureCitation id="132D71F3AB416905FE82FE87FE30FE80" box="[338,444,332,357]" captionStart="FIGURE 17 A F" captionStartId="28.[151,250,1940,1962]" captionTargetBox="[151,1427,511,1900]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[151,1436,507,1916]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE 17 A F. Monatractides acutiscutatus (K. Viets, 1914), female (A, C F—from unnamed creek upstream Sagyimase, B—from Laboun River): A = dorsal shield; B = idiosoma, ventral view; C = frontal margin of idiosoma, dorsal view; D = palp, lateral view; E = gnathosoma; F = I-L- 4 6. Scale bars = 100 Μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286320/files/figure.png" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Fig. 17B</figureCitation>
); gnathosoma with long and slender dorsal apodemes, rostrum truncated (
<figureCitation id="132D71F3AB416905FAF5FE87FA03FE80" box="[1317,1423,332,357]" captionStart="FIGURE 17 A F" captionStartId="28.[151,250,1940,1962]" captionTargetBox="[151,1427,511,1900]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[151,1436,507,1916]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE 17 A F. Monatractides acutiscutatus (K. Viets, 1914), female (A, C F—from unnamed creek upstream Sagyimase, B—from Laboun River): A = dorsal shield; B = idiosoma, ventral view; C = frontal margin of idiosoma, dorsal view; D = palp, lateral view; E = gnathosoma; F = I-L- 4 6. Scale bars = 100 Μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286320/files/figure.png" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Fig. 17E</figureCitation>
); ventral and dorsal setae of P-2 and P-3 relatively strong and long, distal margin of P-3 and P-4 medially and laterally with several pointed extensions; P-4 swollen in distal half, with two ventral setae, one of which is very long and away from distal edge (
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).
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<emphasis id="B962B164AB416905FF47F85FFEC5F84E" bold="true" box="[151,329,1940,1962]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">FIGURE 17AF.</emphasis>
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(K. Viets, 1914)
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, female (A, CF—from unnamed creek upstream Sagyimase, B—from Laboun River): A = dorsal shield; B = idiosoma, ventral view; C = frontal margin of idiosoma, dorsal view; D = palp, lateral view; E = gnathosoma; F = I-L-46. Scale bars = 100 Μm.
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<emphasis id="B962B164AB406904FF17FF52FEE5FF54" box="[199,361,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Measurements</emphasis>
(from unnamed creek upstream Sagyimase, in parentheses specimen from Laboun River, n = 2)—Idiosoma (ventral view:
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,
<figureCitation id="132D71F3AB406904FDB6FF77FD14FF31" box="[614,664,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 26 A I" captionStartId="39.[151,250,1858,1880]" captionTargetBox="[170,1413,195,1814]" captionTargetId="figure@39.[169,1413,195,1815]" captionTargetPageId="39" captionText="FIGURE 26 A I. Photographs of ventral shield. A Monatractides acutiscutatus (K. Viets, 1914), female, unnamed creek upstream Sagyimase. B C M. convexiscutata (K. Viets, 1958), stream Asukuma: B = male, C = female. D E M. koenikei (K. Viets, 1916): D = male from Nubui River, E = female from Akaa Falls. F G M. stigeophora (Cook, 1966), female: F = specimen from Supon stream, G = juvenile specimen from stream upstream Sagyimase. H I M. cf. ventriosus (K. Viets, 1916): H = male from Laboun River, I = female from Agumatsa River." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286329/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">26A</figureCitation>
) L 694 (783), W 525 (644); dorsal shield (
<figureCitation id="132D71F3AB406904FB40FF77FA89FF30" box="[1168,1285,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 17 A F" captionStartId="28.[151,250,1940,1962]" captionTargetBox="[151,1427,511,1900]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[151,1436,507,1916]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE 17 A F. Monatractides acutiscutatus (K. Viets, 1914), female (A, C F—from unnamed creek upstream Sagyimase, B—from Laboun River): A = dorsal shield; B = idiosoma, ventral view; C = frontal margin of idiosoma, dorsal view; D = palp, lateral view; E = gnathosoma; F = I-L- 4 6. Scale bars = 100 Μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286320/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Figs. 17A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="132D71F3AB406904FAC4FF77FAC9FF31" box="[1300,1349,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 25 A I" captionStartId="38.[151,250,1845,1867]" captionTargetBox="[168,1411,195,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@38.[168,1412,195,1794]" captionTargetPageId="38" captionText="FIGURE 25 A I. Photographs of dorsal shield. A Monatractides acutiscutatus (K. Viets, 1914), female, unnamed creek upstream Sagyimase. B C M. convexiscutata (K. Viets, 1958), stream Asukuma: B = male, C = female. D E M. koenikei (K. Viets, 1916): D = male from Nubui River, E = female from Akaa Falls. F G M. stigeophora (Cook, 1966), female: F = specimen from Supon stream, G = juvenile specimen from stream upstream Sagyimase. H I M. cf. ventriosus (K. Viets, 1916): H = male from Laboun River, I = female from Agumatsa River." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286328/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">25A</figureCitation>
) L 598 (675), W 448 (563), L/W ratio 1.33 (1.2); dorsal plate L 559 (638); anterior plate (shoulder + frontal platelet) L 298306 (341359), W 7072 (8086), L/W ratio 4.24.3 (4.24.3). Gnathosomal bay L 117 (129), Cx-I total L 242 (288), Cx-I mL 125 (158), Cx-II+III mL 78 (92); ratio Cx-I L/Cx-II+III mL 3.1 (3.1); Cx-I mL/Cx-II+III mL 1.6 (1.7). Genital field L/W 148 (164)/144 (159), ratio 1.03 (1.03); distance genital field-excretory pore 197 (159), genital field-caudal idiosoma margin 223 (238). Gnathosoma vL 135 (168); chelicera total L 182 (217); palp total L 200 (220222), dL/H, dL/H ratio: P-1, 22/22, 1.0 (25/26, 0.94); P-2, 51/37, 1.38 (61/44, 1.38); P-3, 40/31, 1.3 (45/ 35, 1.3); P-4, 54/20, 2.7 (58/23, 2.5); P-5, 33/12, 2.7 (3132/14, 2.3); P-2/P-4 ratio 0.94 (1.04); dL of I-L-2-6: 63 (72), 71 (91), 85 (112), 84 (106), 88 (100); I-L-46 H 32 (37), dL/H I-L-6 ratio 2.7 (2.7).
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<subSubSection id="C30C3EFDAB406904FF17FE34FAB4FCB9" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BA96D76AB406904FF17FE34FAB4FCB9" blockId="29.[151,1436,151,896]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
<emphasis id="B962B164AB406904FF17FE34FEB8FDFC" bold="true" box="[199,308,511,536]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Remarks</emphasis>
. The two female specimens examined match the general morphology of
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<emphasis id="B962B164AB406904FBBDFDCAFAABFDFC" box="[1133,1319,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">M. acutiscutatus</emphasis>
(K. Viets, 1914)
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. This species was described by K. Viets (1914) based on a single specimen (assigned to male with a question mark, apparently because he did not find the ejaculatory complex) from a stream near Manoka in
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. No further record of this species was published after its original description and this is the first description of the female.
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<emphasis id="B962B164AB406904FF22FD44FDBEFD4C" box="[242,562,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Monatractides acutiscutatus</emphasis>
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can easily be distinguished from other African members of the genus by the shoulder and frontal platelets of each side being fused to each other. This character is also found in several other species of
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<emphasis id="B962B164AB406904FEDFFD1CFE3EFD14" box="[271,434,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Monatractides</emphasis>
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:
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<emphasis id="B962B164AB406904FE12FD12FE6DFD14" box="[450,481,729,752]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">M.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B962B164AB406904FE22FD12FD85FD14" box="[498,521,729,752]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">M</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B962B164AB406904FDF2FD1CFD0EFD14" box="[546,642,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">hesperia</emphasis>
(
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)
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(
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EF871087AB406904FC0EFD1CFB01FD14" author="Lundblad" box="[990,1165,727,752]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Lundblad, O. (1941) Neue Wassermilben. Vorlaufige Mitteilung. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 62 (1 - 2), 97 - 121." type="journal article" year="1941">Lundblad 1941</bibRefCitation>
),
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<emphasis id="B962B164AB406904FB72FD12FB4DFD14" box="[1186,1217,729,752]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">M.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B962B164AB406904FB02FD12FB65FD14" box="[1234,1257,729,752]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">M</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B962B164AB406904FAD2FD12FA10FD14" box="[1282,1436,729,752]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">veracruzensis</emphasis>
(
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)
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(
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EF871087AB406904FE71FD37FD92FCF0" author="Cook" box="[417,542,764,789]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Cook, D. R. (1980) Studies on neotropical water mites. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 31, 1 - 645." type="journal article" year="1980">Cook 1980</bibRefCitation>
) and
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<emphasis id="B962B164AB406904FD8CFD36FDF0FCF0" box="[604,636,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">M.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B962B164AB406904FD5CFD36FD2FFCF0" box="[652,675,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">M</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B962B164AB406904FD6AFD37FD72FCF1" box="[698,766,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">sahuli</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF871087AB406904FCD6FD37FC53FCF0" author="Pesic" box="[774,991,764,789]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Pesic, V. &amp; Smit, H. (2011) Water mites of the genus Monatractides Viets (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) from New Guinea, with descriptions of nine new species. Zootaxa, 2779, 39 - 62." type="journal article" year="2011">Pešić &amp; Smit, 2011</bibRefCitation>
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(New
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EF871087AB406904FB5BFD37FAEFFCF0" author="Pesic" box="[1163,1379,764,789]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Pesic, V. &amp; Smit, H. (2011) Water mites of the genus Monatractides Viets (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) from New Guinea, with descriptions of nine new species. Zootaxa, 2779, 39 - 62." type="journal article" year="2011">Pešić &amp; Smit 2011</bibRefCitation>
). For differences separating abovementioned species see
<bibRefCitation id="EF871087AB406904FD32FCD4FC5CFCDC" author="Pesic" box="[738,976,799,824]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Pesic, V. &amp; Smit, H. (2011) Water mites of the genus Monatractides Viets (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) from New Guinea, with descriptions of nine new species. Zootaxa, 2779, 39 - 62." type="journal article" year="2011">Pešić &amp; Smit (2011)</bibRefCitation>
.
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proposed the subgenus
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<emphasis id="B962B164AB406904FF70FC8FFE97FCB9" box="[160,283,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Rusetriella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for these species, which has been rejected by
<bibRefCitation id="EF871087AB406904FCF9FC8FFC36FCB8" author="Wiles" box="[809,954,836,861]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Wiles, P. R. (1997) Asian and Oriental Torrenticolidae Piersig, 1902 (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Lebertioidea): a revision of the family and description of new species of Torrenticola Piersig and Pseudotorrenticola Walter, from Southeast Asia. Journal of Natural History, 31 (2), 191 - 236. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939700770121" type="journal article" year="1997">Wiles (1997)</bibRefCitation>
based on a phylogenetic analysis.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BA96D76AB406904FF17FCACFC08FC64" blockId="29.[151,1436,151,896]" box="[199,900,871,896]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
<emphasis id="B962B164AB406904FF17FCACFEECFC64" bold="true" box="[199,352,871,896]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F3012DE6AB406904FEB7FCA3FE50FC64" box="[359,476,872,896]" name="Cameroon" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
(K. Viets 1914),
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(first record).
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