New records of water mites from New Zealand, with the description of three new genera and ten new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
Author
Smit, Harry
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands.
Author
Pešić, Vladimir
Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b. b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro. & Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands.
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Acarologia
2020
2020-12-07
60
4
903
950
http://dx.doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20204410
journal article
10.24349/acarologia/20204410
2107-7207
5401542
Limnesia
(
Limnesia
)
quinqueglandulosa
n. sp.
Zoobank:
6F6B77E9-7EA0-4B5E-A21B-B7101B0EA8DB
(
Figs. 4
AD)
Material examined.
Holotype
female,
Nelson
Creek Right Branch, Moana, South Island,
New Zealand
,
42°30.047
′
S
171°41.617
′
E
, alt.
321 m
asl,
2iv2020
(NMNZ).
Paratype
:
Figure 2
Limnesia moanaensis
n. sp.
, holotype male. A – dorsum; B – venter; C – palp; D – IVleg46. Scale bars = 50 µm.
one female
, unnamed stream crossing Bell Hill Road, Moana, South Island,
New Zealand
,
42°35.657
′
S
171°34.883
′
E
, alt.
129 m
asl,
25iii2020
(RMNH).
Diagnosis. Female: Dorsal shield with five pairs of glandularia, dorsal furrow with three pairs of glandularia, gnathosoma not attached to a protrusible tube, Cxgl4 not on coxae but posterior to CxIII, its associated setae in the middle of CxIII.
Description. Female: Idiosoma dorsally 608 (567) long and 502 (456) wide, ventrally 656
(608) long. Integument lineated, eyes and integument without pigment. Dorsal shield 575 (526)
long and 421 (373) wide, with five pairs of glandularia and the postocularia. Dorsal furrow with three pairs of glandularia. Gnathosomal bay posteriorly ending in a slit, gnathosoma elongated,
not attached to a protrusible tube. CxI fused medially, CxIII with the accompanying setae of
Cxgl4 lying in the middle, Cxgl4 not on the coxae but posterior to CxIII. A ridge present anterior to insertion of fourth legs. Genital field 162 long and 156 wide, with three pairs of acetabula. Length of P15: 20, 80, 53, 114, 30. P2 ventrally with a pointed seta, P3 anteroventrally with a long seta, P4 ventrally with a small setal tubercle with a curved seta. Length of Ileg46: 84, 52, 108 (till tip of segment). Length of IVleg46: 104, 127, 126.
Figure 3
Limnesia pseudozelandica
n. sp.
, holotype male. A – dorsum; B – venter; C – gnathosoma and palp; D – IVleg46. Scale bars = 50 µm.
Fourth leg with numerous stout setae, terminal seta of IVleg6 76 long. Excretory pore not incorporated in ventral shield.
Male: Unknown.
Figure 4
Limnesia quinqueglandulosa
n. sp.
, holotype female. A – dorsum; B – venter; C – palp; D – IVleg46. Scale bars = 50 µm.
Etymology. Named for the presence of five pairs of glandularia on the dorsal shield.
Remarks. The only other species with five pairs of glandularia on the dorsal shield is
L.
conroyi
Cook, 1983
, but this species has four pairs of glandularia in the dorsal furrow, the gnathosoma is attached to a protrusible tube and Cxgl4 is lying near the suture line of CxIII/IV.