Taxonomical, ecological and zoogeographical studies on anisitsiellid water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Anisitsiellidae Koenike, 1910) from Madagascar
Author
Goldschmidt, Tom
text
Zootaxa
2008
2008-12-05
1954
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1
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1954.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1954.1.1
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Subgenus
Dartonia
K.
Viets, 1929
Diagnosis
(modified after
Cook 1974
and
Panesar 2004
): Dorsum weakly sclerotized, ventrum without secondary sclerotization; medial margins of Cx-III not meeting anteriorly from genital field, forming medial edges; typically medial suture line of Cx-I about as long as genital field; leg-IV-6 with two or three strong, elongated terminal or subterminal setae; acetabula large, without larger gaps.
Remarks:
At the present state, this subgenus includes four species from Asia mainly characterized by the number of terminal setae on leg-IV (
Cook 1974
;
Panesar 2004
). According to
Cook (1974)
the following
N.
(
Dartonia
)
nifymanana
sp. nov.
should be placed in the subgenus
Dartonia
, due to the two heavy sub-terminal setae on leg-IV-6. The system of
Panesar (2004)
results in the same assignment, additionally supported by the pointed medial margin of Cx-III/IV and the long medial margin of Cx-I.