Water mites from West Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
Author
Smit, Harry
text
Acarologia
2021
2021-09-27
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https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4466
journal article
10.24349/5d6U-DX5N
2107-7207
7159546
Tubophora limnesioides
Walter, 1935
(
Figure 4
)
Figure 4
Tubophora limnesioides
Walter
, venter female. Scale bar: 100 µm.
New records.
Ghana
. 1/0/0, small rainforest stream upstream Sagyimase, Atewa Hills,
6°13.964′ N
0°33.116′ W
,
654 m
a.s.l.,
8 Mar. 2011
; 2/3/0, Apkonu stream, downstream of falls,
at Logba Tota,
6°53.054′ N
0°28.024′ E
,
362 m
a.s.l.,
21 Feb. 2013
.
Description. Female: Idiosoma dorsally 616 long and 478 wide, ventrally 632 long. Gnathosoma attached to a protrusable tube. Cx-I+II medially separated. Cx-III medially bluntly pointed, Cxgl-4 well separated from associated seta (
Figure 4
). Genital field 158 long, with three pairs of acetabula, second and third pair closer to each other than to first pair. Length of P1–5: 24, 52, 48, 72, 38. Length of I-leg-4–6: 96, 96, 80. Length of IV-leg-4–6: -, 116, 136; terminal seta of IV-leg-6 66 long. Legs without swimming setae.
Remarks. Thus far, known only from the male
holotype
, and the female is described here for the first time.
Distribution.
Ivory Coast
(
Walter 1935
),
Ghana
(this study).