New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Malaysia, with descriptions of three new species
Author
Pesic, Vladimir
Author
Smit, Harry
text
Zootaxa
2010
2354
19
34
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.193547
ec1953bb-c48c-40f5-a804-1b95d75eafb1
1175-5326
193547
Monatractides parviventris
(
K. Viets, 1935
)
Material.
Malaysia
, Tahan River, Taman Negara NP, 4°
23.534 N
102°
23.961 E
, alt.
90 m
,
7.ii.2009
, 2/0/0 (0/1/0 mounted).
Remarks.
The specimens from
Malaysia
agree with
M. parviventris
(
K. Viets, 1935
)
due to its large frontal plates (L/W ratio 2.8), which are longer than the shoulder plates (shoulder/frontal plate L ratio 0.79), the short medial suture line of Cx-2+3 (ratio Cx-1 medial L/Cx-2+3 medial L
2.1 in
male), P-4 with well visible denticle near the insertion of the ventral setae and Cx-4 posteriorly extending far beyond the genital field.
Distribution.
Indonesia
, Sulawesi,
Brunei
,
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
Thailand
. New for
Malaysia
.