New Species Of Water Mites From New Guinea (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Halacaridae)
Author
Smit, H.
text
Acarologia
2011
2011-09-23
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3
321
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20112017
journal article
10.1051/acarologia/20112017
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Litarachna
denhami
(Lohmann, 1909)
Material examined — 7/7/0, Marine littoral, Base G beach, Jayapura,
2°31.352 S
;
140°44.544 E
,
30- iii-2010
.
Remarks — A widespread species, known from
Australia
(
Western Australia
), the Red Sea,
South Africa
,
South Korea
and
India
(K. Viets 1959,
Wiles et al. 2002
,
Smit 2003
,
Peši´c et al. 2008
,
2009
). The shape of palp of the specimens from New
Guinea
is similar to those of
Australia
, its dimensions are intermediate between specimens from the Red Sea and
Australia
. PI-PV of a male from this study measure 18, 80, 36, 97, 44. New for the fauna of New
Guinea
.