Two new genera, Limnohalacarus and Soldanellonyx (Acari: Halacaridae) in freshwater halacarid mites with additional new records from Turkey
Author
Durucan, Furkan
Işıklar Caddesi No 16, TR- 07100 Antalya, Turkey; E-mail: f _ durucan @ hotmail. com
f_durucan@hotmail.com
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Persian Journal of Acarology
2020
2020-01-15
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journal article
10.22073/pja.v9i1.57733
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Limnohalacarus wackeri
(
Walter, 1914
)
(
Figs. 4
A–F, 5)
Material examined
1 ♂
, standing water, on sediments and stones,
Lake Eğirdir-Isparta
,
19 August 2019
, coll.
F. Durucan.
Morphology and notes
Idiosoma 390 long, 263 wide. AD 82 long, 100 wide. OC divided transversely with cornea and eye pigment. Anterior ocular plate is wider than long. OC 37 long, 61 wide. Post ocular plate slender, triangular 42 long, 25 wide. Pore canaliculi in the distal part of the OC. Setae ds-1 on AD, ds-2 striated in integument, ds-3 on PD. Dorsum with five pairs of gland pores (
Fig. 4A
). AE with 3 pairs of ventral setae. AE 110 long, 230 wide. PE with one seta dorsally, one laterally. PE 135 long, 63 wide. PD 300 long, 153 wide, 1.9 times longer than wide and anteriorly rounded. GA 217 long, 175 wide. The specimen has 50 pairs of perigenital setae and 7 pairs of genital acetabula (
Fig. 4B
). Dorsal plates AD, OC and PD reticulated (
Fig. 4C
). Gnathosoma 93 long, 75 wide, length:width ratio 1.24. First pair of maxillary setae in. Second palp is broadly, basal spur. Palps with four segments, attached dorsally. P-1, 8, short. P-2, 45, enlarged. P-3, 20 and P-4, 35. P-2 with one short and one long seta. P-3 has a spine ventromedially. P-4 with six setae and a large spine (
Figs. 4D & E
). Leg-I chaetotaxy from trochanter to tarsus: 1, 4, 4, 7, 8, 7. Claws on tarsus I with pectines (
Fig. 4F
). As mentioned by
Bartsch (2006)
egg-shaped internal concrement (ic) has observed in the author's species as shown in
Figure 5
.
This is the first report of this genus and species from
Turkey
. The morphological characteristics and habitat preferences of the specimens reported here accord with the previous descriptions given by
Bartsch (1989
,
2001
).
Distribution
The genus has a worldwide distribution. At present the genus
Limnohalacarus
contains 13 described species.
Limnohalacarus wackeri
is recorded from northern European and Asian waters, from southern
Finland
and Kamchatka (
Bartsch 2001
,
2018
).
Present record:
Lake Eğirdir (Isparta).