New records of water mites from Southeast Asia (Acari: Hydrachnidia) with the description of two new genera and 12 new species
Author
Pešic, V.
Author
Smit, H.
text
Acarologia
2016
2016-07-22
56
3
393
433
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20162251
journal article
10.1051/acarologia/20162251
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Hygrobates
(
Hygrobates
)
henni
Wiles, 2004
(
Figure 7
)
Material
examined —
Laos
, 15-32-1,
Kouangxi Waterfall
, pond behind a artificial barrier within a branch near the main brook,
19°44’56"N
,
101°59’33"E
, alt. c.
490 m
a.s.l.
, water depth
0.4 m
, substrate: travertine mud covered by a thick layer of leaves,
21.iv.2015
, 1/0/0 (mounted)
.
Morphology — Male: Integument papillate (
Figure 7B
). Posteromedial margin of Cx-I broadly rounded. Cx-IV with a distinct nose-like protruding medial margin. Genital plate anterior margin with a small knob-shaped medial projection projecting in a deep indentation, posterior margin deeply indented with a small protrusion in the centre of indentation; acetabula in a triangular arrangement, Ac-2 and Ac- 3 on the same level (
Figure 7A
). P-2 ventral margin proximally almost straight, distoventrally protruding in a long and slender projection, apically covered by a few small denticles; P-3 distally with 7- 8 larger denticles covering more than half of ventral margin (
Figures 7
E-F); P-4 slender, ventral setae close to each other (separation 22 µm).
Measurements — Idiosoma L/W 713/637; coxal field L/W 331/522, Cx-III W 406; genital plate L/W 166/213, ratio 0.78; ejaculatory complex L 132. Palp: total L 378, dL/H, dL/H ratio: P-1, 30/36, 0.83; P- 2, 97/65, 1.5; P-3, 77/57, 1.35; P-4, 126/31, 4.1; P- 5, 48/16, 2.9; L ratio P-2/P-4, 0.77; chelicera total L 254, claw L 90, basal segment L 170, L basal segment/claw ratio 1.9. Legs: dL of I-L-5-6 (
Figure 7C
): 135, 130; dL of IV-L: 113, 94, 131, 194, 213, 163.
Remarks — The single male from Kauangxi Waterfall matches the general morphology of
Hygrobates henni
Wiles, 2004
. This species was described by
Wiles (2004)
from Mai Yim waterfalls in
Thailand
.
Distribution — Previously known only from
Thailand
, and here reported for the first time for
Laos
.