Morphological characteristics of water mite larvae of the genus Arrenurus Dugès, 1834, with notes on the phylogeny of the genus and an identification key
Author
Zawal, Andrzej
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Zootaxa
2008
2008-05-07
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1765.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1765.1.1
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Arrenurus integrator
(O. F. Müller, 1776)
(
Fig. 46
)
Hydrachna integrator
O. F. Müller, 1776
Arrenurus solidus
Piersig, 1894
Material examined:
10 larvae
deriving from
10 females
.
Larvae relatively large: idiosoma
220–236 µm
long.
Dorsum
: Dp relatively large (DpL:
208–224 µm
; DpW:
180–188 µm
), egg-shaped, widest at mid-length, although almost as wide at 1/3 of its length, rounded in posterior part. Antero-lateral indents, slightly obtuseangled, relatively small, about 1/5 and 1/4 of plate’s length and width, respectively. DpW/Mp1-Mp1 4.6. Lp2, Mh1 smooth. Mp1-Mp1 intermediate (
38–42 µm
), shorter than Mp2-Mp2 (
50–61 µm
); Mp1-Lp2 very short (
26–34 µm
).
Venter
: Median margins of CpI, CpII, CpIII 66–73, 32–37, 44–
51 µm
long, respectively, their ratio 2:1:1.4. C2 bipectinate; remaining setae on Cp pectinate. C1-CpIm (
19–21 µm
) about 2/3 of C4-CpIIIm (
26–30 µm
). C1-C2 intermediate (
42–46 µm
). Expp rhomboid in shape, its length almost equal to its width. Exp located much below plate’s mid-point and below E2. E1 situated far from anterior margin.
Palps
:
PIII
1 bipectinate. PV3 pectinate.
Chelicerae
: First segment bottle-shaped (
78–82 µm
), one margin concave, other convex.
Legs
: Shorter than body; LI=
LII
=
LIII
(
Fig. 5
). ITi7, ITi8 smooth, thin, short; IIGe2, IIIGe2 relatively long and bipectinate.
Hosts
: Nematocera (
Münchberg 1938
).