New species of aturid water mites from southern Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Aturidae)
Author
Smit, Harry
text
Zootaxa
2017
4273
2
287
295
journal article
32913
10.11646/zootaxa.4273.2.9
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1175-5326
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Amperaturus abelus
Cook, 1998
(
Fig 3
A–B)
Material examined. South Africa
. 1/1/0, Poacher’s Stream, Injisuti, Drakensbergen,
Kwazulu-Natal Province
,
29° 0 8.141 S
,
29° 26.149 E
, alt
.
1512 m
asl,
19-xi-2004
; 4/5/0,
Sigibundu Stream
,
Royal Natal NP
,
Kwazulu-Natal Province
,
28° 40.918 S
28° 58.017 E
, alt
.
1375 m
asl,
20-xi-2004
.
Distribution
. The long seta of IV-leg-3 is curved (
Fig 3
B), but this can be seen only when in the right position. Thus far known only from
Mpumalanga Province
, and reported here for the first time from
Kwazulu-Natal Province
.