Water mites from West Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
Author
Smit, Harry
text
Acarologia
2021
2021-09-27
61
3
700
746
https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4466
journal article
10.24349/5d6U-DX5N
2107-7207
7159546
Limnesia
(
Limnesia
)
longidens magnipora
Cook, 1966
New records.
Ghana
. 2/3/2, Pool 1 Ankasa NP,
5°17.407′ N
2°38.378′ W
,
59 m
a.s.l., 26
Feb. 2011; 1/2/2, First pond, Ankasa NP,
5°17.415′ N
2°38.384′ W
,
89 m
a.s.l.,
14 Feb. 2013
.
Remarks. In all but one aspects similar to the description given by Cook (1966). The posterodorsal platelet of the males of this study has a straight anterior margin instead of a rounded anterior margin.
Figure 2
Limnesia
(
Limnesia
)
monodi
Walter
, genital field region female, Avu lagoon. Scale bar: 100 µm.
Distribution.
Liberia
(Cook 1966),
Congo
(K.O.
Viets 1973
),
Ghana
(this study).