Description of a new water mite species of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) from Kazakhstan
Author
Tuzovskij, Petr V.
text
Amurian Zoological Journal
2023
XV
4
744
748
http://dx.doi.org/10.33910/2686-9519-2023-15-4-744-748
journal article
10.33910/2686-9519-2023-15-4-744-748
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Atractides (Atractides) turkestanicus
sp. nov.
https://www.zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/
B19BAC1F-B38E-45C9-9B5E-B38ADC19C4C3
(Figs 1-5)
Type material.
Holotype
: male, slide 9961,
Asia
,
Kazakhstan
,
Turkestan Province
,
Tjulkubassky District
,
Aksu-Zhabagly Nature Reserve
,
Taldybulak
stream, 42
°
25΄01.9˝N, 70
°
28΄22.3˝E,
1230 m
a. s. l.
, depth about
0.5 m
, substrates: large stones, mosses,
10.08.2019
, leg.
V
. Stolbov.
Diagnosis
. Male (Female unknown). Integument smooth; muscle attachment unsclerotized, coxal plates I+II close to coxal plate III+IV but not forming a coxal shield; excretory pore smooth; genital plate wider long, with 23–24 fine setae on each side, anterior margin straight, narrowed posteriorly, acetabula in triangular position; capitular bay V-shaped; P-2 expanded dorsoventrally, with moderately large ventrodistal protrusion; P-3 longer than P-2, with four thick subequal setae; P-4 sword seta between ventral setae; S-1-2 separation 12 μm.