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 globator
(O. F. Müller, 1776)
(
Fig. 29
)
Hydrachna globator
O. F. Müller, 1776
Material examined:
10 larvae
deriving from
10 females
.
Larvae medium-sized: idiosoma
206–228 µm
long.
Dorsum
: Dp egg-shaped (DpL:
196–220 µm
; DpW:
150–180 µm
); anterior margin almost straight; posterior margin rounded. Antero-lateral indents very small, 1/5 and 1/7 of plate’s width and length, respectively. DpW/Mp1-Mp1 3.5. Lp2, Mh1 smooth. Mp1-Mp1 (46–50 ųm) about equal length to Mp2-Mp2 (
49–50 µm
).
Venter
: CpI:CpII:CpIII ratio 2:1:1.1. All setae on Cp smooth. C1-CpIm (
14–18 µm
) about 2/3 of C4-CpIIIm (
22–25 µm
). C1-C2 intermediate length (
42–44 µm
). Expp rhomboid, clearly wider than long. Exp located somewhat below plate’s mid-point, about level with E2.
Palps
:
PIII
1 bipectinate.
Chelicerae
: Basal segment bent cylinder-shaped (
66–70 µm
), margins parallel.
Legs
: Shorter than body; LI=
LII
=
LIII
(
Fig. 5
). IFe4, IGe2, ITi7, IIFe4, IIGe2, IITi7, IITi8, IIIFe4, IIIGe2, IIITi7, IIITi8 bipectinate; ITr1, IITr1, IIITr1, IIITa13 pectinate; IITi10 IIITi10 located near distal ends of tibia.
Hosts
: larvae of
Dytiscidae (
Böttger & Martin 2003
)
,
Dixidae
,
Culicidae
(
Stechmann 1976
/77, 1978).