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
text
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 inexploratus
Viets, 1930
(
Fig. 45
)
Material examined:
10 larvae
deriving from
10 females
.
Larvae large: idiosoma
234–254 µm
long.
Dorsum
: Dp large (DpL:
216–242 µm
; DpW:
186–200 µm
), egg-shaped, widest at mid-length. Antero-lateral indents slightly obtuse-angled, very small (about 1/6 of plate’s length). DpW/Mp1-Mp1 5.3. Lp2, Mh1 smooth. Mp1-Mp1 short (
35–38 µm
), much shorter than Mp2-Mp2 (
50–58 µm
); Mp1-Lp2 intermediate (
34– 41 µm
).
Venter
: Median margins of CpI, CpII, CpIII 71–76, 34–38, 50–
54 µm
long, respectively, their ratio 2:1:1.5. C2,
V
3 bipectinate; C1, C3, C4 pectinate. C1-CpIm (
19–22 µm
) about 2/3 of C4-CpIIIm (
26–32 µm
). C1-C2 intermediate (
42–46 µm
). Expp rhomboid, somewhat wider than long. Exp located below plate’s midpoint and below E2.
Palps
:
PIII
1 bipectinate. PV3 pectinate, PV6 thick.
Chelicerae
: First segment elongated (
82–90 µm
), narrowing anteriorly, margins parallel, distal part slightly curved.
Legs
: Shorter than body; LI=
LII
<
LIII
Fig. 6
). ITi8 smooth, short, thick; IIGe2, IIGe4, IIIGe4, IIITi6 bipectinate.