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cf.
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<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C7F9202664BFB60B1DF1F77" bold="true" box="[317,460,1328,1354]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="350">tuberipalpis</emphasis>
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,
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<figureCitation id="0ABF2A3B4C7F92026650FB02B1741F56" box="[294,359,1362,1387]" captionStart="FIGURE 6 A – F" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1840,1862]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,200,1804]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,193,1818]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 6 A – F. Atractides cf. tuberipalpis (K. Viets, 1913), female, Kue River: A = idiosoma, dorsal view; B = idiosoma, ventral view; C = palp, medial view; D = chelicera; E = capitulum; F = I-L- 5 and - 6. Scale bars = 100 Μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/237868/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="350">6A–F</figureCitation>
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: 26
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.
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. Supon stream near Asiakwa, Atewa Hills, 6º
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, alt.
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asl.,
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<date id="E63A107E4C7F9202625DFB8DB5841FCB" box="[1323,1431,1501,1526]" pageId="7" pageNumber="350" value="2011-03-07">7.iii.2011</date>
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, Smit, 2/0/0; Afiaso stream, Kakum NP, 5º
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, 1º
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, alt.
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asl.,
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<date id="E63A107E4C7F9202633FF851B4AE1C27" box="[1097,1213,1537,1562]" pageId="7" pageNumber="350" value="2013-02-12">12.ii.2013</date>
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, Smit 1/0/0; Nubui River, Agumatsa Wildlife Sanctuary, 7º
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, 0º
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asl.,
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, Smit 1/0/0 (mounted); Kue River, hyporheic, Kyaboba NP, 8º
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, alt.
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asl.,
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, Smit 0/1/0; Kue River, Kyaboba NP, 8º
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, alt.
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asl.,
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<date id="E63A107E4C7F92026457F83DB3861CBB" box="[801,917,1645,1670]" pageId="7" pageNumber="350" value="2013-02-25">25.ii.2013</date>
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, Smit 1/2/0 (1/1/0 mounted); Laboun River, downstream of falls, Kyabobo NP, 8º
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, alt.
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asl,
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<date id="E63A107E4C7F9202636EF8C1B49E1C97" box="[1048,1165,1681,1706]" pageId="7" pageNumber="350" value="2013-02-24">24.ii.2013</date>
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, Smit 1/0/0 (mounted); Kuluga River, N of Biakpa, upstream, 6º
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, 0º
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, alt.
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asl.,
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<date id="E63A107E4C7F9202637CF8E5B46D1CF3" box="[1034,1150,1717,1742]" pageId="7" pageNumber="350" value="2013-02-20">20.ii.2013</date>
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, Smit 0/1/0.
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<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C7F920267B1F889B14A1CCF" bold="true" box="[199,345,1753,1778]" pageId="7" pageNumber="350">Description.</emphasis>
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Muscle insertions sclerotized: sexual dimorphism in the dorsal area and coxal field. Palp: ventral margin of P-2 convex, P-4 with straight ventral and equally curved dorsal margins, sword seta pointed, little enlarged, but not hair-like, inserting distal to distoventral seta, P-5 without “cheeks” (
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,
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<figureCitation id="0ABF2A3B4C7F920263B5F971B4F41D07" box="[1219,1255,1825,1850]" captionStart="FIGURE 6 A – F" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1840,1862]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,200,1804]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,193,1818]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 6 A – F. Atractides cf. tuberipalpis (K. Viets, 1913), female, Kue River: A = idiosoma, dorsal view; B = idiosoma, ventral view; C = palp, medial view; D = chelicera; E = capitulum; F = I-L- 5 and - 6. Scale bars = 100 Μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/237868/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="350">6C</figureCitation>
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). Legs: I-L-5 S- 1 and -2 closely together; I-L-6 strong and thick, weakly curved, of nearly equal height from the base to the claw furrow; claws with ventral and dorsal clawlets (
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<figureCitation id="0ABF2A3B4C7F920265AEF939B33E1DBF" box="[728,813,1897,1922]" captionStart="FIGURE 5 A – I" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1913,1935]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,195,1867]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,195,1891]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 5 A – I. Atractides cf. tuberipalpis (K. Viets, 1913), male (A – C, E – I – specimen from Nubui River, D – specimen from Laboun River): A – B Photographs: A = dorsal shield; B = ventral shield. C = posterior part of the ventral shield; D = posterior margin of the ventral shield; E = Dgl- 1; F = ejaculatory complex; G = palp, lateral view; H = I-L- 5 and - 6; I = IV-L claw. Scale bars = 100 Μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/237867/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="350">
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Fig.
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<date id="E63A107E4C7F92026465F939B33E1DBF" box="[787,813,1897,1922]" pageId="7" pageNumber="350">5I</date>
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</figureCitation>
|
||
). Male: Arrangement of dorsal muscle insertions as illustrated in
|
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<figureCitation id="0ABF2A3B4C7F9202665CF9DDB1901D9B" box="[298,387,1933,1958]" captionStart="FIGURE 5 A – I" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1913,1935]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,195,1867]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,195,1891]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 5 A – I. Atractides cf. tuberipalpis (K. Viets, 1913), male (A – C, E – I – specimen from Nubui River, D – specimen from Laboun River): A – B Photographs: A = dorsal shield; B = ventral shield. C = posterior part of the ventral shield; D = posterior margin of the ventral shield; E = Dgl- 1; F = ejaculatory complex; G = palp, lateral view; H = I-L- 5 and - 6; I = IV-L claw. Scale bars = 100 Μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/237867/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="350">Fig. 5A</figureCitation>
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||
: postoc on a subtriangular plate covering large part of the dorsum, Dgl-3 fused with D-2, Dgl- 4 fused with D-3, Dgl-5 fused with D4, Dgl-6 fused with D-5, all plates rather large, adjacent to each other. Coxal field: ventral surface covered by an extended shield including coxae, Vgl-3/4, genital field, excretory pore and Vgl- 1+2 (
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<figureCitation id="0ABF2A3B4C70920D67A4FEC7B1381A8D" box="[210,299,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 5 A – I" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1913,1935]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,195,1867]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,195,1891]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 5 A – I. Atractides cf. tuberipalpis (K. Viets, 1913), male (A – C, E – I – specimen from Nubui River, D – specimen from Laboun River): A – B Photographs: A = dorsal shield; B = ventral shield. C = posterior part of the ventral shield; D = posterior margin of the ventral shield; E = Dgl- 1; F = ejaculatory complex; G = palp, lateral view; H = I-L- 5 and - 6; I = IV-L claw. Scale bars = 100 Μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/237867/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">Fig. 5C</figureCitation>
|
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). Female: muscle attachments: postoc on large separate platelets (
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<figureCitation id="0ABF2A3B4C70920D637BFEC7B4741A8D" box="[1037,1127,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 6 A – F" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1840,1862]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,200,1804]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,193,1818]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 6 A – F. Atractides cf. tuberipalpis (K. Viets, 1913), female, Kue River: A = idiosoma, dorsal view; B = idiosoma, ventral view; C = palp, medial view; D = chelicera; E = capitulum; F = I-L- 5 and - 6. Scale bars = 100 Μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/237868/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">Fig. 6A</figureCitation>
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). Genital field: pregen very robust, with extended border of secondary sclerotization (
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<figureCitation id="0ABF2A3B4C70920D646BFEECB3661AE8" box="[797,885,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 6 A – F" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1840,1862]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,200,1804]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,193,1818]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 6 A – F. Atractides cf. tuberipalpis (K. Viets, 1913), female, Kue River: A = idiosoma, dorsal view; B = idiosoma, ventral view; C = palp, medial view; D = chelicera; E = capitulum; F = I-L- 5 and - 6. Scale bars = 100 Μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/237868/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">Fig. 6B</figureCitation>
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).
|
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</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph id="923B36BE4C70920D67B1FEB1B44E1B59" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">
|
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<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C70920D67B1FEB1B17A1AC5" box="[199,361,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">Measurements</emphasis>
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||
. Male (from Kue River, in parentheses specimen from Nubui River): Idiosoma length/width 402 (406)/369 (378); large dorsal anteromedial plate length/width 270 (281)/238 (247); ventral shield length/width 381 (373)/350 (363); Cx-III width 253 (256); genital field: width between most lateral pair of Ac 117 (111), length Ac 1–3: 22 (20–21), 23 (22–23), 20–22 (19–21); ejaculatory complex (
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<figureCitation id="0ABF2A3B4C70920D64FCFF1CB3CE1B58" box="[906,989,332,357]" captionStart="FIGURE 5 A – I" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1913,1935]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,195,1867]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,195,1891]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 5 A – I. Atractides cf. tuberipalpis (K. Viets, 1913), male (A – C, E – I – specimen from Nubui River, D – specimen from Laboun River): A – B Photographs: A = dorsal shield; B = ventral shield. C = posterior part of the ventral shield; D = posterior margin of the ventral shield; E = Dgl- 1; F = ejaculatory complex; G = palp, lateral view; H = I-L- 5 and - 6; I = IV-L claw. Scale bars = 100 Μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/237867/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">Fig. 5F</figureCitation>
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) length 78.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="923B36BE4C70920D67B1FF3FB47F1BC8" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">Palp: Total length 191, dorsal length/height, dorsal length/height ratio: P-1, 25/12, 2.1 (23/11, 2.1); P-2, 40/26, 1.53 (40/25, 1.63); P-3, 39/21, 1.85 (37/23, 1.6); P-4, 61/14, 4.36 (63/15, 4.32); P-5, 26/9, 3.0 (26/10, 2.6); length P-2/P-4 ratio 0.66 (0.63). Capitulum ventral length 115 (120); chelicera total length 142 (155), claw length 49 (43–46), basal segment length 125 (121), length basal segment/claw ratio 2.6 (2.6–2.8).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="923B36BE4C70920D67B1FC50B4DF18B9" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">Legs: I-L-5 dorsal length 79 (81), ventral length 61 (62), dorsal length/ventral length ratio 1.3 (1.3), maximum height 25 (26), dorsal length/maximum height 3.2 (3.1), S-1 length 38 (42), length/width ratio 11.4 (10.6), S-2 length 39 (42), length/width ratio 8.5 (8.6), distance S-1-2, 3 (4-5), length ratio S-1/2, 0.97 (1.0); I-L-6 length 61 (62), central height 15 (17), length/central height ratio 4.0 (3.6); length I-L-5/6 ratio 1.28 (1.31).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="923B36BE4C70920D67B1FCDFB11A1928" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">Female (from Kue River): Idiosoma length/width 600/484; dorsal anterior plates including postocularia length/ width 188/116; coxal field: length 316; Cx-III width 334; Cx-I+II medial length 137, lateral length 244; genital field length/width 140/163, pregenital sclerite width 131, genital plates length/width 80/51, length Ac 1-3: 25-27, 29, 30-35.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="923B36BE4C70920D67B1FD4FB42C19BD" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">Palp: Total length 253, dorsal length/height, dorsal length/height ratio: P-1, 34/12, 2.8; P-2, 55/34, 1.63; P-3, 55/28, 2.0; P-4, 75/17, 4.4; P-5, 34/12, 2.8; length P-2/P-4 ratio 0.73. Capitulum length 184; chelicera total length 224, claw length 74, basal segment length 178, length basal segment/claw ratio 2.4.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="923B36BE4C70920D67B1FDDDB1721E2D" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">Legs: I-L-5 dorsal length 99, ventral length 77, dorsal length/ventral length ratio 1.28, maximum height 31, dorsal length/maximum height 3.2, S-1 length 48, length/width ratio 8.4, S-2 length 46, length/width ratio 6.6, distance S-1-2, 4, length ratio S-1/2, 1.03; I-L-6 length 82, central height 18, length/central height ratio 4.6; length I-L-5/6 ratio 1.21.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="DA9E65354C70920D67B1FA4CB35B1EF9" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="923B36BE4C70920D67B1FA4CB35B1EF9" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">
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<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C70920D67B1FA4CB1281E08" bold="true" box="[199,315,1052,1077]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">Remarks.</emphasis>
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This species belongs to the
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<taxonomicName id="55844D3D4C70920D6509FA4CB2C31E08" box="[639,720,1052,1077]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="testudo">
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<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C70920D6509FA4CB2C31E08" box="[639,720,1052,1077]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">testudo</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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-group (
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<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C70920D645AFA4DB3791E09" box="[812,874,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">sensu</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="F6154B4F4C70920D6405FA4CB3E71E08" author="Cook" box="[883,1012,1052,1077]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" refString="Cook, D. R. (1966) The water mites of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 6, 1 - 418." type="journal article" year="1966">Cook 1966</bibRefCitation>
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), characterized at the first line by the similar arrangement of the separate dorsal platelets. This group includes seven rather similar African species:
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||
<taxonomicName id="55844D3D4C70920D62F2FA10B1641E40" authority="Cook, 1966" authorityName="Cook" authorityYear="1966" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="testudo">
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<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C70920D62F2FA10B0FB1E40" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">A. testudo</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="F6154B4F4C70920D6786FA34B1641E40" author="Cook" box="[240,375,1124,1149]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" refString="Cook, D. R. (1966) The water mites of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 6, 1 - 418." type="journal article" year="1966">Cook, 1966</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="55844D3D4C70920D66F2FA34B2C71E40" authority="Cook, 1966" authorityName="Cook" authorityYear="1966" box="[388,724,1124,1149]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pseudotestudo">
|
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<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C70920D66F2FA34B2571E40" box="[388,580,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">A. pseudotestudo</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="F6154B4F4C70920D653BFA34B2C71E40" author="Cook" box="[589,724,1124,1149]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" refString="Cook, D. R. (1966) The water mites of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 6, 1 - 418." type="journal article" year="1966">Cook, 1966</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="55844D3D4C70920D6597FA34B4181E40" authority="Cook, 1966" authorityName="Cook" authorityYear="1966" box="[737,1035,1124,1149]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="neotestudo">
|
||
<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C70920D6597FA34B3681E40" box="[737,891,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">A. neotestudo</emphasis>
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||
<bibRefCitation id="F6154B4F4C70920D64F2FA34B4181E40" author="Cook" box="[900,1035,1124,1149]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" refString="Cook, D. R. (1966) The water mites of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 6, 1 - 418." type="journal article" year="1966">Cook, 1966</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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,
|
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<taxonomicName id="55844D3D4C70920D6361FA34B5591E40" authority="Cook, 1966" authorityName="Cook" authorityYear="1966" box="[1047,1354,1124,1149]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paratestudo">
|
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<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C70920D6361FA34B4AD1E40" box="[1047,1214,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">A. paratestudo</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="F6154B4F4C70920D63B0FA34B5591E40" author="Cook" box="[1222,1354,1124,1149]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" refString="Cook, D. R. (1966) The water mites of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 6, 1 - 418." type="journal article" year="1966">Cook, 1966</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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and
|
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<taxonomicName id="55844D3D4C70920D62F2FA34B1B11E9D" authority="Cook, 1966" authorityName="Cook" authorityYear="1966" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subtestudo">
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<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C70920D62F2FA34B11C1E9D" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">A. subtestudo</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="F6154B4F4C70920D666EFAD7B1B11E9D" author="Cook" box="[280,418,1159,1184]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" refString="Cook, D. R. (1966) The water mites of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 6, 1 - 418." type="journal article" year="1966">Cook, 1966</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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), all known from
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||
<collectingCountry id="EA93762E4C70920D6502FAD7B2D61E9D" box="[628,709,1159,1184]" name="Liberia" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">Liberia</collectingCountry>
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(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="F6154B4F4C70920D65A0FAD7B3481E9D" author="Cook" box="[726,859,1159,1184]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" refString="Cook, D. R. (1966) The water mites of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 6, 1 - 418." type="journal article" year="1966">Cook 1966</bibRefCitation>
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),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="55844D3D4C70920D6406FAD8B4B71E9D" authority="Lundblad, 1951" authorityName="Lundblad" authorityYear="1951" box="[880,1188,1159,1184]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scutifer">
|
||
<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C70920D6406FAD8B3F51E9D" box="[880,998,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">A. scutifer</emphasis>
|
||
Lundblad, 1951
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from East and
|
||
<collectingCountry id="EA93762E4C70920D622DFAD7B0CC1EF8" name="South Africa" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
(Pešić
|
||
<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C70920D6647FAFDB1711EF8" box="[305,354,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2011) and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="55844D3D4C70920D6690FAFCB3571EF9" authority="K.Viets, 1913" authorityName="K.Viets" authorityYear="1913" box="[486,836,1196,1221]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Megapus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tuberipalpis">
|
||
<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C70920D6690FAFCB29F1EF8" box="[486,652,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">A. tuberipalpis</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="F6154B4F4C70920D65EAFAFCB32F1EF9" author="Viets" box="[668,828,1196,1221]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" refString="Viets, K. (1913 / 1914) Hydracarinen-Fauna von Kamerun. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie und Planktonkunde, 9 (1 - 3), 1 - 52 + Taf. 1 - 4 (1913), 177 - 225 + Taf. 5 - 7 (1914) & 331 - 338 + Taf. 9 - 12 (1914)." type="journal article" year="1913">K.Viets, 1913</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="DA9E65354C70920D67B1FA9FB5861DA8" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" type="reference_group">
|
||
<paragraph id="923B36BE4C70920D67B1FA9FB1C41F68" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="55844D3D4C70920D67B1FA9FB1D91ED5" box="[199,458,1231,1256]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tuberipalpis">
|
||
<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C70920D67B1FA9FB1D91ED5" box="[199,458,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">Atractides tuberipalpis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was described by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="F6154B4F4C70920D65D5FA81B3461ED5" author="Viets" box="[675,853,1231,1256]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" refString="Viets, K. (1913 / 1914) Hydracarinen-Fauna von Kamerun. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie und Planktonkunde, 9 (1 - 3), 1 - 52 + Taf. 1 - 4 (1913), 177 - 225 + Taf. 5 - 7 (1914) & 331 - 338 + Taf. 9 - 12 (1914)." type="journal article" year="1913">K. Viets (1913)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
based on a single male from a stream on the road Kumba-Mundame in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="EA93762E4C70920D66F8FAA4B2151F31" box="[398,518,1268,1292]" name="Cameroon" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
|
||
. No further records were published ever since. In the original description
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="F6154B4F4C70920D6215FAA4B0F21F0D" author="Viets" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" refString="Viets, K. (1913 / 1914) Hydracarinen-Fauna von Kamerun. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie und Planktonkunde, 9 (1 - 3), 1 - 52 + Taf. 1 - 4 (1913), 177 - 225 + Taf. 5 - 7 (1914) & 331 - 338 + Taf. 9 - 12 (1914)." type="journal article" year="1913">Viets (1913)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
did not illustrate the dorsum, but he explicitly stated that a dorsal shield is formed by one extended plate resembling the body outline.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="923B36BE4C70920D67B1FB30B4011C80" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">
|
||
A study of populations of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="55844D3D4C70920D657AFB30B35F1F45" authority="Lundblad, 1951" authorityName="Lundblad" authorityYear="1951" box="[524,844,1375,1400]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scutifer">
|
||
<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C70920D657AFB30B2951F45" box="[524,646,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">A. scutifer</emphasis>
|
||
Lundblad, 1951
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="EA93762E4C70920D64EBFB0FB4271F45" box="[925,1076,1375,1400]" name="South Africa" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
by Pešić
|
||
<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C70920D63C5FB31B4F81F45" box="[1203,1259,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. (2011) shows considerable age-dependent variation in the extension of dorsal sclerotization in males, from separate platelets to a large dorsal shield with an irregular undulating margin. Similarly, we find a variation in the degree of sclerotization in
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<taxonomicName id="55844D3D4C70920D67C0FB9DB14D1FD8" box="[182,350,1484,1509]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tuberipalpis">
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<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C70920D67C0FB9DB14D1FD8" box="[182,350,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">A. tuberipalpis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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males from our study, from completely separated to partly fused dorsal platelets as showed in
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<figureCitation id="0ABF2A3B4C70920D67E1FBBFB0E11C35" box="[151,242,1519,1544]" captionStart="FIGURE 5 A – I" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1913,1935]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,195,1867]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,195,1891]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 5 A – I. Atractides cf. tuberipalpis (K. Viets, 1913), male (A – C, E – I – specimen from Nubui River, D – specimen from Laboun River): A – B Photographs: A = dorsal shield; B = ventral shield. C = posterior part of the ventral shield; D = posterior margin of the ventral shield; E = Dgl- 1; F = ejaculatory complex; G = palp, lateral view; H = I-L- 5 and - 6; I = IV-L claw. Scale bars = 100 Μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/237867/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">Fig. 5A</figureCitation>
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. It is possible that the male on which the original description is based, is a mature specimen with a well developed dorsal shield. Furthermore, the
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<typeStatus id="4D3F881C4C70920D6505F844B2C61C10" box="[627,725,1556,1581]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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differs from specimens in our study in the medially fused Dgl- 1. In males examined from
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<collectingCountry id="EA93762E4C70920D66A7F867B2091C6D" box="[465,538,1591,1616]" name="Ghana" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">Ghana</collectingCountry>
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these glandularia are medially touching suggesting that this character could be age-depending as well. Small button-like tubercles on the palp and I-L-6, a character not found in any other water mite species, were interpreted in the original description as part of appendages, but shape and location of these structures suggest that Viets probably dealt with small air bubbles, or epibionts.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="923B36BE4C70920D67B1F899B5861DA8" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">
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For the time being we tentatively keep the populations from
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<collectingCountry id="EA93762E4C70920D641FF897B3A11CDD" box="[873,946,1735,1760]" name="Ghana" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">Ghana</collectingCountry>
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assigned to
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<taxonomicName id="55844D3D4C70920D634DF898B4F21CDD" box="[1083,1249,1735,1760]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tuberipalpis">
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<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C70920D634DF898B4F21CDD" box="[1083,1249,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">A. tuberipalpis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, mainly because of the shape of the ventral shield including the excretory pore and all Vgl, but not incorporating Lgl-4 (incorporated into ventral shield in the closely related
|
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<taxonomicName id="55844D3D4C70920D6471F940B41B1D15" authority="Cook, 1966" authorityName="Cook" authorityYear="1966" box="[775,1032,1807,1832]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="testudo">
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<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C70920D6471F940B3691D15" box="[775,890,1807,1832]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">A. testudo</emphasis>
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||
<bibRefCitation id="F6154B4F4C70920D64F5F95FB41B1D15" author="Cook" box="[899,1032,1807,1832]" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" refString="Cook, D. R. (1966) The water mites of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 6, 1 - 418." type="journal article" year="1966">Cook, 1966</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
from
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<collectingCountry id="EA93762E4C70920D6327F95FB4B41D15" box="[1105,1191,1807,1832]" name="Liberia" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">Liberia</collectingCountry>
|
||
). However, in a male from Laboun River the ventral shield includes the excretory pore, but Vgl-1+2 and Lgl-4 are free in the membranous integument (
|
||
<figureCitation id="0ABF2A3B4C70920D66CAF907B2051D4D" box="[444,534,1879,1904]" captionStart="FIGURE 5 A – I" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1913,1935]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,195,1867]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,195,1891]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 5 A – I. Atractides cf. tuberipalpis (K. Viets, 1913), male (A – C, E – I – specimen from Nubui River, D – specimen from Laboun River): A – B Photographs: A = dorsal shield; B = ventral shield. C = posterior part of the ventral shield; D = posterior margin of the ventral shield; E = Dgl- 1; F = ejaculatory complex; G = palp, lateral view; H = I-L- 5 and - 6; I = IV-L claw. Scale bars = 100 Μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/237867/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">Fig. 5D</figureCitation>
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||
). Understanding the taxonomic position of the species of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="55844D3D4C70920D63B1F908B5241D4D" box="[1223,1335,1879,1904]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="351" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="testudo">
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||
<emphasis id="A0F0EAAC4C70920D63B1F908B5241D4D" box="[1223,1335,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="351">A. testudo</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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-group is not possible without additional material from a wider area and/or without the application of molecular techniques.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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