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Pešić
<emphasis id="B9413156FFD5944EFC996E84FC4EFBB5" box="[843,896,1002,1029]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="206">et al</emphasis>
. 2008
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) and
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<emphasis id="B9413156FFD5944EFBC36E84FB45FBB5" box="[1041,1163,1002,1029]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="206">L. lopezae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see
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Pešić
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. 2014
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) the
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of these two species were planned to be deposited in the Museum of the Natural History in Podgorica,
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(
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). However, the conditions for depositing and long-term curation of type material in MNH-PM are poor, not allowing the safe accommodation of the specimens. Therefore, the first author of the species descriptions (
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) decided to transfer the type material to other reputable museums.
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<emphasis id="B9413156FFD5944EFF4569FCFEB2FB1E" box="[151,380,1171,1198]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="206">Litarachna lopezae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was transferred to the Museum of Natural History Basel (
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) and the type material of
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<emphasis id="B9413156FFD5944EFF6569D9FEF9FB7F" box="[183,311,1204,1231]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="206">L. caribica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
will be transferred to the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32FBECFFFD5944EFF456996FBF7FAC8" pageId="1" pageNumber="206" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8B8AED44FFD5944EFF456996FBF7FAC8" blockId="1.[151,1435,1272,1400]" pageId="1" pageNumber="206">
<emphasis id="B9413156FFD5944EFF456996FEC1FAA3" bold="true" box="[151,271,1273,1299]" pageId="1" pageNumber="206">Diagnosis</emphasis>
(Female unknown) — A pair of small platelets with coxoglandularia 4 and associated setae free in the integument between posterior apodemes of Cx-IV; posterior margin of Cx-IV with long medial posterior apodemes extending beyond anterior margin of the ring around gonopore; a ring around gonopore with two pairs of setae surrounded by 43-44 pairs of perigenital setae free in integument.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32FBECFFFD5944DFF4568CDFB21F9DB" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="207" pageId="1" pageNumber="206" type="description">
<paragraph id="8B8AED44FFD5944EFF4568CDFEE6FA0C" blockId="1.[151,1437,1442,2008]" box="[151,296,1442,1468]" pageId="1" pageNumber="206">
<emphasis id="B9413156FFD5944EFF4568CDFEE6FA0C" bold="true" box="[151,296,1442,1468]" pageId="1" pageNumber="206">Description</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8AED44FFD5944EFF4568ADFD7EF8BD" blockId="1.[151,1437,1442,2008]" pageId="1" pageNumber="206">
<emphasis id="B9413156FFD5944EFF4568ADFF1DFA6D" box="[151,211,1474,1501]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="206">Male</emphasis>
— Idiosoma L 289, W223. Coxal field: L 133, W 204; Cx-I separated medially; suture lines Cx-II/III and Cx-III/IV incomplete; posterior margin of Cx-IV with two pairs of apodemes, the medial ones long, posteriorly extending beyond the anterior margin of sclerotized ring around gonopore (
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). Sclerotized ring around gonopore L/W 27/25, with two pairs of setae, surrounded by 43-44 pairs of perigenital setae lying free in integument. Between the posterior apodemes of the fourth coxal plates a pair of glandularia-like structures and a pair of small platelets with coxoglandularia 4 and associated setae. Posterior to the genital field a pair of platelets with three pores (V3 [gland and seta sensu
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Wiles
<emphasis id="B9413156FFD5944EFBD76BE1FBF7F918" box="[1029,1081,1677,1704]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="206">et al</emphasis>
. 2002
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] fused with Lgl-3) and three pairs of wheel-like acetabula sensu
<bibRefCitation id="EFA490B5FFD5944EFD586BC0FCE8F97A" author="Cook, D. R." box="[650,806,1711,1738]" pageId="1" pageNumber="206" pagination="259 - 264" refId="ref2393" refString="Cook, D. R. (1996) A freshwater species of Pontarachna (Acari, Pontarachnidae) from South Africa, with a discussion of genital acetabula in the family. Anales Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Serie Zoologia, 67, 259 - 264." type="journal article" year="1996">Cook (1996)</bibRefCitation>
. One of these wheel-like structures large with many radiating spokes, the most posterior ones small with relatively few radiating spokes. Excretory pore unsclerotized, near posterior end of idiosoma.
</paragraph>
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Palp: total L 210; dL/H, dL/H ratio: P-1, 16/14, 1.16; P-2, 65/33, 2.0; P-3, 25/27, 0.92; P-4, 77/17, 4.45; P-5, 27/11, 2.4; L ratio P-2/P-4, 0.85; P-2 ventral margin concave, dorsal margin convexly bowed; P-3 ventrally almost straight; P-4 with setal tubercle, dividing segment in two parts, both parts with a concave margin (
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). Legs: dL of I-L-1-6: 27, 30, 36, 42, 61, 78. dL of IV-L-1-6: 63, 42, 49, 83, 95, 106; III-L-5 and IV-L-5 each with two swimming setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8AED44FFD5944EFF276AD2FE09F868" blockId="1.[151,1437,1442,2008]" box="[245,455,1981,2008]" pageId="1" pageNumber="206">Female unknown.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9413156FFD6944DFF456806FF39FA31" bold="true" box="[151,247,1385,1409]" pageId="2" pageNumber="207">Figure 1</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B9413156FFD6944DFED76806FDE7FA31" box="[261,553,1385,1409]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="207">Litarachna guadeloupensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9413156FFD6944DFDE36806FD4CFA31" bold="true" box="[561,642,1385,1409]" pageId="2" pageNumber="207">sp. nov</emphasis>
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, holotype ♂, Guadeloupe, Caribbean Sea: A idiosoma, ventral view; B palp; C I-leg. Scale bar = 100 µm.
</paragraph>
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Deutonymph: As in adult but lacking a genital field (
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). Idiosoma L 216, W 169; coxal field L 91, W 147; Palp (
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): total L 146; dL/H, dL/H ratio: P-1, 10/12, 0,85; P-2, 44/23, 1.87; P-3, 20/20, 1.0; P-4, 53/14, 3.8; P-5, 19/9, 2.0; L ratio P-2/P-4, 0.83; Legs: dL of I-L-1-6: 24, 24, 27, 28, 42, 58. dL of IV-L- 1-6: 41, 27, 31, 53, 64, 64; III-L-5 and IV-L-5 with one and two swimming setae, respectively.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32FBECFFFD6944DFF456BFBFC25F91F" box="[151,1003,1684,1711]" pageId="2" pageNumber="207" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8B8AED44FFD6944DFF456BFBFC25F91F" blockId="2.[151,1003,1684,1711]" box="[151,1003,1684,1711]" pageId="2" pageNumber="207">
<emphasis id="B9413156FFD6944DFF456BFBFED1F91E" bold="true" box="[151,287,1684,1710]" pageId="2" pageNumber="207">Etymology</emphasis>
— Named after the island where the new species was found.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C32FBECFFFD6944CFF456BB8FE86FD25" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="208" pageId="2" pageNumber="207" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B8AED44FFD6944DFF456BB8FDF7F885" blockId="2.[151,1436,1751,2048]" pageId="2" pageNumber="207">
<emphasis id="B9413156FFD6944DFF456BB8FED4F941" bold="true" box="[151,282,1751,1777]" pageId="2" pageNumber="207">Discussion</emphasis>
— The new species belongs to the
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<emphasis id="B9413156FFD6944DFD1B6BB8FC70F942" box="[713,958,1751,1778]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="207">Litarachna duboscqi</emphasis>
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species group (see
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Pešić
<emphasis id="B9413156FFD6944DFB236BB7FAE8F942" box="[1265,1318,1751,1778]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="207">et al</emphasis>
. 2008
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for discussion) characterized primarily by the incomplete, medially obliterated, suture line Cx-III/IV and ventral margin of P-4 with a large tubercle.
</paragraph>
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Due to the glandularium-like structure posterior to Cx-IV not fused with adjoining coxoglandularia 4, and the higher number of perigenital setae (&gt; 20 pairs) in male, the new species resembles
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<emphasis id="B9413156FFD6944DFACB6A31FEE9F829" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="207">Litarachna sagamiensis</emphasis>
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from the Pacific coast of
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and
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<emphasis id="B9413156FFD6944DFC336AEFFBABF82A" box="[993,1125,1919,1946]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="207">L. caribica</emphasis>
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from
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. The latter species differs in the light fusion of the first coxal plates (unfused in
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<emphasis id="B9413156FFD6944DFC146ACEFBB3F80C" box="[966,1149,1953,1980]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="207">guadeloupensis</emphasis>
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), and a moderate length of medial posterior apodemes of Cx-IV not extending beyond the anterior margin of the male sclerotized ring around gonopore (extending in
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<emphasis id="B9413156FFD6944DFDFD6A8AFD28F7B0" box="[559,742,2021,2048]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="207">guadeloupensis</emphasis>
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), the latter bearing four pairs of setae (two pairs in
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<emphasis id="B9413156FFD7944CFF456DACFE83FF6E" box="[151,333,195,222]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">guadeloupensis</emphasis>
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).
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<emphasis id="B9413156FFD7944CFEB46DACFDB1FF6D" box="[358,639,195,222]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Litarachna sagamiensis</emphasis>
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is similar to the new species in the unfused CxI, but can easily be separated from the male of new species in lower number of perigental setae (2425, data taken from
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) and a comparatively longer medial posterior apodemes of Cx-IV reaching posterior margin of the sclerotized ring around gonopore (
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)
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Two other species known from the Caribbean Sea,
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<emphasis id="B9413156FFD7944CFC5A6C24FBDAFED5" box="[904,1044,330,357]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">L. degiustii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9413156FFD7944CFB896C24FB14FED5" box="[1115,1242,330,357]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">L. lopezae</emphasis>
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belong also to
<emphasis id="B9413156FFD7944CFF456C03FEC5FE37" box="[151,267,364,391]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">duboscqi-</emphasis>
species group.
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<emphasis id="B9413156FFD7944CFE696C03FD65FE37" box="[443,683,364,391]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Litarachna degiustii</emphasis>
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differs in the large fusion of the first coxal plates, the fusion of glandularium-like structure posterior of the fourth coxal plates with coxoglandularia 4, and the presence of four pairs of perigenital setae in the male (
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;
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Pešić
<emphasis id="B9413156FFD7944CFC7B6CDEFC2CFE7B" box="[937,994,432,459]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">et al</emphasis>
. 2008
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).
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<emphasis id="B9413156FFD7944CFB806CDFFAF2FE7B" box="[1106,1340,432,459]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Litarachna lopezae</emphasis>
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can be separated by the fused Cx-I, a glandularium-like structure fused with Cx-IV, a peg-like seta at the base of P- 4 ventral tubercle and the presence of four pairs of perigenital setae in the male (
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Pešić
<emphasis id="B9413156FFD7944CFB5C6C9BFB0FFDBE" box="[1166,1217,499,526]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">et al</emphasis>
. 2014
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).
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<emphasis id="B9413156FFD7944CFF456F58FEEDFDE1" bold="true" box="[151,291,567,593]" pageId="3" pageNumber="208">Conclusion</emphasis>
— This is the first report of a new pontarachnid mite species from
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indicating both the lack of taxon-specific sampling efforts and the understudied species-rich meiofauna assemblages in the Caribbean Sea.
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