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Pesic
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(
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— Asadi
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. (2003)
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: male, dissected and slide mounted in Hoyer's fluid;
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: IR41 Yazd Province, Lah stream in Sang Deraz village,
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SW from Yazd (31°28'0
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0E),
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asl., 0 5.08.2003, leg. Pesic.
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,
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and
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of these dissected and mounted on Hoyer's fluid.
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: IR39 Yazd Province, Deh Bala,
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SW from Yazd, 0 5.08.2003, leg. Pesic (6/30/0); IR42 Yazd Province, Pandar spring in Pandar village,
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SW from Yazd, 0 5.08.2003, leg. Pesic (1/0/0); IR44
<collectingCountry id="F3458CA6DD72FF92FCACF97D493A02A9" box="[779,830,1713,1739]" name="Iran" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Fars</collectingCountry>
Province, Tang Boragh river,
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from Tang Boragh village (30°38'18
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10E,
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from Eghlid city),
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asl., 0 6.08.2003, leg. Pesic (0/4/1); IR45
<collectingCountry id="F3458CA6DD72FF92FD1BF8CD48EA0379" box="[700,750,1793,1819]" name="Iran" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Fars</collectingCountry>
Province, rheocrenic spring
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from Eghlid city (between Eghlid and Asepas), 0 6.08.2003, leg. Pesic (0/5/0).
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<emphasis id="B9261024DD73FF93FEAFF8DE4BD40348" bold="true" box="[264,464,1810,1834]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">FIGURES 1013.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9261024DD73FF93FE7EF8DE48C2034B" box="[473,710,1810,1833]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Atractides mossahebii</emphasis>
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, male; 10 = coxal field; 11 = I­L­5/6; 1213 = palp. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
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<emphasis id="B9261024DD7CFF9CFEAFF90C4BD402BA" bold="true" box="[264,464,1728,1752]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">FIGURES 1418.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9261024DD7CFF9CFE7FF90C48C102B5" box="[472,709,1728,1751]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Atractides mossahebii</emphasis>
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, (1417 = female; 18 = male): 14 = coxal field; 15 = I­L­5/6; 16 = palp; 17 =genital field; 18 = genital field. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
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Compared material: «
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<emphasis id="B9261024DD7CFF9CFD9FF8E549450320" box="[568,833,1833,1858]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Atractides cf. arcuatus</emphasis>
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», Kerman Province, Deh Bala, river near Kerman, 0 3.01.2002, leg. Asadi (0/3/0).
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: dorsal integument: lineated; muscle attachments: unsclerotized. I­L: I­L­5 S­1/2 distanced, S­2 enlarged basally, I­L­6 slender, curved, with nearly parallel dorsal and ventral margins, slightly thickened basally. Genital field: Ac in a curved line; excretory pore: smooth; Vgl­1: not fused with Vgl­2. Palp: strong sexual dimorphism in P­2, P­4 sword seta curved, close to the distoventral hair.
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<emphasis id="B9261024DD7DFF9DFE9FFDC04B700647" box="[312,372,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Male</emphasis>
(measurements of
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in parentheses): Length of idiosoma 686 (625), width 536 (493). Dorsally the integument is lineated. Coxal field (
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): length between anterior end of first coxae and posterior end of fourth coxae 398 (369); Cx­3 width 469 (423), Cx­1+2 width 387 (331); Cx­1+2 medial suture 138 (123) in length; distance from lateralmost tips of Cx­2 to the medioposterior edge of Cx­1+2 265 (238). Measurements of mouthparts: chelicera
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length, claw
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length; palp total length 370.5 (327.5), dorsal length of single segments: P­1 38.5 (35), P­2 88 (77), P­3 90 (79), P­4 112 (100), P­5 42 (36.5); relative length (% total length) of single segments: P­1 10.4 (10.7), P­2 23.8 (23.5), P­3 24.3 (24.1), P­4 30.2(30.5), P­5 11.3 (11.1); length ratio P­2/P­4 is 0.79 (0.77); palp (
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): P­2 with ventral projection, P­3 slightly concave, P­4 maximum height near insertion of the proximoventral hair, sword seta curved, close to the distoventral hair. Genital field (
<figureCitation id="1369D0B3DD7DFF9DFE15FC08480907BC" box="[434,525,964,990]" captionStart="FIGURES 14 18" captionStartId="8.[264,382,1728,1752]" captionTargetBox="[301,1287,316,1704]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[274,1314,308,1712]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 14 18. Atractides mossahebii sp. nov., (14 17 = female; 18 = male): 14 = coxal field; 15 = I­L­ 5 / 6; 16 = palp; 17 = genital field; 18 = genital field. Scale bars = 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157859/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Fig. 18</figureCitation>
): 130.8 (108) in length, 132.7 (119) in width, Ac­1­3 length 38.5 (27)­40.4 (30)­46 (36.5); excretory pore smooth; Vgl­1: separated from Vgl­2.
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I­L (
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): I­L­5 elongated, dorsal and ventral margins subparallel, 5 S­1 and­ 2 distanced, S­2enlarged; I­L­6 long and slender, slightly thickened basally, with parallel dorsal and ventral margins I­L­5 dorsal length 246 (222), I­L­5 ventral length 157.7 (140), ratio dorsal length I­L­5/ventral length 1.56 (1.58), I­L­5 central height 64 (61.5), ratio dorsal length I­L­5/central height 3.8 (3.6), S­1 length 109.6 (108), ratio length S­1/width 9.96 (9.9), S­2 length 83 (82), ratio length S­2/width 5.9 (5.9), distance between sword setae of I­L­5 25 (27); ratio length S­1/2 1.32 (1.32); I­L­6 length167 (159), I­L­6 central height 21.5 (20), ratio length I­L­6 /central height 7.76 (7.9); ratio length I­L­5/6 1.47 (1.4).
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<emphasis id="B9261024DD7DFF9DFE9FFA984B94010F" box="[312,400,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Female</emphasis>
(
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; measurements of the females from Deh Bala are given in parentheses [from Asadi
<emphasis id="B9261024DD7DFF9DFE60FAB04BFF01F7" box="[455,507,1404,1429]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">et al</emphasis>
. 2003]): Length of idiosoma 914 (771), width 735 (650). Dorsally the integument is lineated. Coxal field (
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): length between anterior end of first coxae and posterior end of fourth coxae 462 (383454); Cx­3 width 585 (504507); Cx­1+2 medial suture line 146 (123146) in length;distance from lateralmost tips of Cx­2 to the medioposterior edge of Cx­1+2 338 (252319). Measurements of mouthparts: palp total length 473 (370449), dorsal length of single segments: P­1 48 (3448), P­2 110 (85107), P­3 133 (103119), P­4 136.5 (112131), P­5 46 (3644); relative length (% total length) of single segments: P­1 10.1 (9.210.7), P­2 23.2 (23.023.8), P­3 28.1 (26.527.8), P­4 28.9 (29.230.2), P­5 9.7 (9.79.8); length ratio P­2/P­4 is 0.80 (0.82); palp (
<figureCitation id="1369D0B3DD7DFF9DFB37F9704EEF02B4" box="[1168,1259,1724,1750]" captionStart="FIGURES 14 18" captionStartId="8.[264,382,1728,1752]" captionTargetBox="[301,1287,316,1704]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[274,1314,308,1712]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 14 18. Atractides mossahebii sp. nov., (14 17 = female; 18 = male): 14 = coxal field; 15 = I­L­ 5 / 6; 16 = palp; 17 = genital field; 18 = genital field. Scale bars = 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157859/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
): P­4 sword seta near distoventral hair. Genital field (
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): Ac in a curved line; 190 (161) in length, 202 (165) in width, Ac­1­3 length 48 (3946)­52 (4251)­48 (4158); excretory pore smooth; Vgl­1: separated from Vgl­2.
</paragraph>
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I­L (
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): I­L­5 S­1/2 distanced; I­L­5 dorsal length 320 (279289), I­L­5 ventral length 205 (169179), ratio dorsal length I­L­5 /ventral length 1.56 (1.61), I­L­5 central height 99 (9096), ratio dorsal length I­L­5/central height 3.23 (2.923.19), S­1 length 146.0 (119148), ratio length S­1/width 9.5 (8.89.6), S­2 length 113.5 (90102), ratio length S­2/ width 5.4 (4.765.2), distance between sword setae of I­L­5 38.5 (3948); ratio length S­1/2 1.29 (1.31.45); I­L­6 length 228 (196217), I­L­6 central height 23 (2122), ratio length I­L­6 /central height 9.9 (9.010.3); ratio length I­L­5/6 1.40 (1.291.47).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3489FBDDD7EFF9EFE9FFDF84813029C" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BEDCC36DD7EFF9EFE9FFDF84870004C" blockId="10.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFE9FFDF84BBC062F" box="[312,440,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Discussion</emphasis>
:
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<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFE60FDF848C7062F" box="[455,707,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Atractides mossahebi</emphasis>
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shares the combination of a lineated integument, the relatively long I­L­6 (L ratio I­L­5/6 &lt;1.60), unsclerotized excretory pore, unfused Vgl­1/ 2, and P­2 with a ventrodistal projection in male, with
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<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFC2CFD4849E906FF" box="[907,1005,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. fissus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFC3B1C7DD7EFF9EFC5BFD484E9C06FC" author="Walter" box="[1020,1176,644,670]" pageId="10" pageNumber="40" refString="Walter, C. &amp; Motas, C. (1927) Hydracariens nouveaux ou peu connus du Sud-Est de la France. Travaux du Laboratoire d'Hydrobiologie et de Pisciculture de l' Universite de Grenoble, 11 (18), 65 - 163." type="journal article" year="1927">Walter, 1927</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C52B7B5DD7EFF9EFB0BFD484BA506A4" authority="Szalay, 1953" authorityName="Szalay" authorityYear="1953" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="remotus">
<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFB0BFD484F2E06FF" box="[1196,1322,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. remotus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFC3B1C7DD7EFF9EFEAFFD604BA506A4" author="Szalay" box="[264,417,684,710]" pageId="10" pageNumber="40" refString="Szalay, L. (1953) Neue Hydrachnellae - Formen aus dem Karpatenbecken. Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis Hungarici, 3, 213 - 224." type="journal article" year="1953">Szalay, 1953</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C52B7B5DD7EFF9EFE09FD60491E06A4" authority="K.Viets, 1930" authorityName="K.Viets" authorityYear="1930" box="[430,794,684,710]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="valencianus">
<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFE09FD60485806A7" box="[430,604,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. valencianus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFC3B1C7DD7EFF9EFDCBFD60491606A4" author="Viets" box="[620,786,684,710]" pageId="10" pageNumber="40" refString="Viets, K. (1930) Zur Kenntnis der Hydracarinen-Fauna von Spanien. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 21 (2), 175 - 240, 21 (3), 359 - 446." type="journal article" year="1930">K.Viets, 1930</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C52B7B5DD7EFF9EFCF2FD604EB706A4" authority="K.Viets, 1950" authorityName="K.Viets" authorityYear="1950" box="[853,1203,684,710]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inflatipalpis">
<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFCF2FD604E0006A7" box="[853,1028,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. inflatipalpis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFC3B1C7DD7EFF9EFBABFD604EB706A4" author="Viets" box="[1036,1203,684,710]" pageId="10" pageNumber="40" refString="Viets, K. (1950) Water mites (Hydrachnellae) from Greece. The Journal of the Quekett Microscopic Club, London, (s. 4), 3 (3), 150 - 161." type="journal article" year="1950">K.Viets, 1950</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. From the latter two species (in parentheses data and characters from these species, taken from
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),
<taxonomicName id="4C52B7B5DD7EFF9EFE6CFD3048700777" box="[459,628,764,789]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mossahebii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFE6CFD3048700777" box="[459,628,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. mossahebii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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differs in larger dimensions of genital acetabula (acetabula diameter &lt;
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), a longer medial suture Cx­1+2 (ml&lt;
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), a larger distance between the sword setae of I­L­
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male,&gt;
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(distance &lt;
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in male), and the relatively longer I­L­5, I­L­5/6&gt;1.4 (I­L­5/6&lt;1.4).
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<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFC39FCB84E1D07EF" box="[926,1049,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A remotus</emphasis>
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, can be easilly distinguished from
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on the basis of a shape of the male coxal field: in
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<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFAB6FC504B6007BF" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. remotus</emphasis>
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the suture line of Cx­2/3 is indistinct and all coxae are almost fused to complete coxal field. Further differences are found in the female genital field of
<taxonomicName id="4C52B7B5DD7EFF9EFBE6FC204EBB0067" box="[1089,1215,1004,1029]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="remotus">
<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFBE6FC204EBB0067" box="[1089,1215,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. remotus</emphasis>
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, with Ac arranged in triangular position.
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<paragraph id="8BEDCC36DD7EFF9EFE9FFBF0492D0094" blockId="10.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
As compared to
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<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFDA3FBF048A80037" box="[516,684,1084,1109]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. mossahebii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A215AD5FDD7EFF9EFD10FBF049130034" box="[695,791,1084,1110]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C52B7B5DD7EFF9EFC80FBF049EF0037" box="[807,1003,1084,1109]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fissus">
<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFC80FBF049EF0037" box="[807,1003,1084,1109]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Atractides fissus</emphasis>
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(in parentheses data from
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and Pesic 2002]), is characterized by the following features: a weakly developed ventrodistal projection of male P­2, larger acetabula (maximum diameter always&gt;50), and the genital field with Ac arranged in triangular shape (posterior edge of Ac­1 and anterior edge of Ac­3 close to each other).
</paragraph>
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In the combination of a lineated integument, rounded Ac arranged in a weakly curved line, the large distance between the sword setae of I­L­5 and longer medial suture Cx­1+2 (L&gt;
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) the female of
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<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFDF4FA9848FF010F" box="[595,763,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. mossahebii</emphasis>
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nov. sp. is similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C52B7B5DD7EFF9EFBADFA984F26010C" authority="Thor, 1914" authorityName="Thor" authorityYear="1914" box="[1034,1314,1364,1390]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arcuatus">
<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFBADFA984E97010F" box="[1034,1171,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. arcuatus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFC3B1C7DD7EFF9EFB39FA984F26010C" author="Thor" box="[1182,1314,1364,1390]" pageId="10" pageNumber="40" refString="Thor, S. (1914) Zur Kenntnis der Hydracarinen-Fauna von Kaukasus nach den Sammlungen des Herrn Julius Komarek (Prag). Bulletin de l' internationale Academie des Sciences Boheme, 19, 1 - 11." type="journal article" year="1914">Thor, 1914</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. From the available information, the male of
<taxonomicName id="4C52B7B5DD7EFF9EFCB0FAB0499A01F7" box="[791,926,1404,1429]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arcuatus">
<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFCB0FAB0499A01F7" box="[791,926,1404,1429]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. arcuatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has weakly developed projection of P­2 with a smooth surface and anterior and posterior margins of the genital field with very shallow indentations. As mentioned by Asadi
<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFCDFFA0049AB0187" box="[888,943,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">et al</emphasis>
. (2003), the females from Deh Bala on which the redescription of
<taxonomicName id="4C52B7B5DD7EFF9EFD09FA384932026F" box="[686,822,1524,1549]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arcuatus">
<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFD09FA384932026F" box="[686,822,1524,1549]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. arcuatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is based, differ from the original description and a single specimen of a synonymized species,
<taxonomicName id="4C52B7B5DD7EFF9EFC2CF9D049FF0257" box="[907,1019,1564,1589]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dubius">
<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFC2CF9D049FF0257" box="[907,1019,1564,1589]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. dubius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Kaukasus (
<bibRefCitation id="EFC3B1C7DD7EFF9EFB61F9D04B43023C" author="Gerecke" pageId="10" pageNumber="39" refString="Gerecke, R. (2003) Water mites of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari: Parasitengona: Hygrobatidae) in the western Palaearctic region: a revision. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 138, 141 - 378." type="journal article" year="2003">Gerecke 2003</bibRefCitation>
), in the the larger dimensions of Ac and a more stout S­2. Furthermore, there are numerous biometric differences (see: Asadi
<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFCABF9A0493B02E7" box="[780,831,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">et al</emphasis>
. 2003). The females from Deh Bala agree very well with the specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C52B7B5DD7EFF9EFD28F958493102CF" box="[655,821,1684,1709]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mossahebii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFD28F958493102CF" box="[655,821,1684,1709]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. mossahebii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A215AD5FDD7EFF9EFC99F958499902CC" box="[830,925,1684,1710]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, e.g. the the larger dimensions of Ac and a more stout setae S­2. This evidence is sufficient for considering the two populations to be conspecific.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3489FBDDD7EFF9EFE9FF8C049FC032C" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BEDCC36DD7EFF9EFE9FF8C049FC032C" blockId="10.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="B9261024DD7EFF9EFE9FF8C04BB10347" box="[312,437,1804,1829]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Etymology</emphasis>
: The species is named in honor of Prof. Dr.
<taxonomicName id="4C52B7B5DD7EFF9EFC58F8C04E8D0344" box="[1023,1161,1804,1830]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Atractides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mossahebii" status="sp. nov.">Mossahebii</taxonomicName>
, head of the Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture in Karaj.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3489FBDDD7FFF9FFE9FFED04851053C" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="8BEDCC36DD7FFF9FFE9FFED04851053C" blockId="11.[264,1321,284,390]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<emphasis id="B9261024DD7FFF9FFE9FFED04B970557" box="[312,403,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Biology</emphasis>
:
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A215AD5FDD7FFF9FFD64FED049210554" box="[707,805,284,310]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is a rhitrobiontic species which inhabits streams at higher elevations.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3489FBDDD7FFF9FFE9FFEA04E6805E4" box="[312,1132,364,390]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BEDCC36DD7FFF9FFE9FFEA04E6805E4" blockId="11.[264,1321,284,390]" box="[312,1132,364,390]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<emphasis id="B9261024DD7FFF9FFE9FFEA04BD505E7" box="[312,465,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Distribution:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F3458CA6DD7FFF9FFE7FFEA0480E05E4" box="[472,522,364,390]" name="Iran" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Iran</collectingCountry>
, known from the Yazd,
<collectingCountry id="F3458CA6DD7FFF9FFC85FEA0495005E4" box="[802,852,364,390]" name="Iran" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Fars</collectingCountry>
and Kerman provinces.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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