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<mods:title>The water mite genus Sperchon Kramer, 1877 in Bhutan (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Sperchontidae), with the description of three new species</mods:title>
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(
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A-H)
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[531,747,1712,1736]" pageId="2" pageNumber="755">Material examined</emphasis>
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.
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(NBC);
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, Nika Chhu,
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a.s.l., 10 May
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2021, leg. M.M. Gurung (NBC);
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, Chendebji Chhu,
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a.s.l.,
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, leg. M.M. Gurung (NBC).
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Other material 4/5/0, Chuserbu Chhu,
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,
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a.s.l.,
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; 0/1/0, Chumpigang Chhu,
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,
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a.s.l.,
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; 3/0/0, Rukhubju Chhu,
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,
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,
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a.s.l.,
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; 1/1/0, Chuserbu Chhu,
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,
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a.s.l.,
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— Dorsal platelets relatively large (length up to 160), with an unpaired central platelet (diameter 140); P2 with a large anteroventral extension with a stout seta, P4 ventrally with two stout setae lying relatively close to each other.
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— Male: Integument papillate. Idiosoma dorsally 753 (570-778) long and 720 (583-729) wide, ventrally 818 (632-842) long. Dorsum with relatively large glandularia (length up to 160), reddish platelets (but yellowish to yellowish-brown in young specimens and in a few mature specimens) and three pairs of platelets without glandularia; preocularia on a small platelet, postocularia on a relatively large platelet; centrally with a large unpaired platelet, diameter 140 (
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). Occasionally Dgl-3 fused with lateral platelet without glandularia (
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). Gnathosoma stocky, 158 long. Venter with relatively large platelets. Cx-I medially separated (
<figureCitation box="[610,732,333,357]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="4.[119,188,2018,2039]" captionTargetBox="[95,1533,232,2109]" captionTargetId="figure-2@4.[175,1422,220,2054]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figure 2 Sperchon (Sperchon) rubiscutellatus sp. nov., A-B, D-E, H holotype male, C, F male from Chuserbu Chhu, G paratype female. A dorsum with detail of integument (enlarged); B venter; C dorsum; D gnathosoma + right palp; E left palp; F genital field, flaps open; G genital field, flaps closed; H IV-leg-4-6 (pectinations of setae not illustrated). Scale bars: A-C 200 µm, D-H 50 µm." pageId="5" pageNumber="758">Figure 2B</figureCitation>
), Cx-III witht a glandularium. Genital field with three pairs of acetabula, middle acetabula elongated; genital flap 194 long, medial margin with a row of setae (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="4.[119,188,2018,2039]" captionTargetBox="[95,1533,232,2109]" captionTargetId="figure-2@4.[175,1422,220,2054]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figure 2 Sperchon (Sperchon) rubiscutellatus sp. nov., A-B, D-E, H holotype male, C, F male from Chuserbu Chhu, G paratype female. A dorsum with detail of integument (enlarged); B venter; C dorsum; D gnathosoma + right palp; E left palp; F genital field, flaps open; G genital field, flaps closed; H IV-leg-4-6 (pectinations of setae not illustrated). Scale bars: A-C 200 µm, D-H 50 µm." pageId="5" pageNumber="758">Figure 2F</figureCitation>
). Excretory pore sclerotized. Length of P1-5: 28, 90, 109, 152, 35. P2 with an anteroventral extension and a stout seta, P4 ventrally with two stout, blunt setae (
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D-E). Length of I-leg-4-6: 160, 180, 164. Length of IV-leg-4-6: 259, 251, 227. II-IV-leg with pectinate setae (
<figureCitation box="[499,624,506,530]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="4.[119,188,2018,2039]" captionTargetBox="[95,1533,232,2109]" captionTargetId="figure-2@4.[175,1422,220,2054]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figure 2 Sperchon (Sperchon) rubiscutellatus sp. nov., A-B, D-E, H holotype male, C, F male from Chuserbu Chhu, G paratype female. A dorsum with detail of integument (enlarged); B venter; C dorsum; D gnathosoma + right palp; E left palp; F genital field, flaps open; G genital field, flaps closed; H IV-leg-4-6 (pectinations of setae not illustrated). Scale bars: A-C 200 µm, D-H 50 µm." pageId="5" pageNumber="758">Figure 2H</figureCitation>
). Leg claws with three clawlets, the most ventral one blunt.
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, holotype female. A dorsum with detail of integument papillae (enlarged); B venter; C gnathosoma + palp; D IV-leg-4-6. Scale bars: A-B 200 µm, A detail of integument papillae, C-D 50 µm.
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, A-B, D-E, H holotype male, C, F male from Chuserbu Chhu, G paratype female. A dorsum with detail of integument (enlarged); B venter; C dorsum; D gnathosoma + right palp; E left palp; F genital field, flaps open; G genital field, flaps closed; H IV-leg-4-6 (pectinations of setae not illustrated). Scale bars: A-C 200 µm, D-H 50 µm.
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<paragraph blockId="5.[491,1546,229,1013]" box="[531,1410,540,564]" pageId="5" pageNumber="758">Female: Idiosoma dorsally 940 (612-846) long and 899 (632-818) wide, ventrally 980</paragraph>
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(697-899) long. In most aspects similar to male. Central unpaired dorsal platelet smaller compared to male. Genital flap 203 long (
<figureCitation box="[946,1071,609,633]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="4.[119,188,2018,2039]" captionTargetBox="[95,1533,232,2109]" captionTargetId="figure-2@4.[175,1422,220,2054]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figure 2 Sperchon (Sperchon) rubiscutellatus sp. nov., A-B, D-E, H holotype male, C, F male from Chuserbu Chhu, G paratype female. A dorsum with detail of integument (enlarged); B venter; C dorsum; D gnathosoma + right palp; E left palp; F genital field, flaps open; G genital field, flaps closed; H IV-leg-4-6 (pectinations of setae not illustrated). Scale bars: A-C 200 µm, D-H 50 µm." pageId="5" pageNumber="758">Figure 2G</figureCitation>
). Length of P1-5: 36, 130, 150, 208, 49. Palp as in male. Length of I-leg-4-6: 190, 212, 180. Length of IV-leg-4-6: 308, 283, 267. Legs as in male.
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<subSubSection box="[531,1107,713,737]" pageId="5" pageNumber="758" type="etymology">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[531,655,713,737]" pageId="5" pageNumber="758">Etymology</emphasis>
— Named for the red-coloured platelets.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[531,651,748,772]" pageId="5" pageNumber="758">Discussion</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="Lundblad, 1941" authorityName="Lundblad" authorityYear="1941" box="[687,1096,747,772]" class="Arachnida" family="Sperchontidae" genus="Sperchon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="758" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilipalpis">
<emphasis box="[687,930,747,771]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="758">Sperchon gracilipalpis</emphasis>
Lundblad, 1941
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has more or less similar configuration of the dorsal platelets, but these platelets are much smaller compared to the new species. Moreover, the palp of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lundblad" authorityYear="1941" box="[731,897,817,841]" class="Arachnida" family="Sperchontidae" genus="Sperchon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="758" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilipalpis">
<emphasis box="[731,897,817,841]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="758">S. gracilipalpis</emphasis>
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has P4 ventrally with only small setae, which are more separated from each other compared to the new species, and the integument is reticulated.
<taxonomicName authority="Imamura, 1966" authorityName="Imamura" authorityYear="1966" box="[491,899,886,910]" class="Arachnida" family="Sperchontidae" genus="Sperchon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="758" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="noshaqensis">
<emphasis box="[491,730,886,910]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="758">Sperchon noshaqensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Imamura T." box="[738,899,886,910]" pageId="5" pageNumber="758" pagination="189 - 200" refId="ref4190" refString="Imamura T. 1966. Some water-mites (Hydrachnellae) from Afghanistan. Results of the Kyoto University Scientific Expedition to the Karakoram and Hindukush, 1955, Kyoto University, 8: 189 - 200." type="journal article" year="1966">Imamura, 1966</bibRefCitation>
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has a more or less similar palp, but P3 is slenderer. Unfortunately,
<bibRefCitation author="Imamura T." box="[642,811,920,944]" pageId="5" pageNumber="758" pagination="189 - 200" refId="ref4190" refString="Imamura T. 1966. Some water-mites (Hydrachnellae) from Afghanistan. Results of the Kyoto University Scientific Expedition to the Karakoram and Hindukush, 1955, Kyoto University, 8: 189 - 200." type="journal article" year="1966">Imamura (1966)</bibRefCitation>
didnt describe the dorsum of
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<emphasis box="[1150,1307,920,944]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="758">S. noshaqensis</emphasis>
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, but according to
<bibRefCitation author="Pesic V. &amp; Smit H." box="[491,707,955,979]" pageId="5" pageNumber="758" pagination="611 - 633" refId="ref4383" refString="Pesic V., Smit H. 2020. Water mites of the genus Sperchon Kramer, 1877 of Kyrgyzstan (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Sperchontidae) with the description of seven new species. Int. J. Acarol., 46: 611 - 633. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 01647954.2020.1846616" type="journal article" year="2020">Pešić &amp; Smit (2020)</bibRefCitation>
the dorsum is without sclerotized muscle attachment plates (although their assignment of their specimens is uncertain).
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