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<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFC5FFD2FF05FEE4FF8C5319" bold="true" box="[151,432,290,316]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">Africasia comorosensis</emphasis>
Smit &amp; Pesic
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(
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,
<figureCitation id="13259AF3FFC5FFD2FEA4FE83FF43537A" box="[310,383,325,351]" captionStart="FIGURE 5 A D. A B" captionStartId="7.[151,257,1980,2004]" captionTargetBox="[174,1411,530,1968]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[174,1413,514,1971]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 5 A D. A B. Africasia comorosensis sp. nov., female holotype, dorsal shield: A—outer surface; B—inner surface; C—Koual River (Photo. Mary-Sasal); D—Goulou River (Photo. Mary-Sasal)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/194340/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">5AB</figureCitation>
,
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)
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material.
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: female (dorsal and ventral shield separated), fixed in Koenike fluid,
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,
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: Koual River, downstream,
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,
<date id="FFA0A0B6FFC5FFD2FC22FE73FA1253EA" box="[944,1070,437,463]" pageId="6" pageNumber="57" value="2008-10-08">08-x-2008</date>
0/1/0.
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: 0/1/0 (0/1/0 mounted), Mro oua Goulou (Goulou River),
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,
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; 1/0/0 (1/0/0 mounted), Mro oua Ourouveni, mouth (Ourouveni River, mouth),
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.
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<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFC5FFD2FF05FAB8FF0F57B6" bold="true" box="[151,307,1406,1427]" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">FIGURE 4AB</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFC5FFD2FDB7FAB8FC4D57B6" bold="true" box="[549,625,1406,1427]" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, female: A = dorsal shield; B = ventral shield. Scale bar = 100 μm
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<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFC5FFD2FF54FA07FF7A57FE" bold="true" box="[198,326,1473,1499]" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Integument of dorsal shield with five areas of radiating lines on inner surface (two pairs of lateral and one posteromedial); dorsal shield with a central raised ridge; central area of dorsal shield with a large, oval reddish patch.
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<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFC5FFD2FF54F9F7FF62546E" bold="true" box="[198,350,1585,1611]" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">Description.</emphasis>
Female (
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, in parentheses some measurements of
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). Dorsal and ventral shields present; dorsal shield L 398 (415), W 338 (350); integument of dorsal shield with five areas of radiating lines on inner surface as indicated in
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,
<figureCitation id="13259AF3FFC5FFD2FCDDF9BAFD4F54B3" box="[847,883,1660,1686]" captionStart="FIGURE 5 A D. A B" captionStartId="7.[151,257,1980,2004]" captionTargetBox="[174,1411,530,1968]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[174,1413,514,1971]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 5 A D. A B. Africasia comorosensis sp. nov., female holotype, dorsal shield: A—outer surface; B—inner surface; C—Koual River (Photo. Mary-Sasal); D—Goulou River (Photo. Mary-Sasal)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/194340/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">5B</figureCitation>
(two pairs of lateral and one posteromedial); dorsal shield with a central raised ridge and central area of dorsal shield with a large, oval reddish patch as shown in
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[in the
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the colour is hardly visible because of lactate treatment]; ventral shield L 448 (486), W 442 (418); outer margin of ventral shield irregular; anterior coxae projecting; outer margin of Cx-3 and Cx-4 forming a nearly straight line; gonopore L 89 (99), W 82 (79); 24 (25) pairs of acetabula, these on ill-defined acetabular plates; palp (
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) total L 179, dL and %L (in parentheses): P-1 23, (12.9); P-2, 47 (26.3); P-3, 28 (15.6); P-4, 59 (33.0); P-5, 22 (12.3); L P-2/P-4 ratio 0.8; palpal segments rotated, distal end of the uncate P-4 with one long thin seta and one short somewhat thickened seta; capitulum ventral L 85 (96); L I-Leg-3-6: 40, 45, 66, 78; L IV-Leg: 60, 55, 49, 70, 88, 93; III/IV-Leg-4/5 each with two swimming setae.
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<paragraph id="8BA18676FFC4FFD3FF56FF5EFB4F5349" blockId="7.[151,1436,152,476]" pageId="7" pageNumber="58">Male. Dorsal shield L 347, W 306; integument of dorsal shield with less developed radiating lines on inner surface and a central raised ridge; the colour is hardly visible because of lactate treatment; ventral shield L 406, W 388, similar to female except for region of the genital field; gonopore L 47; 18-22 acetabula on each side; ejaculatory complex L 83; palp total L 160, dL and %L (in parentheses): P-1, 22 (13.8); P-2, 40 (25.0); P-3, 26 (16.3); P-4, 52 (32.5); P-5, 20 (12.5); L P-2/P-4 ratio, 0.77; palp as in the female; capitulum L 75; L I- Leg-3-6: 39, 51, 74, 83; L IV-Leg-4-6: 74, 52, 49, 66, 82, 85; swimming setae as described for the female.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFC4FFD3FF54FEB1FF6F53B4" bold="true" box="[198,339,375,401]" pageId="7" pageNumber="58">Etymology.</emphasis>
Named after the
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Islands.
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<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFC4FFD3FF54FE5BFF045392" bold="true" box="[198,312,413,439]" pageId="7" pageNumber="58">Remarks</emphasis>
. Most probably the difference in less developed radiating lines on the inner surface of the dorsal shield is due to the juvenile age of the male (indicated by weak sclerotization with large pores).
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<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFC4FFD3FF05F87AFF7655F1" bold="true" box="[151,330,1980,2004]" pageId="7" pageNumber="58">FIGURE 5AD</emphasis>
. AB.
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<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFC4FFD3FD36F87AFCC155F1" bold="true" box="[676,765,1980,2004]" pageId="7" pageNumber="58">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, female holotype, dorsal shield: A—outer surface; B—inner surface; C—Koual River (Photo. Mary-Sasal); D—Goulou River (Photo. Mary-Sasal).
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<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFCBFFDCFF05F87FFF0A55EB" bold="true" box="[151,310,1977,1998]" pageId="8" pageNumber="59">FIGURE 6AC</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C1EFDF5FFCBFFDCFED1F87CFC1A55EA" box="[323,550,1978,1999]" class="Insecta" family="Sarcophagidae" genus="Africasia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="comorosensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFCBFFDCFED1F87CFC1A55EA" box="[323,550,1978,1999]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="59">Africasia comorosensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A259E71FFFCBFFDCFDBFF87FFC4655EB" box="[557,634,1977,1998]" pageId="8" pageNumber="59" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFCBFFDCFDBFF87FFC4955EB" bold="true" box="[557,629,1977,1998]" pageId="8" pageNumber="59">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, (AB female, C male): A = palp and capitulum; B = I-Leg-6; C = ventral shield. Scale bar = 100 μm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BA18676FFCAFFDDFF56FF5EFA5C5002" blockId="9.[151,1437,152,626]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">
Due to the presence of five areas (two pairs of lateral and one posteromedial) of radiating lines on inner surface of dorsal shield,
<taxonomicName id="4C1EFDF5FFCAFFDDFE2CFF7BFCE952F3" box="[446,725,189,214]" class="Insecta" family="Sarcophagidae" genus="Africasia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="comorosensis">
<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFCAFFDDFE2CFF7BFCE952F3" box="[446,725,189,214]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Africasia comorosensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C1EFDF5FFCAFFDDFCE6FF7BFA0A52F2" authority="Cook" authorityName="Cook" box="[884,1078,189,215]" class="Insecta" family="Sarcophagidae" genus="Africasia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="radiata">
<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFCAFFDDFCE6FF7BFDD152F3" box="[884,1005,189,214]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">A. radiata</emphasis>
Cook
</taxonomicName>
(
<collectingCountry id="F309C6E6FFCAFFDDFBD4FF7BFA9D52F2" box="[1094,1185,189,215]" name="Liberia" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Liberia</collectingCountry>
, see:
<bibRefCitation id="EF8FFB87FFCAFFDDFB77FF7BFB5152F2" author="Cook" box="[1253,1389,189,215]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" 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>
),
<taxonomicName id="4C1EFDF5FFCAFFDDFA10FF7BFF4D52D9" authority="Cook" authorityName="Cook" class="Insecta" family="Sarcophagidae" genus="Africasia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mahadensis">
<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFCAFFDDFA10FF7BFF1B52DE" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">A. mahadensis</emphasis>
Cook
</taxonomicName>
(
<collectingCountry id="F309C6E6FFCAFFDDFE10FF24FFFA52D9" box="[386,454,226,252]" name="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">India</collectingCountry>
, see:
<bibRefCitation id="EF8FFB87FFCAFFDDFD9EFF24FCA952D9" author="Cook" box="[524,661,226,252]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" refString="Cook, D. R. (1967) Water mites from India. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 9, 1 - 411." type="journal article" year="1967">Cook 1967</bibRefCitation>
) and
<taxonomicName id="4C1EFDF5FFCAFFDDFD49FF24FDD352D9" authority="Viets" authorityName="Viets" box="[731,1007,226,252]" class="Insecta" family="Sarcophagidae" genus="Africasia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="obscuripora">
<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFCAFFDDFD49FF24FDAF52DE" box="[731,915,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">A. obscuripora</emphasis>
(Viets)
</taxonomicName>
(
<collectingCountry id="F309C6E6FFCAFFDDFB92FF24FA9F52D9" box="[1024,1187,226,252]" name="South Africa" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">South Africa</collectingCountry>
, see:
<bibRefCitation id="EF8FFB87FFCAFFDDFB7BFF24FB4C52D9" author="Cook" box="[1257,1392,226,252]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" refString="Cook, D. R. (2001) New and incompletely known genera and species of Arrenuroidea (Acari, Hydracarina) from South Africa. Acarologia, 41, 233 - 248." type="journal article" year="2001">Cook 2001</bibRefCitation>
for redescription). From these species,
<taxonomicName id="4C1EFDF5FFCAFFDDFDA8FECEFCC75304" box="[570,763,264,289]" class="Insecta" family="Sarcophagidae" genus="Africasia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="comorosensis">
<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFCAFFDDFDA8FECEFCC75304" box="[570,763,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">A. comorosensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished in possessing a central ridge on the dorsal shield. Furthermore,
<taxonomicName id="4C1EFDF5FFCAFFDDFE4EFEEBFCB05363" box="[476,652,301,326]" class="Insecta" family="Sarcophagidae" genus="Africasia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="obscuripora">
<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFCAFFDDFE4EFEEBFCB05363" box="[476,652,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">A. obscuripora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs in having lower number of acetabula and a different colour pattern (see:
<bibRefCitation id="EF8FFB87FFCAFFDDFEBCFE94FF8F5349" author="Cook" box="[302,435,338,364]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" refString="Cook, D. R. (2001) New and incompletely known genera and species of Arrenuroidea (Acari, Hydracarina) from South Africa. Acarologia, 41, 233 - 248." type="journal article" year="2001">Cook 2001</bibRefCitation>
). On the other hand, due to the development of a central ridge on the dorsal shield,
<taxonomicName id="4C1EFDF5FFCAFFDDFA11FE94FF0B53B4" class="Insecta" family="Sarcophagidae" genus="Africasia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="comorosensis">
<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFCAFFDDFA11FE94FF0B53B4" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">A. comorosensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
resembles
<taxonomicName id="4C1EFDF5FFCAFFDDFE2CFEBEFC4953B7" authority="Cook" authorityName="Cook" box="[446,629,376,402]" class="Insecta" family="Sarcophagidae" genus="Africasia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rucira">
<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFCAFFDDFE2CFEBEFC1653B4" box="[446,554,376,401]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">A. rucira</emphasis>
Cook
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1EFDF5FFCAFFDDFD10FEBEFD0053B7" authority="Cook" authorityName="Cook" box="[642,828,376,402]" class="Insecta" family="Sarcophagidae" genus="Africasia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="navina">
<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFCAFFDDFD10FEBEFCC853B4" box="[642,756,376,401]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">A. navina</emphasis>
Cook
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1EFDF5FFCAFFDDFCEAFEBEFA1B53B7" authority="Cook" authorityName="Cook" box="[888,1063,376,402]" class="Insecta" family="Sarcophagidae" genus="Africasia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ruksa">
<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFCAFFDDFCEAFEBEFDE053B4" box="[888,988,376,401]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">A. ruksa</emphasis>
Cook
</taxonomicName>
, all species known only from a small mountain stream in Kerala,
<collectingCountry id="F309C6E6FFCAFFDDFDB0FE5BFC625392" box="[546,606,413,439]" name="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">India</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF8FFB87FFCAFFDDFDFFFE5BFCC95392" author="Cook" box="[621,757,413,439]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" refString="Cook, D. R. (1967) Water mites from India. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 9, 1 - 411." type="journal article" year="1967">Cook 1967</bibRefCitation>
). Of these species, only
<taxonomicName id="4C1EFDF5FFCAFFDDFB9DFE5BFAF75393" box="[1039,1227,413,438]" class="Insecta" family="Sarcophagidae" genus="Africasia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rucira">
<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFCAFFDDFB9DFE5BFAF75393" box="[1039,1227,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Africasia rucira</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is most similar to the new
<taxonomicName id="4C1EFDF5FFCAFFDDFF6EFE04FF5453FE" box="[252,360,450,475]" class="Insecta" family="Sarcophagidae" genus="Africasia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFCAFFDDFF6EFE04FF5453FE" box="[252,360,450,475]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Africasia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species from
<collectingCountry id="F309C6E6FFCAFFDDFD9DFE04FC4253F9" box="[527,638,450,476]" name="Comoros" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Comoros</collectingCountry>
, but differs in slightly developed radiating thickenings on the inner surface of the dorsal shield, different colour pattern and smaller dimensions of the idiosoma (ventral shield L/ W 416418/
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female, L/W 388/
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male, data taken from
<bibRefCitation id="EF8FFB87FFCAFFDDFC5FFDCBFA6F5002" author="Cook" box="[973,1107,525,551]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" refString="Cook, D. R. (1967) Water mites from India. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 9, 1 - 411." type="journal article" year="1967">Cook 1967</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C304D5FDFFCAFFDDFF54FDF4FB285057" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BA18676FFCAFFDDFF54FDF4FC615069" blockId="9.[151,1437,152,626]" box="[198,605,562,588]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">
<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFCAFFDDFF54FDF4FF635069" bold="true" box="[198,351,562,588]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Distribution</emphasis>
.
<collectingCountry id="F309C6E6FFCAFFDDFEFCFDF4FFE65069" box="[366,474,562,588]" name="Comoros" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Comoros</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingCountry id="F309C6E6FFCAFFDDFE7BFDF4FC6D5069" box="[489,593,562,588]" name="Mayotte" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Mayotte</collectingCountry>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA18676FFCAFFDDFF54FD91FB285057" blockId="9.[151,1437,152,626]" box="[198,1300,599,626]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">
<emphasis id="B96A5A64FFCAFFDDFF54FD91FF1A5054" bold="true" box="[198,294,599,625]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Habitat</emphasis>
. The species was found in downstream sections of small forest streams (
<figureCitation id="13259AF3FFCAFFDDFBE8FD9EFB3B5057" box="[1146,1287,600,626]" captionStart="FIGURE 5 A D. A B" captionStartId="7.[151,257,1980,2004]" captionTargetBox="[174,1411,530,1968]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[174,1413,514,1971]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 5 A D. A B. Africasia comorosensis sp. nov., female holotype, dorsal shield: A—outer surface; B—inner surface; C—Koual River (Photo. Mary-Sasal); D—Goulou River (Photo. Mary-Sasal)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/194340/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Figs. 5CD</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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