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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3841.1.1" ID-GBIF-Dataset="07cca84d-e413-47d9-9ea5-5d24be4dce1b" ID-ISSN="1175-5326" ID-Zenodo-Dep="286746" ID-ZooBank="5FAADB3D-2359-453F-8BF5-1C2A33C6D178" checkinTime="1460460685218" checkinUser="plazi" docAuthor="Gerecke, Reinhard" docDate="2014" docId="03AD87B0FF96144EFF46BEFFFBA08056" docLanguage="en" docName="zt03841p046.pdf" docOrigin="Zootaxa 3841 (1)" docStyle="DocumentStylede.uka.ipd.idaho.easyIO.settings.Settings@4b05a9b1" docStyleName="zootaxa.2013.journal_article" docTitle="Woolastookia basilicalabrica Gerecke, 2014, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docVersion="1" lastPageNumber="40" masterDocId="FF94FFC8FFB31469FFD1BC4BFFE2830B" masterDocTitle="Studies on European species of the water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia)" masterLastPageNumber="46" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="38" updateTime="1677002133583" updateUser="tatiana">
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<mods:title>Studies on European species of the water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Gerecke, Reinhard</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName box="[151,498,692,718]" class="Arachnida" family="Axonopsidae" genus="Woolastookia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="basilicalabrica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,498,692,718]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Woolastookia basilicalabrica</emphasis>
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<paragraph blockId="37.[151,599,692,751]" box="[151,230,726,751]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<figureCitation box="[151,230,726,751]" captionStart="FIGURE 27" captionStartId="38.[151,250,1845,1867]" captionTargetBox="[155,1431,197,1815]" captionTargetId="figure@38.[151,1436,193,1823]" captionTargetPageId="38" captionText="FIGURE 27. Woolastookia basilicalabrica, paratype males. A. IV-L-anterior; B. IV-L-posterior; C. gnathosoma with left palp laterally; D. right palp medially; E. venter. Scale bars = 100 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286772/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
Fig.
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<paragraph blockId="37.[151,1436,798,1975]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,386,798,823]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Material examined.</emphasis>
<typeStatus box="[394,450,799,823]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Type</typeStatus>
series:
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<collectionCode box="[681,773,799,822]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/91g3-0mnw" name="Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">NHMW</collectionCode>
,
<date box="[786,860,798,823]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="1115-01">
I
<number box="[804,860,798,823]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="1115.0">1115</number>
</date>
b,
<collectingCountry box="[888,940,798,823]" name="Italy" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Italy</collectingCountry>
, Calabria, Pellegrino (CS), Saracena. Fonte Cannello, spring brook,
<quantity box="[425,513,834,859]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.385" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" unit="m" value="1385.0">1385 m</quantity>
, WE
<number box="[577,619,835,859]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="902.0">902</number>
0
<number box="[641,671,835,859]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="40.0">40</number>
, 0
<date box="[697,809,835,859]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="1990-08-10">
<number box="[697,748,835,859]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="8.1">8.10</number>
.
<number box="[752,809,835,859]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="1990.0">1990</number>
</date>
Gerecke.
<typeStatus box="[925,1037,835,859]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Paratypes</typeStatus>
, same site and date (
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/
<number box="[1297,1311,835,859]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="7.0">7</number>
/0);
<date box="[1356,1432,835,859]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="1098-01">
I
<number box="[1373,1432,835,859]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="1098.0">1098</number>
</date>
, Basilicata Pollino (PZ), Terranova, spring N Lago Fondo,
<quantity box="[803,890,870,895]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.45" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" unit="m" value="1450.0">1450 m</quantity>
, XE 0
<number box="[960,988,870,895]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="52.0">52</number>
<number box="[995,1040,871,895]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="228.0">228</number>
, 0
<date box="[1065,1177,871,895]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="1990-01-10">
<number box="[1065,1115,871,895]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="1.1">1.10</number>
.
<number box="[1119,1177,871,895]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="1990.0">1990</number>
</date>
(
<number box="[1192,1206,871,895]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="2.0">2</number>
/0/0).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="37.[151,1436,798,1975]" box="[199,1356,906,931]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,409,906,931]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Further material.</emphasis>
I
<number box="[432,474,906,931]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="106.0">106</number>
<collectingCountry box="[481,533,906,931]" name="Italy" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Italy</collectingCountry>
, Calabria, Sersale (CZ), Torrente Campanaro,
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,
<date box="[1139,1265,906,931]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="1985-07-19">
<number box="[1139,1204,906,931]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="19.07">19.07</number>
.
<number box="[1208,1265,906,931]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="1985.0">1985</number>
</date>
(0/
<number box="[1305,1319,907,931]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="2.0">2</number>
/0).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="37" pageNumber="38" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph blockId="37.[151,1436,798,1975]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,321,942,967]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Large in dimensions (idiosoma L ♂♂&gt;
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, ♀♀&gt;
<number box="[950,995,942,967]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="620.0">620</number>
; palp total L ♂♂&gt;
<number box="[1238,1283,943,967]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="300.0">300</number>
, ♀♀&gt;
<number box="[1378,1424,943,967]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="280.0">280</number>
), idiosoma with slightly rounded lateral margins. Males with long, slender setae arranged in rows on IV-L-
<number box="[1335,1344,979,1003]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="1.0">1</number>
/
<number box="[1353,1367,979,1003]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="2.0">2</number>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="39" lastPageNumber="40" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" type="description">
<paragraph blockId="37.[151,1436,798,1975]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,345,1014,1039]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Description.</emphasis>
Colour brownish, sclerotized parts light violet. Idiosoma elliptical in outline, lateral margins rounded. Coxal field with parallel lateral margins extending from the III-L-insertion to halfway between IV-L insertion and genital field. One pair of setae free in the membrane posterior to genital field, excretory pore on separate plate bearing also a pair of flanking glandularia. Leg claws of I-III-L with slender blade and short, pointed dorsal and ventral clawlets, IV-L-claws with sexual dimorphism. Swimming setae numbers: II-L-4, 1; II-L-5, 3; III- L-4, 2; III-L-5, 3; IV-L-5, 3. Palp slender, similar in proportions in both sexes (relative L [% total L] P-1, 15
<number box="[1372,1400,1194,1219]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="17.0">17</number>
, P- 2, 22
<number box="[224,252,1231,1255]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="23.0">23</number>
, P-3, 12
<number box="[360,388,1231,1255]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="14.0">14</number>
, P-4, 34
<number box="[498,526,1230,1255]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="35.0">35</number>
, P-5, 14
<number box="[636,663,1230,1255]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="15.0">15</number>
, L/H ratio P-
<number box="[816,826,1231,1255]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="1.0">1</number>
,
<number box="[838,925,1231,1255]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="1.85" valueMax="1.9" valueMin="1.8">1.81.9</number>
, P-
<number box="[964,978,1231,1255]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="2.0">2</number>
,
<number box="[990,1076,1230,1255]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="1.55" valueMax="1.6" valueMin="1.5">1.51.6</number>
, P-
<number box="[1116,1129,1231,1255]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="3.0">3</number>
,
<number box="[1141,1227,1231,1255]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="1.25" valueMax="1.3" valueMin="1.2">1.21.3</number>
, P-
<number box="[1266,1281,1231,1255]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="4.0">4</number>
,
<number box="[1292,1379,1230,1255]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="3.8499999999999996" valueMax="4.1" valueMin="3.6">3.64.1</number>
, P-
<number box="[1418,1431,1230,1255]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="5.0">5</number>
,
<number box="[151,239,1267,1291]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="3.05" valueMax="3.3" valueMin="2.8">2.83.3</number>
; L ratio P-
<number box="[358,372,1267,1291]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="2.0">2</number>
/
<number box="[381,395,1267,1291]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="4.0">4</number>
,
<number box="[407,524,1266,1291]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="0.645" valueMax="0.66" valueMin="0.63">0.630.66</number>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="37.[151,1436,798,1975]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<collectingCountry box="[199,261,1302,1327]" name="Malta" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Male</collectingCountry>
: IV-L-
<number box="[340,349,1303,1327]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="1.0">1</number>
with
<number box="[413,427,1302,1327]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="5.0">5</number>
long, flagellar setae arranged in a line at anterior distal margin; IV-L-
<number box="[1216,1229,1303,1327]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="2.0">2</number>
with a line of
<number box="[1394,1436,1302,1327]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="6.5" valueMax="7.0" valueMin="6.0">67</number>
similar setae in anterior half of ventral margin. IV-L-
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with equally diverging dorsal and ventral margins, distally forming sheaths (anteriorly triangular, with a short peg seta, posteriorly more rounded) covering the IV-L-
<number box="[1358,1371,1375,1399]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="4.0">4</number>
base, distoventrally three setae, one strong,
<number box="[575,589,1411,1435]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="2.0">2</number>
more slender and longer; IV-L-
<quantity box="[945,987,1410,1435]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.016" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" unit="in" value="4.0">4 in</quantity>
shape similar to the preceding segment, but with more numerous strong distal setae extending over the posterior margin; IV-L-
<number box="[1150,1162,1446,1471]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="5.0">5</number>
dorsal margin concave, ventral margin convex, on posteroventral margin a line of
<number box="[802,859,1483,1507]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="9.0" valueMax="10.0" valueMin="8.0">810</number>
heavy and stout setae, distally
<number box="[1207,1221,1483,1507]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="3.0">3</number>
swimming setae at posterior margin, and further strong, short setae; IV-L-
<number box="[773,785,1518,1543]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="6.0">6</number>
stout, in distal part strongly enlarged, distal anterior side and distoventral margin covered by numerous fine setae, posterior surface with
<number box="[1050,1120,1555,1579]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="11.0" valueMax="12.0" valueMin="10.0">1012</number>
strong, irregularly arranged setae, one of them in terminal position at the dorsal claw furrow margin; claw very strong, equally narrowed from the inflated basal part to the tip, without claw blade and dorsal clawlet, ventral clawlet short and stout. Genital field with setae in two groups; about
<number box="[506,534,1663,1687]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="10.0">10</number>
pairs along the area of fusion to ventral shield,
<number box="[1064,1078,1663,1687]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="3.0">3</number>
pairs flanking the posterior part of gonopore. Females: IV-L much more slender than in males, especially IV-L-
<number box="[1041,1082,1698,1723]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="5.0" valueMax="6.0" valueMin="4.0">46</number>
, except for the swimming setae on IV-L-
<number box="[252,264,1734,1759]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="5.0">5</number>
without long setae, distal margins of IV-L-
<number box="[758,769,1735,1759]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="3.0">3</number>
/
<number box="[778,791,1735,1759]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="4.0">4</number>
forming sheaths as in males; IV-L-
<number box="[1195,1208,1735,1759]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="2.0">2</number>
with about
<number box="[1344,1358,1734,1759]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="6.0">6</number>
strong distoventral setae; IV-L-
<number box="[427,438,1771,1795]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="3.0">3</number>
with several distal setae, one of them very strong, in distoventral position; IV-L-
<number box="[1346,1359,1771,1795]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="4.0">4</number>
with a line of
<number box="[229,243,1806,1831]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="5.0">5</number>
strong setae on the distal ventral margin and several strong, long, distal setae (one of them swimming-setaline, on posterior distal margin); IV-L-
<number box="[587,599,1842,1867]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="5.0">5</number>
only slightly curved dorsally, with a line of stronger setae in distal part of ventral margin and several very strong distal setae; IV-L-
<number box="[789,801,1878,1903]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" value="6.0">6</number>
with little diverging dorsal and ventral margins, in distal half anteriorly and ventrally with a group of fine, hair-like setae, posteriorly several stronger setae in irregular arrangement; claws as on IIII-L.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,288,1845,1867]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">FIGURE 27.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName box="[294,591,1845,1867]" class="Arachnida" family="Axonopsidae" genus="Woolastookia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="basilicalabrica">
<emphasis box="[294,591,1845,1867]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">Woolastookia basilicalabrica</emphasis>
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, paratype males. A. IV-L-anterior; B. IV-L-posterior; C. gnathosoma with left palp laterally; D. right palp medially; E. venter. Scale bars = 100 µm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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Measurements:
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(
<date box="[455,531,151,176]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="1115-01">
I
<number box="[474,531,151,176]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="1115.0">1115</number>
</date>
b,
<number box="[559,618,152,176]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="1089.0">1089</number>
, n =
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): Idiosoma L/W
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/
<number box="[1002,1102,151,176]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="506.5" valueMax="513.0" valueMin="500.0">500513</number>
, ratio
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; distance tip Cx-I gonopore anterior end
<number box="[499,597,188,213]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="466.0" valueMax="468.0" valueMin="464.0">464468</number>
(=
<number box="[642,711,188,213]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="67.5" valueMax="70.0" valueMin="65.0">6570</number>
% idiosoma L). L/H IV-L-
<number box="[1033,1100,188,213]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="5132.0">5, 132</number>
/
<number box="[1109,1137,188,212]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="43.0">43</number>
(ratio
<number box="[1217,1255,188,212]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="3.1">3.1</number>
), IV-L-6, 86/
<number box="[1408,1436,188,213]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="54.0">54</number>
(ratio
<number box="[220,258,223,248]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="1.6">1.6</number>
). Gnathosoma vL
<number box="[470,570,224,248]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="106.0" valueMax="110.0" valueMin="102.0">102110</number>
, chelicera L
<number box="[719,817,224,248]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="127.5" valueMax="131.0" valueMin="124.0">124131</number>
(ratio L/H
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, basal segment/claw
<number box="[1277,1366,224,248]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="1.7999999999999998" valueMax="1.9" valueMin="1.7">1.71.9</number>
). Palp total L
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; L/H P-1, 52
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/
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; P-2, 71
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/
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; P-3, 40/
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; P-
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/
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; P-5, 44
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/
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. Female (
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I
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</date>
b, n =
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, mouth parts n =
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): Idiosoma L/W
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/
<number box="[928,1027,295,320]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="481.5" valueMax="513.0" valueMin="450.0">450513</number>
, ratio
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; distance tip Cx-I gonopore anterior end
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(=
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% idiosoma L). Gnathosoma vL
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, chelicera L
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(ratio L/H
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, basal segment/claw
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). Palp total L
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; L/H P-1, 44/
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; P-2, 62/
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; P-3, 39/
<number box="[1036,1064,368,392]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="31.0">31</number>
; P-4, 99/
<number box="[1167,1196,368,392]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" value="28.0">28</number>
; P-5, 43/
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="39.[151,1437,151,861]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,332,404,429]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Discussion.</emphasis>
Males of
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<emphasis box="[444,648,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">W. basilicalabrica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differ from the two other species known from Europe,
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<emphasis box="[1263,1436,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">W. rotundifrons</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis box="[199,314,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">W. minuta</emphasis>
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Pešić, Gerecke &amp; Smit,
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, in the presence of groups of long and slender setae on IV-L-
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/
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. By their shape they remember &quot;swimming&quot; setae as they are described in many aturid taxa. However, typical swimming setae are in general found in both sexes, and also from their position close to the idiosoma, and the sexual dimorphism in claw shape, we should expect a different function, probably in mating and spermatophore transfer. A strong sexual dimorphism in length of setae, however inserting laterally on Cx-III, has been described for a species from
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,
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<emphasis box="[445,565,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">W. foliatus</emphasis>
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Yi &amp; Jin,
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. From most other points of view, there is a strong agreement with
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<emphasis box="[209,384,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">W. rotundifrons</emphasis>
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. Both sexes of the latter differ generally in minor dimensions (idiosoma L/W ♂♂
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/
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, ♀♀
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/
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, palp total L ♂♂
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, ♀♀
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), in single cases with a slight overlap in females.
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this difference in size is the only possibility to distinguish female
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<emphasis box="[1115,1326,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">W. basilicalabrica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">W. rotundifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(e.g., there is a strong agreement in proportions of palp segments), the attribution of the two specimens from I
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is uncertain. From our general experience with geographic variability of measurements characters in aturids, the detection of intermediate populations is probable in future.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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