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(
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,
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upstream road bridge, riffle,
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, 23.2 °C, 154 µS/cm,
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Lowland river in coastal forest at
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asl.
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(Malagasy) — peanuts; as the characteristically short and rounded leg segments (especially the terminal segments of leg-I and -II) reminiscent of the shape of peanuts.
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA936919FFCAFF71FA6C5A6EFA6E" bold="true" box="[199,329,1466,1492]" pageId="94" pageNumber="95">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
Idiosoma small, oval; ridge on dorsal shield posteriorly indistinct; coxal field anteriorly protruding, medial margins of Cx-I and -III relatively short; Cxgl-2 near posterior margin of Cx-II, far lateral; Cxgl-4 central at anterior margin of Cx-III; Cx-IV small; genital field large, caudally far surpassing genital bay; acetabula small, oval; legs compact, claws on leg-I to -III with distinct, single ventral and dorsal clawlet; leg-IV stout, with long setae, with two mid-sized terminal setae, three large sub-terminal setae; capitulum compact, rostrum short; palp compact, ventral margin of P2 concave with strong latero-distal protrusion.
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(n = 1): Idiosoma oval, slightly drop-shaped (
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), purple-greyish; dorsal shield oval, anteriorly tapering (L/W 397/275), Dgl-3 to -5 with stronger setae, Dgl-6 and Lgl-4 with small setae; dorsal shield centrally with large pores, peripheral ridge anteriorly strongly tapering, posteriorly indistinct, caudal margin not visible; soft integument in dorsal furrow lined, extended over margin of dorsal shield (
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); ventral shield broad-oval (L/W 451/319); coxal field small, anteriorly surpassing idiosoma; medial margin Cx-I mid-sized (47), Cx-III short (29) (
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); Cxgl-2 relatively lateral, near posterior margin of Cx-II, Cxgl-4 central at anterior margin of Cx-III; Cx-IV small, nearly triangular, caudally bluntly pointed, caudolateral margins steeply directed towards anterior, lateral ridge slightly curved (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A046919FFCAFB9AF8145FB4F866" box="[1068,1171,1986,2012]" captionStart="FIGURES 224232" captionStartId="95.[151,269,1923,1947]" captionTargetBox="[226,1386,192,1895]" captionTargetId="figure-69@95.[191,1396,172,1899]" captionTargetPageId="95" captionText="FIGURES 224232. Platymamersopsis voanjo sp. nov., female holotype (MD 78a): 224, idiosoma, ventral view; 225, idiosoma, dorsal view; 226, leg-I-2 to -6; 227, leg-II; 228, leg-III-2 to-6; 229, leg-IV-2 to -6; 230, capitulum with chelicera, lateral view; 231, left palp, lateral view; 232, right palp, ventro-medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240995" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240995/files/figure.png" pageId="94" pageNumber="95">Fig. 224</figureCitation>
); genital field large, broad rectangular-oval (L/W 115/105), anteriorly truncated, laterally convex, tapering towards posterior, caudally truncated, extended far beyond genital bay; acetabula small, oval (Ac1 and Ac3 far remote from anterior and caudal end of genital flaps respectively, Ac1 and Ac2 not touching each other), setae on genital flaps tiny, short (
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); setae of Vgl-1 lateral to genital field, Vgl-3 lateral of latero-caudal margin of Cx-IV; excretory pore and Vgl-2 close to caudal margin of ventral shield, Vgl-4 at caudo-lateral margin; Lgl-1 to -
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lateral margin (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A046927FFF4FE9DF9F85AB5F9F2" box="[299,402,1582,1608]" captionStart="FIGURES 224232" captionStartId="95.[151,269,1923,1947]" captionTargetBox="[226,1386,192,1895]" captionTargetId="figure-69@95.[191,1396,172,1899]" captionTargetPageId="95" captionText="FIGURES 224232. Platymamersopsis voanjo sp. nov., female holotype (MD 78a): 224, idiosoma, ventral view; 225, idiosoma, dorsal view; 226, leg-I-2 to -6; 227, leg-II; 228, leg-III-2 to-6; 229, leg-IV-2 to -6; 230, capitulum with chelicera, lateral view; 231, left palp, lateral view; 232, right palp, ventro-medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240995" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240995/files/figure.png" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">Fig. 224</figureCitation>
); legs short, compact with many elongated, spine-like setae, claws on leg-I to -III strong, curved, with moderate dorsal and ventral clawlet (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A046927FFF4FD4AF9805885F9CA" box="[764,930,1622,1648]" captionStart="FIGURES 224232" captionStartId="95.[151,269,1923,1947]" captionTargetBox="[226,1386,192,1895]" captionTargetId="figure-69@95.[191,1396,172,1899]" captionTargetPageId="95" captionText="FIGURES 224232. Platymamersopsis voanjo sp. nov., female holotype (MD 78a): 224, idiosoma, ventral view; 225, idiosoma, dorsal view; 226, leg-I-2 to -6; 227, leg-II; 228, leg-III-2 to-6; 229, leg-IV-2 to -6; 230, capitulum with chelicera, lateral view; 231, left palp, lateral view; 232, right palp, ventro-medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240995" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240995/files/figure.png" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">Figs 226-228</figureCitation>
); leg-III slenderer than leg-I and -II (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A046927FFF4FADAF9805BE0F922" captionStart="FIGURES 224232" captionStartId="95.[151,269,1923,1947]" captionTargetBox="[226,1386,192,1895]" captionTargetId="figure-69@95.[191,1396,172,1899]" captionTargetPageId="95" captionText="FIGURES 224232. Platymamersopsis voanjo sp. nov., female holotype (MD 78a): 224, idiosoma, ventral view; 225, idiosoma, dorsal view; 226, leg-I-2 to -6; 227, leg-II; 228, leg-III-2 to-6; 229, leg-IV-2 to -6; 230, capitulum with chelicera, lateral view; 231, left palp, lateral view; 232, right palp, ventro-medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240995" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240995/files/figure.png" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">Fig. 228</figureCitation>
); leg-IV very stout with many long and heavy setae, segments distally broad, terminal segment compact, broad, distally strongly tapering, rhombic with two mid-sized terminal setae and three strong, spine-like subterminal ventral setae (
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); capitulum compact with relatively short rostrum, ventral margin nearly straight (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A046927FFF4FF49F9205A40F8AA" box="[255,359,1782,1808]" captionStart="FIGURES 224232" captionStartId="95.[151,269,1923,1947]" captionTargetBox="[226,1386,192,1895]" captionTargetId="figure-69@95.[191,1396,172,1899]" captionTargetPageId="95" captionText="FIGURES 224232. Platymamersopsis voanjo sp. nov., female holotype (MD 78a): 224, idiosoma, ventral view; 225, idiosoma, dorsal view; 226, leg-I-2 to -6; 227, leg-II; 228, leg-III-2 to-6; 229, leg-IV-2 to -6; 230, capitulum with chelicera, lateral view; 231, left palp, lateral view; 232, right palp, ventro-medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240995" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240995/files/figure.png" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">Fig. 230</figureCitation>
); palp compact; P2 with four dorsal setae and one medio-dorsal seta, dorsal margin curved; ventral margin concave, ventro-medial with strong distal projection (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A046927FFF4FC57F8C85FB6F882" box="[993,1169,1822,1848]" captionStart="FIGURES 224232" captionStartId="95.[151,269,1923,1947]" captionTargetBox="[226,1386,192,1895]" captionTargetId="figure-69@95.[191,1396,172,1899]" captionTargetPageId="95" captionText="FIGURES 224232. Platymamersopsis voanjo sp. nov., female holotype (MD 78a): 224, idiosoma, ventral view; 225, idiosoma, dorsal view; 226, leg-I-2 to -6; 227, leg-II; 228, leg-III-2 to-6; 229, leg-IV-2 to -6; 230, capitulum with chelicera, lateral view; 231, left palp, lateral view; 232, right palp, ventro-medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240995" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240995/files/figure.png" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">Figs 231, 232</figureCitation>
); ventral seta slender, inserted lateral of projection; P3 with two medio-dorsal setae and one latero-dorsal seta; P4 ventrally smooth, with small ventro-distal protrusions, ventral setae distally; P5 compact with strong distal claws (
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="382D36816918FFCBFF21F8555FCDF85A" blockId="95.[151,1436,1923,2016]" pageId="95" pageNumber="96">
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936918FFCBFF21F8555A5EF821" bold="true" box="[151,377,1923,1947]" pageId="95" pageNumber="96">FIGURES 224232.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA936918FFCBFE37F85259B2F821" box="[385,661,1924,1947]" italics="true" pageId="95" pageNumber="96">Platymamersopsis voanjo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="11D557E86918FFCBFD2AF85559D4F821" box="[668,755,1923,1947]" pageId="95" pageNumber="96" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, female holotype (MD 78a): 224, idiosoma, ventral view; 225, idiosoma, dorsal view; 226, leg-I-2 to -6; 227, leg-II; 228, leg-III-2 to-6; 229, leg-IV-2 to -6; 230, capitulum with chelicera, lateral view; 231, left palp, lateral view; 232, right palp, ventro-medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="382D36816927FFF4FF21FB405BD6FA82" blockId="96.[151,1436,1174,1336]" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936927FFF4FF21FB405A5FFB14" bold="true" box="[151,376,1174,1198]" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">FIGURES 233238.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="FF924D026927FFF4FEC8FB405822FB17" authority="Cook, 1966" authorityName="Cook" authorityYear="1966" box="[382,773,1174,1197]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Platymamersopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Actinedida" pageId="96" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vietsi">
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936927FFF4FEC8FB4059A7FB17" box="[382,640,1174,1197]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">Platymamersopsis vietsi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="5C034B706927FFF4FD30FB405822FB17" author="Cook, D. R." box="[646,773,1174,1197]" pageId="96" pageNumber="97" pagination="1 - 418" refId="ref55236" 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>
, female paratype (SMF 4061): 233, leg-IV-5/ -6.
<taxonomicName id="FF924D026927FFF4FAA7FB405AD1FB6A" authority="K. O. Viets, 1981" authorityName="K. O. Viets" authorityYear="1981" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Platymamersopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Actinedida" pageId="96" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chutteri">
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936927FFF4FAA7FB405A13FB6A" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">Platymamersopsis chutteri</emphasis>
K.O.
<bibRefCitation id="5C034B706927FFF4FECFFB6F5AD1FB6A" author="Viets, K. O." box="[377,502,1209,1232]" pageId="96" pageNumber="97" pagination="373 - 384" refId="ref56560" refString="Viets, K. O. (1981) Neue Wassermilben (Hydrachnellae, Acari) aus Sudafrika. Acarologia, 22 (4), 373 - 384." type="journal article" year="1981">Viets, 1981</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, male holotype (SMF 6857): 234, leg-IV-5/ -6.
<taxonomicName id="FF924D026927FFF4FBB6FB6F5BE8FB49" authority="K. O. Viets, 1981" authorityName="K. O. Viets" authorityYear="1981" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Platymamersopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Actinedida" pageId="96" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="agnewi">
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936927FFF4FBB6FB6F5E3EFB6A" box="[1024,1305,1209,1232]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">Platymamersopsis agnewi</emphasis>
K.O.
<bibRefCitation id="5C034B706927FFF4FAE8FB6F5BE8FB49" author="Viets, K. O." pageId="96" pageNumber="97" pagination="373 - 384" refId="ref56560" refString="Viets, K. O. (1981) Neue Wassermilben (Hydrachnellae, Acari) aus Sudafrika. Acarologia, 22 (4), 373 - 384." type="journal article" year="1981">Viets, 1981</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, female holotype (SMF 6872): 235, leg-IV-5/ -6.
<taxonomicName id="FF924D026927FFF4FD57FB0A5FC9FB49" authority="K. Viets, 1914" authorityName="K. Viets" authorityYear="1914" box="[737,1262,1244,1267]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Platymamersopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Actinedida" pageId="96" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nordenskioeldi">
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936927FFF4FD57FB0A5F6EFB49" box="[737,1097,1244,1267]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">Platymamersopsis nordenskioeldi</emphasis>
K.
<bibRefCitation id="5C034B706927FFF4FBC4FB0A5FC9FB49" author="Viets, K." box="[1138,1262,1244,1267]" pageId="96" pageNumber="97" pagination="341 - 388" refId="ref56377" refString="Viets, K. (1914) Hydracarinen-Fauna von Kamerun. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 9, 341 - 388." type="journal article" year="1914">Viets, 1914</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, holotype (SMF 1279): 236, leg-II-5/ -6; 237, leg-IV-5/ -6.
<taxonomicName id="FF924D026927FFF4FDD2FB2858DBFAAF" authority="Cook, 1966" authorityName="Cook" authorityYear="1966" box="[612,1020,1278,1301]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Platymamersopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Actinedida" pageId="96" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="similis">
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936927FFF4FDD2FB285852FAAF" box="[612,885,1278,1301]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">Platymamersopsis similis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="5C034B706927FFF4FCCBFB2858DBFAAF" author="Cook, D. R." box="[893,1020,1278,1301]" pageId="96" pageNumber="97" pagination="1 - 418" refId="ref55236" 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>
, male paratype (SMF 4051): 238, leg- IV-5/ -6.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="382D36816927FFF4FF71F8685AB4F862" blockId="96.[151,1436,1382,2008]" box="[199,403,1982,2008]" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936927FFF4FF71F8685A28F862" bold="true" box="[199,271,1982,2008]" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">Male:</emphasis>
Unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="7088650A6926FFF5FF70FF415A0EFC10" pageId="97" pageNumber="98" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="382D36816926FFF5FF70FF415A0EFC10" blockId="97.[151,1436,151,938]" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FF70FF415A66FF0B" bold="true" box="[198,321,151,177]" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">Remarks:</emphasis>
The new species
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FD90FF4E59DAFF0B" box="[550,765,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">Platymamersopsis</emphasis>
(s. str.)
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FCDDFF4E58F8FF0B" box="[875,991,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">angulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="FF924D026926FFF5FC45FF4E5FC6FF0B" authorityName="Goldschmidt" authorityYear="2008" box="[1011,1249,152,178]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Platymamersopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Actinedida" pageId="97" pageNumber="98" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="loharano">
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FC45FF4E5F2BFF0B" box="[1011,1036,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">P.</emphasis>
(s. str.)
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FBC0FF4E5FC6FF0B" box="[1142,1249,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">loharano</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="FF924D026926FFF5FA92FF4E5BC0FF63" authorityName="Goldschmidt" authorityYear="2008" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Platymamersopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Actinedida" pageId="97" pageNumber="98" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="voanjo">
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FA92FF4E5E1AFF0B" box="[1316,1341,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">P.</emphasis>
(s. str.)
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FF21FF165BC0FF63" box="[151,231,192,217]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">voanjo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are similar to the nine species described from Africa that share the characteristic of simple dorsal and ventral clawlets on leg-I to -III. All other species from
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, as well as the two species known from
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, bear comb-like ventral clawlets.
<taxonomicName id="FF924D026926FFF5FDD4FEC65F23FE93" authorityName="Goldschmidt" authorityYear="2008" box="[610,1028,272,298]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Platymamersopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Actinedida" pageId="97" pageNumber="98" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="loharano">
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FDD4FEC6581EFE93" box="[610,825,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">Platymamersopsis</emphasis>
(s. str.)
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FC2FFEC65F23FE93" box="[921,1028,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">loharano</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinct from most African (and all other Malagasy) species due to its elongated slender idiosoma and large, elongated genital field. The only species with a similarly slender idiosoma,
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FD2DFEB659DEFEC3" box="[667,761,352,377]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">P. vietsi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
from
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, has a smaller genital field, a shorter ventral seta at P2 and compacter distal segments of leg-I and -IV (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A046926FFF5FB95FE5E5FAAFE18" box="[1059,1165,392,418]" captionStart="FIGURES 233238" captionStartId="96.[151,269,1174,1198]" captionTargetBox="[239,1430,186,1150]" captionTargetId="figure-313@96.[151,1436,164,1150]" captionTargetPageId="96" captionText="FIGURES 233238. Platymamersopsis vietsi Cook, 1966, female paratype (SMF 4061): 233, leg-IV-5/ -6. Platymamersopsis chutteri K.O. Viets, 1981, male holotype (SMF 6857): 234, leg-IV-5/ -6. Platymamersopsis agnewi K.O. Viets, 1981, female holotype (SMF 6872): 235, leg-IV-5/ -6. Platymamersopsis nordenskioeldi K. Viets, 1914, holotype (SMF 1279): 236, leg-II-5/ -6; 237, leg-IV-5/ -6. Platymamersopsis similis Cook, 1966, male paratype (SMF 4051): 238, leg- IV-5/ -6." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240997" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240997/files/figure.png" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">Fig. 233</figureCitation>
, see also
<bibRefCitation id="5C034B706926FFF5FAB0FE5E5EA8FE18" author="Cook, D. R." box="[1286,1423,392,418]" pageId="97" pageNumber="98" pagination="1 - 418" refId="ref55236" 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="FF924D026926FFF5FF21FE66596CFE73" authorityName="Goldschmidt" authorityYear="2008" box="[151,587,432,458]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Platymamersopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Actinedida" pageId="97" pageNumber="98" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angulatus">
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FF21FE665A49FE73" box="[151,366,432,457]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">Platymamersopsis</emphasis>
(s. str.)
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FE6EFE66596CFE73" box="[472,587,432,457]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">angulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinct from most African (and Malagasy) species due to its very small genital field and the characteristic lateral protrusions of the venter. The only African species with a similar small genital field is
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FE71FDD65966FDA3" box="[455,577,512,537]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">P. chutteri</emphasis>
K.O.
<bibRefCitation id="5C034B706926FFF5FD38FDD65831FDA0" author="Viets, K. O." box="[654,790,512,538]" pageId="97" pageNumber="98" pagination="373 - 384" refId="ref56560" refString="Viets, K. O. (1981) Neue Wassermilben (Hydrachnellae, Acari) aus Sudafrika. Acarologia, 22 (4), 373 - 384." type="journal article" year="1981">Viets, 1981</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
from
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; however in that species the coxal field is very small, the P2 is very large (and differently shaped) and P3 and P4 are smaller. The proportions of leg-IV-6 are also similar in these two species, although
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FC92FD8658BBFDD3" box="[804,924,592,617]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">P. chutteri</emphasis>
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bears several large sub-terminal setae (
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) not present in
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FEC8FDAE5AB0FD2B" box="[382,407,632,657]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">P.</emphasis>
(s. str.)
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FE43FDAE594EFD2B" box="[501,617,632,657]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">angulatus</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FDCEFDAE5868FD2B" box="[632,847,632,657]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">Platymamersopsis</emphasis>
(s. str.)
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is primarily characterised by short and compact legs, as well as a large genital field combined with a small coxal field. Slightly similar characters of the venter are found in four species from West and
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:
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FC62FD1E5F18FD5B" box="[980,1087,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">P. similis</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FB53FD1E5E7EFD5B" box="[1253,1369,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">P. agnewi</emphasis>
K.O.
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,
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FE98FD265ADDFCB3" box="[302,506,752,777]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">P. nordenskioeldi</emphasis>
K.
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and
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FD5AFD2658A3FCB3" box="[748,900,752,777]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">P. liberiensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="5C034B706926FFF5FC3BFD265F3CFCB0" author="Cook, D. R." box="[909,1051,752,778]" pageId="97" pageNumber="98" pagination="1 - 418" refId="ref55236" 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>
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. The latter three differ in longer and slenderer distal leg segments (
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; see also
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), whereas the distal leg segments of
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FA30FCCE5BC3FCE3" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">P. similis</emphasis>
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are as compact as in
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FE5CFC965924FCE3" box="[490,515,832,857]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">P.</emphasis>
(s. str.)
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936926FFF5FDD3FC965992FCE3" box="[613,693,832,857]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="98">voanjo</emphasis>
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(
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). The new species from
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nevertheless is clearly differentiated by its slenderer idiosoma and characteristic medio-ventral projection at P2 (see also
<bibRefCitation id="5C034B706926FFF5FF21FC465A3AFC10" author="Cook, D. R." box="[151,285,912,938]" pageId="97" pageNumber="98" pagination="1 - 418" refId="ref55236" 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>
).
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