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Daday, 1905
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(
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<emphasis id="7AF95D700564FFE21B0D6C93FCE5B829" box="[531,776,1780,1804]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="409">Mamersonia biscutata</emphasis>
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Only the slide with
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is in good condition, although the dorsal shield is not removed from the idiosoma. The gnathosoma with the palps is dissected. Moreover, the specimen is well sclerotized. The two other
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,
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<emphasis id="7AF95D700564FFE21D126DC6FAEBB89D" box="[1036,1286,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="409">Nilotonia monoscutata</emphasis>
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and
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similis
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, are juvenile specimens, and are somewhat squashed in the slide. In the slide with
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the first two pairs of legs and the gnathosoma with the palps are broken off from the remainder of the idiosoma. In the slide with
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the left first two legs and one palp are broken off from the remainder of the idiosoma.
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According to
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all three
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should have several dorsal and ventral platelets. Based on the differences in the shape of these platelets Bader described the three species mentioned above. However, all three specimens have clearly one large dorsal shield. The differences seen by Bader are the result of sculpturing and depressions in the dorsal shield. However, I was unable to see these patterns in the dorsal shields in the mounted specimens.
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The same applies to the venter, which has a complete ventral shield which includes the genital field and the coxae. There is no suture line between the genital field and the ventral shield. My first conclusion is that these specimens cannot be assigned to the
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, but should be assigned to the
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.
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All three
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have a number of characteristics in common:
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<paragraph id="483281620567FFE11B0968F9FC2ABD93" blockId="2.[535,967,670,694]" box="[535,967,670,694]" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">• A complete dorsal and ventral shield</paragraph>
<paragraph id="483281620567FFE11B0968B1FC6FBDCB" blockId="2.[535,898,726,750]" box="[535,898,726,750]" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">• Rounded third+ fourth coxae</paragraph>
<paragraph id="483281620567FFE11B096969FB54BC03" blockId="2.[535,1209,782,806]" box="[535,1209,782,806]" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">• Third and fourth legs with several long swimming setae</paragraph>
<paragraph id="483281620567FFE11B096921FC08BC7B" blockId="2.[535,997,838,862]" box="[535,997,838,862]" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">• A similar shaped palp and genital field</paragraph>
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My second conclusion is that they all belong to the same species.
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overlooked a number of important characters:
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<paragraph id="483281620567FFE11B096985F9EABCDF" blockId="2.[535,1543,995,1019]" box="[535,1543,995,1019]" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">• A small gland can be seen just posterior to the suture line of the third and fourth coxae</paragraph>
<paragraph id="483281620567FFE11B096E7DFD58BB70" blockId="2.[535,1551,1050,1109]" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">• The claw of the third leg is distinctly larger than the claws of the first and second leg, has a comb</paragraph>
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• A membranous area (see fig. 375 of
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, arrow A) can be seen flanking the genital field in
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, but not in the other two
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.
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My third conclusion is that Baders specimens are not
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<emphasis id="7AF95D700567FFE11D746F49FB3EBA62" box="[1130,1235,1327,1351]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">Nilotonia</emphasis>
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species, but must be assigned to
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<emphasis id="7AF95D700567FFE11B736F37FD04BA4C" box="[621,745,1361,1385]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">Anisitsiella</emphasis>
Daday
</taxonomicName>
(=
<taxonomicName id="8F8DFAE10567FFE11A456F37FB99BA4C" authority="Lundblad" authorityName="Lundblad" authorityYear="1937" box="[859,1140,1361,1385]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Mamersellides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="410" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="7AF95D700567FFE11A456F37FC11BA4C" box="[859,1020,1361,1385]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">Mamersellides</emphasis>
Lundblad
</taxonomicName>
). According to
<bibRefCitation id="2C1CFC930567FFE11C336F34FA26BA4C" author="Panesar, A. R." box="[1325,1483,1361,1385]" pageId="2" pageNumber="410" pagination="1 - 144" refId="ref1359" refString="Panesar, A. R. 2004. Evolution in water mites (Hydrachnellae, Actinedida, Acari). A revision of the Anisitsiellidae Koenike, 1910. Bonn. zool. Monogr., 52: 1 - 144." type="journal article" year="2004">Panesar (2004)</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="7AF95D700567FFE118F56F12FD61BAA9" box="[491,652,1396,1420]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">Mamersellides</emphasis>
Lundblad, 1937
</taxonomicName>
is a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="7AF95D700567FFE11D246F12FB5BBAA9" box="[1082,1206,1396,1420]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">Anisitsiella</emphasis>
Daday, 1905
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. Two
<emphasis id="7AF95D700567FFE11C976F12FDC4BA8B" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">Anisitsiella</emphasis>
species have been described,
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<emphasis id="7AF95D700567FFE11A7F6FF0FC0DBA8B" box="[865,992,1430,1454]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">A. aculeata</emphasis>
Daday, 1905
</taxonomicName>
(=
<taxonomicName id="8F8DFAE10567FFE11D976FF0FA0CBA8B" authorityName="Lundblad" authorityYear="1937" box="[1161,1505,1430,1454]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Mamersellides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="410" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ventriperforatus">
<emphasis id="7AF95D700567FFE11D976FF0FA0CBA8B" box="[1161,1505,1430,1454]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">Mamersellides ventriperforatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Lundblad) from South America and
<taxonomicName id="8F8DFAE10567FFE11A6D6FDFFAD5BAF4" authority="(Cramer &amp; I. M. Smith, 1993)" baseAuthorityName="Cramer &amp; I. M. Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1993" box="[883,1336,1465,1489]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Anisitsiella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="410" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="costenius">
<emphasis id="7AF95D700567FFE11A6D6FDFFC18BAF4" box="[883,1013,1465,1489]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">A. costenius</emphasis>
(Cramer &amp; I.M. Smith, 1993)
</taxonomicName>
from Central America and Florida. The differences between the two species are based on the pattern of depressions of the dorsal shield (Cramer &amp; I.M. Smith 1993). However, these patterns are not well visible in the mounted
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listed above.
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<emphasis id="7AF95D700567FFE11D0A6C46FB7DB91D" box="[1044,1168,1568,1592]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">Anisitsiella</emphasis>
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males have a more anteriorly truncated idiosoma compared to females. The idiosoma shape is best preserved in the
<typeStatus id="97363FC00567FFE11CAF6C25F9F5B97E" box="[1457,1560,1603,1627]" pageId="2" pageNumber="410" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="8F8DFAE10567FFE11B166C00FD37B958" authorityName="Bader" authorityYear="1995" box="[520,730,1637,1661]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Mamersonia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="410" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="similis">
<emphasis id="7AF95D700567FFE11B166C00FD37B958" box="[520,730,1637,1661]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">Mamersonia similis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This specimen is truncated only slightly, and no genital skeleton can be seen in the slide. Therefore, this is in my opinion a female. Besides the differences in the dorsal shield, the genital field of female
<taxonomicName id="8F8DFAE10567FFE11A536CCDFC20B9E6" baseAuthorityName="Cramer &amp; I. M. Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1993" box="[845,973,1707,1731]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Anisitsiella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="410" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="costenius">
<emphasis id="7AF95D700567FFE11A536CCDFC20B9E6" box="[845,973,1707,1731]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">A. costenius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is more rounded compared to
<taxonomicName id="8F8DFAE10567FFE11C136CCDFA68B9E6" box="[1293,1413,1707,1731]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Anisitsiella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="410" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aculeata">
<emphasis id="7AF95D700567FFE11C136CCDFA68B9E6" box="[1293,1413,1707,1731]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">A. aculeata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. As the genital field of the
<typeStatus id="97363FC00567FFE11BD46CABFCDCB9C0" box="[714,817,1741,1765]" pageId="2" pageNumber="410" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<emphasis id="7AF95D700567FFE11A286CA8FCBDB9C0" box="[822,848,1742,1765]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">M</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="7AF95D700567FFE11A476CABFC73B9C0" box="[857,926,1741,1765]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">similis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is rectangular, I assign Baders types to
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<emphasis id="7AF95D700567FFE11C536CABFA28B9C0" box="[1357,1477,1741,1765]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">A. aculeata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="483281620567FFE11B0D6C96FAD3B8DC" blockId="2.[491,1575,1327,2041]" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">
In all three
<taxonomicName id="8F8DFAE10567FFE11B936C97FCF7B82D" authorityName="Viets" authorityYear="1954" box="[653,794,1777,1800]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Mamersonia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="410" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="7AF95D700567FFE11B936C97FCF7B82D" box="[653,794,1777,1800]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">Mamersonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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mentioned above the claw of the third leg is distinctly larger than the claws of the first and second leg (
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A-B). On my request Gunvi Lindberg (Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm) send me some pictures of the claws of the
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of
<taxonomicName id="8F8DFAE10567FFE118F56D31FCD1B84A" authorityName="Lundblad" authorityYear="1937" box="[491,828,1879,1903]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Mamersellides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="410" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ventriperforatus">
<emphasis id="7AF95D700567FFE118F56D31FCD1B84A" box="[491,828,1879,1903]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="410">Mamersellides ventriperforatus</emphasis>
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. Also, in the
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female and
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male the claw of the third leg is larger. This characteristic is not mentioned by
<bibRefCitation id="2C1CFC930567FFE11DD96D1CFA90B8B7" author="Lundblad, O." box="[1223,1405,1914,1938]" pageId="2" pageNumber="410" pagination="1 - 183" refId="ref1327" refString="Lundblad, O. 1941. Die Hydracarinenfauna Sudbrasiliens und Paraguays. Erster Teil. Svensk. Vetenskapsakad. Handling. (Serie 3), 19: 1 - 183." type="journal article" year="1941">Lundblad (1941)</bibRefCitation>
nor by
<bibRefCitation id="2C1CFC930567FFE11CCA6D1DF9F8B8B7" author="Rosso de Ferradas, B." box="[1492,1557,1915,1938]" pageId="2" pageNumber="410" pagination="1 - 6" refId="ref1401" refString="Rosso de Ferradas, B. 1973. Nota sistematica sobre acaros dulceacuicolas de la familia Anisitsiellidae, Acari) en Argentina. Soc. cient. Arg. secc. Santa Fe, 1: 1 - 6." type="journal article" year="1973">Rosso</bibRefCitation>
de Ferradás (1973). The latter author illustrated al three legs, but the claws of the legs are all similar.
<bibRefCitation id="2C1CFC930567FFE11B5D6DD9FD1AB8F2" author="Lundblad, O." box="[579,759,1983,2007]" pageId="2" pageNumber="410" pagination="1 - 183" refId="ref1327" refString="Lundblad, O. 1941. Die Hydracarinenfauna Sudbrasiliens und Paraguays. Erster Teil. Svensk. Vetenskapsakad. Handling. (Serie 3), 19: 1 - 183." type="journal article" year="1941">Lundblad (1941)</bibRefCitation>
illustrated the claw of the third leg correctly, but as mentioned before, without giving the differences with the claws of the first and second leg.
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