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Wandesia

Description

Key to adults of the genus Wandesia from Russia 1

1. P-5 with solenidion (flagelar seta) which is much longer than its length........................................... 2

- P-5 with solenidion shorter or subequal to its length.......................................................... 3

2. Cx-IV well developed, with medial part reaching medial part of Cx-III............................ W. sokolowi sp. n.

- Cx-IV weakly developed, with medial part not reaching medial part of Cx-III............ W. morozovensis Tuzovskij, 1987

3. Cx-IV well developed, with medial part reaching medial part of Cx-III.......................................... 4

- Cx-IV reduced, with medial part not reaching medial part of Cx-III......................... W. reducta Tuzovskij, 1987

4. Cx-I with three setae.................................................................. W. paralia Abé, 2010

- Cx-I with four setae............................................................... W. arctica Tuzovskij, 1988

1 Female of W. cf. rara Tuzovskij, 1990 described from South Korea differing from below mentioned species in stronly concave dorsal margin of the tarsus of I-L and II-L. Only W. reducta Tuzovskij, 1987 has slightly concave dorsal margin of these segments.

Other

Published as part of Semenchenko, Ksenia A., 2016, New water mites species (Acariformes: Hydrachnidia) from interstitial waters of the Russian Far East, pp. 545-556 in Zootaxa 4097 (4) on page 550, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/264732

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Protziidae
Genus
Wandesia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Trombidiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Abe, H. (2010) A new species of Wandesia (Acari, Hydrachnidiae) from Siberian Arctic Coast. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 19 (1), 1 - 7. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2300 / acari. 19.1
  • Tuzovskij, P. V. (1988) Description of new water mites species of the genus Wandesia (Hydryphantidae, Acariformes) from Magadanskaya Province. Izvestia SO AN SSSR. Series of biological sciences, 6, 53 - 59. [in Russian, with English summary]
  • Tuzovskij, P. V. (1990) Key to deutonymphs of water mites. Nauka, Moscow, 238 pp. [in Russian, with English summary]