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Atractides diastema

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ATRACTIDES DIASTEMA (SZALAY, 1935) (FIG. 39A–C)

Megapus diastema Szalay, 1935a

[syn. to A. distans (K. Viets, 1914): Besseling, 1954, rejected synonymy]

Type series: Missing. Locus typicus: Hungary, Garamveszele (Kom. Bars) aus dem Fluss Garam; leg. Dr. E. Dudich am 29.V.1933

Description:

General features

Males unknown dorsal integument: fine striation; muscle attachments: unsclerotized genital field: Ac in a weakly curved line I-L: I-L-5 setae S-1, S-2 not enlarged distally, S-2 strongly thickened in the basal third, wide setal interspace (>50 Mm); I-L-6 curved, maximum H

basally, strongly narrowed in the centre (HB), slightly thickened distally excretory pore: smooth; Vgl-1: not fused to Vgl-2

palp: see below

Female

Original description genital field: genital plates with weak indentations at borders Ac-1/2 and Ac- 2/3

palp: P-2 ventral margin of P-2 slightly protruding; P-4 2: 2: 1, sword seta anteriorly from distoventral hair idiosoma L/W 617/583; glandularia small coxal field L 367

I-L-5 dL 233, HB 58, dL/HB 4.02

S-1 L 125, S-2 L 100, interspace> 50, L S-1/2 1.25

I-L-6 L 183, HB 17, dL/HB 10.76; L I-L-5/6 1.27

genital field L/W 167/158

gnathosoma vL 133; chelicera –

Notes

Published as part of Gerecke, Reinhard, 2003, Water mites of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari: Parasitengona: Hygrobatidae) in the western Palaearctic region: a revision, pp. 141-378 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 138 on pages 225-226, DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.06-0.00051.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5433518

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Szalay
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Trombidiformes
Family
Hygrobatidae
Genus
Atractides
Species
diastema
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Atractides diastema (Szalay, 1935) sec. Gerecke, 2003

References

  • Szalay L. 1935 a. Zwei neue Hydracarinen aus der Gattung Megapus NEUMAN und das Weibchen von Megapus (M.) barsiensis SZALAY. Zoologischer Anzeiger 110 (7 - 8): 209 - 216.
  • Viets K. 1914. Hydracarinologische Beitrage. VIII. Neue Arten aus den Gattungen Sperchon, Megapus und Arrhenurus nebst Bemerkungen zu Sperchon. Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins Bremen 22 (2): 336 - 345.
  • Besseling AJ. 1954. Nederlandse Hydrachnellae XXXIV. Entomologische Berichten 15 (8): 186 - 190.