Rhynchaturus rucuensis Smit 2021, n. sp.
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- 1. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands.
Description
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Material examined. Holotype male, Río Rucue, W of Antuco, prov. Biobío, Chile, 37°20.588 ′ S 71°47.817 ′ W, 452 m a.s.l., 8 Dec. 2018 (RMNH). Paratype: one male, same date as holotype (RMNH).
Diagnosis. Male: Dorsal shield with a pair of small platelets posterior to the large central platelets, Cxgl4 lying in the posteromedial corner of CxIV, idiosoma with a pair of large posterolateral glandularia tubercles, genital field with three pairs of acetabula.
Description. Male: Integument less rugose compared to other species of the genus. Idiosoma dorsally 470 (454) long and 397 (413) wide, ventrally 559 (567) long. Dorsal shield with six paired platelets, the anteromedial pair with the postocularia, the posteromedial pair and the two lateral pairs each with a glandularium (Figure 6A). The large central pair is 176 long and is without glandularia, as is the pair of small platelets posterior to the large central platelets. Dorsal projection of camerostome as long as CxI. Idiosoma with a pair of large posterolateral glandularia tubercles. Integument less rugose compared to other species of the genus. Gnathosomal bay Ushaped. Gnathosoma attached to a long protrusible tube. Area between the coxae chitinized. Cxgl 4 in posteromedial corner of CxIV. Genital field with three pairs of acetabula. Gonopore occupying only a small area of genital field (Figure 6B), 34 long; genital field 92 long and 120 wide. Length of P15: 12, 42, 34, 50, 34. Palp stocky, especially P4; P4 with two anteroventral fine setae, claws of P5 large (Figure 6C). Length of Ileg46: 110, 102, 78. Length of IVleg46: 130, 162, 120. Leg claws with large ventral and dorsal clawlets, legs without swimming setae (Figure 6D).
Female: Unknown.
Etymology. Named after the type locality, the Rucue River.
Remarks. The species keys out with the key in Cook (1988) as R. circularis Cook, 1988, known in the female sex only. Females of the latter species have Cxgl4 lying in the middle of CxIV and the idiosoma shape is circular (more elongated in the new species). The position of Cxgl 4 in the new species differs from all other species, which have these glandularia in the middle of CxIV.
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- Cites
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.5392674 (DOI)
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- Journal article: 10.24349/acarologia/20214430 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/5392660 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFBC681EFF91FFAF6E136635FFC4FFC3 (URL)
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Smit
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Actinedida
- Family
- Aturidae
- Genus
- Rhynchaturus
- Species
- rucuensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic status
- sp. nov.
- Taxonomic concept label
- Rhynchaturus rucuensis Smit, 2021
References
- Cook D. R. 1988. Water mites from Chile. Mem. Amer. Entom. Inst., 42: 1 - 356.