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Atractides persicus Pesic & Asadi 2010

Description

Atractides persicus Pešić & Asadi, 2010

Studied material. two females, canalets with rich aquatic vegetation and seepage waters fed by springs, 21.07.2008, 37° 59.02' N, 30° 31.03' E, 1240 m a.s.l., Gönen plateau, Isparta, Turkey, leg. Y. Ö. Boyaci.

Description. Female. Dorsal integument lineated. Idiosoma L/W 1015–960/750–690. Muscle attachment sclerotized (Fig. 3 b). Coxal field: with extended borders of secondary sclerotization, Cx-I +II L 245–238, Cx–III+IV L 255–249 (Fig. 3 a); gnathosomal bay 130–125, Gnathosoma L/W 138–130)/ 140–133, chelicera 312–299. Palp: total L 426–406, dL of palp segments (P-1-5): 40–38, 103–98,85–82, 143–138, 55–52, H of palp segments (P-1-5): 33–30, 53–47, 50–45, 38–35, 28–25; L P-2/4 ratio 0.72–0.71 (Fig. 3 e); P-4 sword seta inserting proximally from proximoventral hair. Palp cylindrical and the lateral seta on P-4 positioned behind ventral setae.

Genital plates semicircular, L/W 125–121)/75–70, a with 4 pairs of Ac, gonopore 225– 220 in length, distance between gonopore and excretory pore 175; Vgl-1 and -2 fused (Fig. 3 a). I-Legs: I-L-5/6 L 175–169/60–57 (Fig. 3 c,d); S- 1 L 59, S-2 L 51. of I-L: 29-48-70-260-175-60, L of II-L: 27-41-54-120-132-148, L of III-L: 34-48-68-150-174-170, L of IV-L: 158-70-86, 170-182-172.

Remarks. Due to the genital field with 4 pairs of Ac and similar shape of the palp and I-L, the single specimen from Turkey match description of A. persicus Pešić & Asadi, 2010, a species described from a single male from South Iran (Asadi et al. 2010). Differences are found in a less extensive dorsal and ventral sclerotization in the female specimens from Turkey. Gerecke (2003) mentions that in species of the subgenus Polymegapus muscle attachments and secondary sclerite borders might develop and extend with increasing age. Taxonomy of species from Turkey should be verified by additional material and finding a male specimen.

Notes

Published as part of Gülle, Pinar & Boyaci, Yunus Ömer, 2014, A new Protzia species and the first description of the female Atractides (Polymegapus) persicus Pešić & Asadi 2010 from Turkey, pp. 585-590 in Zootaxa 3852 (5) on page 586, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.5.7, http://zenodo.org/record/228951

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Pesic & Asadi
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Trombidiformes
Family
Hygrobatidae
Genus
Atractides
Species
persicus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Atractides persicus Pesic, 2010 sec. Gülle & Boyaci, 2014

References

  • Asadi, M., Pesic, V. & Etemadi, I. (2010) A revised survey of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Iran: new synonyms and descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa, 2628, 43 - 55.
  • Gerecke, R. (2003) Water mites of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari: Parasitengona: Hygrobatidae) in the western Palaearctic region: a revision, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 138, 141 - 378. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1096 - 3642.06 - 0.00051. x