Atractides cf. propatulus ( K. Viets, 1935 )

Smit, Harry & Pešić, Vladimir, 2014, Water mites from Mount Kinabalu and the Crocker Range, Borneo, Malaysia (Acari: Hydrachnidia), with the description of 34 new species, Zootaxa 3876 (1), pp. 1-71 : 24

Atractides cf. propatulus ( K. Viets, 1935)

( Figs. 11E–F , Tab. 1 )

Material examined. 2/2/0, first stream Minduk Sirung Trail, Alab Station, Crocker Range, Borneo, Malaysia, 5º 49.249 N 116º 19.862 E, alt. 1781 m asl., 23-ix-2012; 2/6/0, Mahua stream, Mahua, Crocker Range, Borneo, Malaysia, 5º 47.838 N, 116º 24.510 E, alt. 1052 m asl., 21-ix-2012; 1/1/0 (mounted), stream Kemantis, Sayap, Mt Kinabalu, Borneo, Malaysia, 6º 0 9.841 N 116º 33.936 E, alt. 928 m asl., 16-ix-2012; 0/2/0, Great Lumotok stream, Mt Kinabalu, Borneo, Malaysia, 6º 0 9.336 N 116º 34.056 E, alt. 1087 m asl., 17-ix-2012; 1/1/0, Little Lumotok stream, Sayap, Borneo, Malaysia, 6º 0 9.467 N 116º 34.027 E, alt. 1069 m asl., 17-ix-2012.

Compared material. Atractides propatulus ( K. Viets, 1935) : Lectotype ♂, here designated (on the same slide with the paralectotype, one palp and right I-leg separate), SMF 4322 Atractides propatulus ♂, type, K.Viets 42768, Java, Tjibodas, 1400 m, Kali Tjiwalen, 14.7.1929. Paralectotypes SMF 4322 1♂ (on the same slide with lectotype), SMF 4336 1♀ (both palps and left I-leg-5/6 separate), labeled like lectotype. The original description does not contain a type designation.

Remarks. The specimens from Borneo differ in larger dimensions of idiosoma, I-leg-5/6 and palp. For clearing the taxonomic state of these populations, molecular techniques should be applied.

Distribution. South Sumatra ( K. Viets 1935), Sulawesi ( Pešić & Smit 2009), Borneo (our study).

Figures

FIGURE 11 A – F. A – D Atractides cognatus (K. Viets, 1935), Mahua stream (A – C male, D female): A = genital field; B = I-leg- 5 and - 6; C = palp, lateral view; D = genital and postgenital field. E – F Atractides propatulus (K. Viets, 1935), Mahua stream, male: E = palp, lateral view; F = I-leg- 5 and - 6. Scale bars = 100 Μm.