Monatractides (s. str.) persicus Pesic, 2004

Özdilek, Murat & Esen, Yunus, 2023, New records of water mite (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) species for the Turkish fauna, Acarological Studies 5 (1), pp. 34-41 : 39-40

Monatractides (s. str.) persicus Pesic, 2004

Description

Female Idiosoma ovally, L/W 950/878, dorsal shield L/W 805/756, frontal plate L/W 172/115, shoulder plate L/W 268/100 ( Fig. 3A ), gnathosomal bay L 190, bearing a knob-shaped protrusion ( Fig. 3B ); subcapitulum vL 190, rostrum short ( Fig. 3C ), chelicera total L 252, H 43 (L/H ratio 5.8), claw L 55; palp segments robust, distal margin of P-2 without denticles, P-3 with two denticles mediodistal margin, P-4 with a well visible denticle near the insertion of the ventral hairs ( Figs 3D, E ), dL of palp segments P-1 30, P-2 90, P-3 57, P-4 73, P-5 32, total L 282; genital field slightly enlarged anteriorly, L/W 240/200, Cx-I mL 135, Cx-II-III mL 80, distance between genital field to excretory pore L 232; dL of leg segments I-L-1-6: 60-94-120-147-140-120 = 681, II-L-1-6: 92-123-111-158- 191-197 = 872, III-L-1-6: 83-140-144-186-216-238 = 1007, IV-L-1-6: 100-160-191-242-268-273 = 1234.

Distribution

Iran (Pesic and Saboori, 2004), new record for the Turkish fauna.

Remarks

The Turkish specimen agrees with relatively thicker chelicera and a knob-shaped protrusion at the margin of the gnathosomal bay. Differently, distal margin of P-2 not bearing a denticle. P-3 bearing two denticles distally.

Figures

Figure 3. Torrenticola (Megapalpis) persica (male). A. Idiosoma, dorsal view, B. Idiosoma, ventral view, C. Gnatosoma, D. I-L-5-6 (scale bars = 100).