Apeltosperchon zelandicus Cook, 1983

Smit, Harry & Pešić, Vladimir, 2020, New records of water mites from New Zealand, with the description of three new genera and ten new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Acarologia 60 (4), pp. 903-950 : 913

Apeltosperchon zelandicus Cook, 1983

( Figs. 5 A­E)

New records. North Island. 0/1/0, Manganuiateao River at crossing with road Ruatiti­ Orautoha, 39°18 ′ 36.54 ″ S 175°12 ′ 22.45 ″ E, 18­x­2000. South Island. 2/0/0, Dip Creek at crossing with Lindiss Pass Road, 44°36.583 ′ S 169°37.595 ′ E, alt. 507 asl, 21­xii­2014 ; 0/1/2, Monro Creek, 30 km N of Haast, 43°42.882 ′ S 169°16.138 ′ E, alt. 17 m asl, 22­xii­2014 ; 0/1/0, Douglas Creek at Culvert 2, crossing West Coast Road, 43°41.637 ′ S 169°31.458 ′ E, alt. 31 m asl, 24­xii­2014 ; 0/2/0, Cache Creek at crossing with Haast Pass Road, Mt Aspiring National Park, 43°58.122 ′ S 169°13.799 ′ E, alt. 42 m asl, 25­xii­2014 ; 1/1/1, Six Mile Creek, N of Middlemarch, 45°27.337 ′ S 170°07.729 ′ E, alt. 290 m asl, 2­i­2015 ; 2/2/0, Shag River crossing road Ranfurly­Palmerston, 45°10.663 ′ S 170°23.703 ′ E, alt. 564 m asl, 3­i­2015 ; 1/0/0, Askews Hill NE Creek upper course, Taipare Bay, 41°01.119 ′ S 173°42.807 ′ E, alt. 179 m asl, 2­1­2019 ; 1/0/0, Hapiata Stream, Okiwi Bay, 41°06.167 ′ S 173°40.763 ′ E, alt. ± 50 m, 28­ii­2020 ; 0/2/0, Coal Creek, Seddonville, 41°33.444 ′ S 172°00.011 ′ E, alt. 12 m asl, 4­iii­2020 ; 0/1/0, Harris Creek crossing Haast Pass Road, 43°56.019 ′ S 169°06.884 ′ E, alt. 27 m asl, 7­iii­2020 ; 1/0/0, Lindiss River N of Lindiss Valley, 44°43.105 ′ S 169°30.266 ′ E, alt. 374 m asl, 17­iii­2020 ; 4/2/0, Parsons Creek near Lake Ohau, 44°14.962 ′ S 169°49.118 ′ E, alt. 534 m asl, 18­iii­2020 ; 0/1/0, unnamed stream crossing Lake Ohau Road, 44°12.292 ′ S 169°48.981 ′ E, alt. 550 m asl, 18­iii­2020 ; 0/1/0, Waihi River, Waihi Gorge Scenic Reserve, 44°00.126𝑆, 171°09.297 ′ E, alt. 295 m asl, 19­iii­2020 ; 2/1/2, unnamed stream crossing Braemer Road, W of Lake Tekapo, 43°58.623 ′ S 170°19.760 ′ E, alt. 811 m asl, 19­iii­2020 ; 1/0/0, Duffers Creek at crossing with West Coast Road, 43°01.887 ′ S 170°39.266 ′ E, alt. 79 m asl, 22­iii­2020 ; 1/2/0, Little Hohonu River, S of Lake Brunner, 42°38.398 ′ S 171°17.638 ′ E, alt. 97 m asl, 23­iii­2020 ; 0/1/0, unnamed stream crossing Palmer Road, at Palmer Rd Culvert, Springs Junction, 42°22.043 ′ S 172°08.132 ′ E, alt. 472 m asl, 28­iii­2020 ; 0/2/0, Tributary of Nelson Creek West Branch, Moana, 42°30.158 ′ S 171°40.835 ′ E, alt. 308 m asl, 2­iv­2020 ; 1/0/0, Crooked River at crossing with Bell Hill Road, Moana, 42°37.817 ′ S 171°35.820 ′ E, alt. 119 m asl, 3­iv­2020 ; 0/1/0, Deep Creek at crossing with Bell Hill Road, Moana, 42°33.071 ′ S 171°36.014 ′ E, alt. 245 m asl, 4­iv­2020.

Remarks. Thus far, the male was unknown and a description is given below.

Description. Male: Idiosoma 500 long. Dorsum and venter as described for the female. Coxal field 284 long and 317 wide. Genital field 88 long and 73 wide, pregenital sclerite small. Length of P1­5: 19, 57, 34, 53, 31. Palp as in female, but anteroventral extension of P2 more distinct. Length of I­leg­4­6: 72, 86, 95. Length of IV­leg­4­6: 113, 114, 122.

Distribution. Previously know from three specimens from three locations only. From the quite large number of locations given above, it can be concluded that the species is rather common.

Figures

Figure 5 Apeltosperchon zelandicusCook, male, Shag River (A­D, drawings; E, photograph): A – coxal and genital field; B – palp (P1 lacking); C – palp; D – I­leg­4­6; E – ejaculatory complex. Scale bars = 100 µm.