Retrorsia benedictae Shelley

Figs 29–39, 122

Retrorsia benedictae Shelley, 2003:7

Type locality. Along Oregon Rt. 202, 3 mi (4.8 km) SE of Olney, Clatsop County, Oregon .

Diagnosis. The semicircular notch in the gonopod is prominent (rn, Fig. 36) but separated from the pulvillus (p, Fig. 35) by half the length of the terminal zone (see also Fig. 121). There are 16 or 18 setae in the anterior marginal row of the collum (Fig. 30). A detailed description is available in Shelley (2003).

Notes. The male specimen we used for SEM examination (Figs 29–39) had some interesting commensals/parasites, including a fungal capilliconidia (amphoromorph) of the genus Basidiobolus (Enghoff & Reboleira 2017) on an antenna (Fig. 38) and the hypopis of an unidentified mite attached to the fifth ring (Fig. 39).

Distribution. Clatsop Co., Oregon (Shelley 2003), and Pacific Co., Washington (new records below).

New records. WASHINGTON: Pacific Co.: 1.0 mi on Walberg Road, 0.4 mi west of Icwaco Water Park, 46.3236°, -123.9417°, 2 January 2005, W. Leonard, C. Richart, m f; 1.1 mi south of SR6 on Trap Creek Road, Bline, 46.5432°-123.6152°, 19 November 2005, W. Leonard, C. Richart, m; 2 mi west of Astoria Bridge on US 101, 10 ft asl, 46.2569, -123.9250 °, 2 January 2005, W. Leonard, C. Richart, mm ff; 3.5 mi south of Naselle on SR401 at Cement Creek, 46.3341°, -123.8003°, 15 January 2006, W. Leonard, C. Richart, mm; 4.5 mi north of SR4 on US 101, at Middle Nemah River, 46.4874°, -123.8865°, 15 January 2006, W. Leonard, C. Richart, mm ff; 5.9 mi south of SR6 on Trap Creek Road, Alder Creek drainage of Naselle River, 46.4973°, -123.6439°, 19 November 2005, W. Leonard, C. Richart, m; east side of Ellsworth Creek, The Nature Conservency Preserve, 100 ft asl, 46.3838°, -123.8679°, 12 January 2004, W. Leonard, mm ff; Long Beach, 30th St., 0.2 mi from US 101, 50 ft asl, 46.3239°, -124.0598°, 15 January 2006, W. Leonard, C. Richart, mm ff; Long Beach, Willows Road, 0.6 mi from 30th St., 46.3229°, -124.0575°, 16 January 2006, W. Leonard, C. Richart, mm ff; SR401 8 mi south of SR4, 40 ft asl, 46.2752°, -123.8158°, 2 January 2005, W. Leonard, mm ff .