Atractides (Atractides) turkestanicus, Tuzovskij, 2023

Tuzovskij, Petr V., 2023, Description of a new water mite species of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) from Kazakhstan, Amurian Zoological Journal XV (4), pp. 744-748 : 745

Atractides (Atractides) turkestanicus sp. nov.

https://www.zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/ B19BAC1F-B38E-45C9-9B5E-B38ADC19C4C3

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Type material. Holotype: male, slide 9961, Asia , Kazakhstan, Turkestan Province , Tjulkubassky District , Aksu-Zhabagly Nature Reserve, Taldybulak stream, 42 ° 25΄01.9˝N, 70 ° 28΄22.3˝E, 1230 m a. s. l., depth about 0.5 m, substrates: large stones, mosses, 10.08.2019, leg. V. Stolbov.

Diagnosis. Male (Female unknown). Integument smooth; muscle attachment unsclerotized, coxal plates I+II close to coxal plate III+IV but not forming a coxal shield; excretory pore smooth; genital plate wider long, with 23–24 fine setae on each side, anterior margin straight, narrowed posteriorly, acetabula in triangular position; capitular bay V-shaped; P-2 expanded dorsoventrally, with moderately large ventrodistal protrusion; P-3 longer than P-2, with four thick subequal setae; P-4 sword seta between ventral setae; S-1-2 separation 12 μm.