Ljania macilenta Koenike, 1908

Gerecke, Reinhard, 2014, Studies on European species of the water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Zootaxa 3841 (1), pp. 1-46 : 36

Ljania macilenta Koenike, 1908

Figs 25 I–K

Material examined. France: Corse, F 44h (0/3/0), F 81 (0/4/0). Greece: Achaia, GR 60 (0/2/0). Italy: Calabria, I 448 Int (1/0/0). Emilia-Romagna, I 888 (0/1/0), Sardinia, I 389 (0/1/0), I 1162 Int (1/1/0), I 1165 (0/1/0); Sicily, I 133 (0/2/0), I 178 (0/1/0), I 517 (1/0/0), I 511 Int (1/0/0), I 577 Int (1/0/0), I 1078 b (1/0/0), I 1138 Int (0/1/0). Spain: E 134 (0/1/0), E 134 Int (0/2/0), E 161 (0/1/0).

Remarks. Schwoerbel (1964a) considered the slender idiosoma shape of L. macilenta as an adaptation to life in interstitial habitats. In the Mediterranean, the species is frequently found in the hyporheic, but also in surface sediments; it is probably hyporheophilous.

Figures

FIGURE 25. A. – E, Ljania bipapillata. A. – B., female; A. venter; B. palp; C. – E. male; C. dorsum; D. palp; E. venter, F. – G. Ljania longissima female; F. venter; G. palp; H. chelicera; I. – K. Ljania macilenta, male; I. palp; K. venter. Scale bars = 100 µm.