Djeboa bakeri (Cook, 1966)

Pešić, Vladimir, Cook, David, Gerecke, Reinhard & Smit, Harry, 2013, The water mite family Mideopsidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia): a contribution to the diversity in the Afrotropical region and taxonomic changes above species level, Zootaxa 3720 (1), pp. 1-75 : 18

Djeboa bakeri (Cook, 1966)

( Fig. 7A–E )

Mideopsis (Djeboa) bakeri Cook 1966: 238 .

Material examined: Type series: FMC; holotype female, Liberia, six miles north of Kpain, backwater area of a stream, 7.xi.1957 (Coll. 79), Cook. No further specimens known.

General features: Dorsal shield oval (L/W ratio 1.1–1.2), with medial depression; muscle scars anterior and posterior to the postocularia, with weakly pronounced thickenings ( Fig. 7A ); colour pattern unknown; gnathosomal bay Y-shaped; tips of Cx-I ending posterior to frontal margin; medial margin of Cx-IV comparatively well developed; Cx-IV with a few, short longitudinal striae. Palp ( Fig. 7C ): P-1 with a dorsal seta; P-2 with concave ventral and convex dorsal margin; P-3 slender, ventral margin with a basal kink, distally straight; P-4 very slender, ventral margin concave. Legs: I-L ( Fig. 7D ) with I-L-6 L/H ratio 3.0; IV-L: Fig. 7E .

Discussion: Differences brought out in the key will distinguish this species from all others. Male unknown.

Distribution: Liberia.

Figures

FIGURE 7 A – E. Djeboa bakeri (Cook, 1966), female: A = dorsal shield; B = idiosoma, ventral view; C = palp; D = I-L; E = IV-L.