Lebertia (Septlebertia), Imamura, 1954, Imamura, 1954

Tuzovskij, Petr V., 2021, Description of a new water mite species of the genus Lebertia Neuman, 1880 (Acari, Hydrachnidia: Lebertiidae) from Kazakhstan, Zootaxa 5082 (2), pp. 185-190 : 189

Key to species of the subgenus Septlebertia in Asia

1 P-3 with three distal setae ( Fig. 13 )................................................................ L. dmitrii

- P-3 with four to five distal setae......................................................................... 2

2 IV-Leg-6 ventral margin concave ( Fig. 11 )............................................... L. boldyrbekensis sp. n.

- IV-Leg-6 ventral margin straight......................................................................... 3

3 P-3 with seven setae ( Fig. 14 ), P-4 ventral margin divided by seta insertions into sectors: 4:2:1, chelicera basal segment dorsal margin with obtuse protrusion, ventral margin straight ( Fig. 15 ), idiosoma colour dark brown ( Imamura1954)... L. imamurai

- P-3 with eight to nine setae ( Figs 16–17 ), P-4 ventral margin divided by seta insertions into sectors 2:2:3, chelicera basal segment dorsal margin equally convex, ventral margin concave ( Fig. 18 ), idiosoma colour red ( Tuzovskij 2004)....................................................................................................... L. convergella

Figures

FIGURES 13–18. Lebertia: 13, L. dmitrii, male (from Semenchenko & Tuzovskij 2010); 14-15, L. imamurai, female (from Imamura 1954); 16-18, L. convergella, female (from Tuzovskij 2004); 13, 14, 16, pedipalp; 17, P-3, medial view;18, chelicera.

FIGURES 9–12. Lebertia boldyrbekensis sp.n., male: 9, pedipalp, 10, I-Leg-4-6; 11, IV-Leg-4-6; 12, leg claw. Scale bars: 9, 12 = 50 μm, 10-11 = 50 μm.