Evidaturus longiscutatus, K & PešićK, 2024

K, Harry Smit & PešićK, Vladimir, 2024, New records of notoaturine water mites from New Zealand, with the description of five new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Notoaturinae), Acarologia 64 (2), pp. 499-524 : 500

Evidaturus longiscutatus n. sp.

Zoobank: 0FEA3B7F-1484-43BC-ACE1-EDF868E32A45

Figure 1

Type material — Holotype male, Janice Creek , interstitial, crossing Haupiri Road , Moana, South Island, 42°34.443′ S, 171°42.731′ E, alt. 212 m asl., 15 Febr. 2023, dissected and slide mounted ( NMNZ) . Paratypes: 1/0/0, same data as the holotype ( RMNH); 1/0/0, Simpson Creek, interstitial, crossing Haupiri Road, Moana, 42°32.852′ S, 171°39.594′ E, alt. 259 m asl.,

15 Febr. 2023 ( RMNH).

Diagnosis (Female unknown) — Unpaired posteromedial dorsal plate about twice as long as anteromedial dorsal plate (length posteromedial/anteromedial plates ratio 2.0-2.3); capitular bay sharply V-shaped; terminal segment of fourth legs distally less expanded (dorsal length/height ratio 2.3)

Figures

Figure 1 Evidaturus longiscutatusn. sp., male, Janice Creek. A – idiosoma, dorsal view; B – Idiosoma, ventral view; C – palp; D – gnathosoma; E – I-leg-4-6; F – IV-leg. Scale bars = 100 μm.