Lebertia (Mixolebertia) veeli, Gerecke & Smit, 2022

Gerecke, Reinhard & Smit, Harry, 2022, Water mites of the genusLebertia Neuman, 1880 from the eastern Himalayas (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Lebertiidae), Acarologia 62 (2), pp. 302-316 : 308

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.24349/esot-nc22

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:52668A17-CAAF-437A-864C-A2883EF87409

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/64E681D6-7F30-47EA-8A44-1B75481690A1

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:64E681D6-7F30-47EA-8A44-1B75481690A1

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scientific name

Lebertia (Mixolebertia) veeli
status

sp. nov.

Lebertia (Mixolebertia) veeli n. sp.

Zoobank: 64E681D6-7F30-47EA-8A44-1B75481690A1

( Figures 4 View Figure 4 A-D, 6D)

Type series — (all NBC) – Holotype ♂, Bhutan 01, Bhutan, Royal Botanical Park Lampelri, 27°30.450′ N, 89°45.162′ E, 2667 m a.s.l., 10 Aug. 2016, leg. W.Klein, slide mounted. Paratypes: Same site and date, 7 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ (3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ slide mounted, 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀

in liquid).

Other material (all RMNH) – Nepal 04, Surke Khola, stream ( Figure 6D View Figure 6 ), 27°40.327′ N, 86°43.297′ E, 2290 m a.s.l., 11 Apr. 2016, leg P.W. Veel, 1 ♀ slide mounted; Nepal 08, Laina Odar, Stream Tarap Khola, 28°55.616′ N, 83°02.627′ E, 3330 m a.s.l., 18 Oct. 2016, leg P.W.

Gallery Image

Figure 4 Lebertia(Mixolebertia) veeli n. sp., type series. A-D, ♂; A – venter; B – IV-L-4-6; C – I-L-4-6; D – left palp medial; E – ♀ genital field. Scale bars: 100 µm.

Gallery Image

Figure 6 Collection sites. A – Haa River (Bhutan 03); B – Sertu Khola, Nunthala (Nepal 06); C – Garden stream, Nunthala (Nepal 05); D – Surke Khola (Nepal 04); E – stream S of Gokyo (Nepal 01); F – stream Dudh Kosi Nadi (Nepal 02). Authors: W. Klein (A), P.V. Veel (B-F).

RMNH

National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis