Djeboa harrisoni (K.O.Viets, 1970)

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 : 44-45

Djeboa harrisoni (K.O.Viets, 1970)

( Figs. 39E–F )

Mideopsis (Djeboa) harrisoni K.O. Viets, 1970: 102 .

Material examined: Type series, SMF, Zimbabwe; holotype female: 53066, “Munsvahuku stream near Salisbury, South Rhodesia, Sign. SAL 364A, Harrison leg. 22.2.1963; paratype male: 53068, same site, Sign. SAL 394B, Harrison leg. 16.4.1963.

General features: Dorsal shield oval (L/W ratio 1.1), with medial depression; muscle scars anterior and posterior to the postocularia, with weakly pronounced thickenings ( Figs. 39E–F ); colour pattern unknown; gnathosomal bay Y-shaped, in posterior part widened; tips of Cx-I ending posterior to frontal margin; medial margin of Cx-IV comparatively well developed. Palp: P-1 without a dorsal seta; P-2 with slightly concave ventral and strongly convex dorsal margin; P-3 ventral margin with basal inflation, from here to distal edge straight, equally narrow; P-4 slender, ventral margin slightly concave. Legs: I-L with I-L-6 dL/H ratio 2.6–2.7.

Distribution: Zimbabwe (K.O. Viets 1970, 1971).

Figures

FIGURE 39 A – L. Photographs of dorsal shield. A – B. Djeboa granatica sp. nov.: A— holotype male; B — paratype male. C – D. Djeboa dinosaurophila sp. nov.: C— female holotype; D— female paratype. E – F. Djeboa harrisoni (K. O. Viets, 1970): E — female holotype (SMF 53066); F — paratype male (SMF 53068). G – I. Djeboa ferruginea K. Viets, 1914: G — female lectotype (SMF 43194); H— female, Ouokoukro, Côte d’ivoire; I— female, Akaa Falls, Ghana. J – L. Djeboa rotundata K. Viets, 1914: J — female (SMF 43200); K — female (SMF 43201); L — male lectotype (SMF 43199).