Wandesia (Wandesia) reducta Tuzovskij, 1987

Pesic, Vladimir, Semenchenko, Ksenia A. & Lee, Wonchoel, 2015, Further studies on water mites from Korea, with description of two new species (Acari, Hydrachnidia), ZooKeys 507, pp. 1-24 : 2

Taxon classification Animalia Trombidiformes Hydryphantidae

Wandesia (Wandesia) reducta Tuzovskij, 1987 Fig. 1

Wandesia reducta Tuzovskij 1987: 39. Synonymy.

Material examined.

SOUTH KOREA: CR22 Gangwon Province, Chiaksan NP, Silim town, stream shaded, substrate: stones, gravels; 37°17.081'N, 128°15.389'E, 25.v.2013 Pešić & Karanović 0/1/0 (mounted).

Remarks.

The single female from this study matches the general morphology of Wandesia reducta Tuzovskij, 1987. This species was described by Tuzovskij (1987) from Magadan region in the Russian Far East, based on three females and a larva. Here we give measurements of the specimen from Korea. Idiosoma L 1800, Cx-I+II total L 138, W 113, Cx-III+IV lateral L 131; Ac-1 L 31, L/W 1.5, Ac-2 L 34 L/W 1.5, Ac-3 L 43, L/W 2.2; gnathosoma vL 146, chelicera total L 206, H 42, L/H ratio 5.0, basal segment L 154, claw L 59, L basal segment/claw ratio 2.6; palp: total L 248, dL/H, dL/H ratio: P-1, 20/34, 0.59; P-2, 60/40, 1.5; P-3, 55/42, 1.3; P-4, 91/26, 3.56; P-5, 22/12, 1.9; length P-2/P-4 ratio 0.66; dL of I-L: 44, 75, 91, 106, 109, 88.

Distribution.

Far East of Russia ( Tuzovskij 1987; Semenchenko 2010). New for the fauna of Korea.