Djeboa compressa K. Viets, 1914

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 : 25

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Djeboa compressa K. Viets, 1914
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Djeboa compressa K. Viets, 1914

( Figs. 12A–F View FIGURE 12 A – F , 37E View FIGURE 37 A – L )

Djeboa multidentata compressa K. Viets 1914: 220 . Mideopsis (Djeboa) compressa Cook 1966: 231 .

Material examined: Type series: SMF, Cameroon; lectotype, here designated, K. Viets 43190, “ Kamerun, Manoka b. Duala, Bach, 11.11.1911, Damköhler leg. 1270”; paralectotype female, K. Viets 43191, same data as holotype, “1271”.

General features: Dorsal shield oval (L/W ratio 1.1), with medial depression; muscle scars anterior and posterior to postocularia with moderately pronounced thickenings, second pair of muscle scars located well within the dorsal depression; central portion of dorsal shield purple ( Fig. 37E View FIGURE 37 A – L ); gnathosomal bay V-shaped; tips of Cx-I not reaching frontal margin; medial margins of Cx-IV reduced to a median angle, approaching to each other, posterior margin of Cx-IV extending almost directly laterally. Palp ( Fig. 12D View FIGURE 12 A – F ): P-1 with a dorsal seta; P-2 inflated, with straight ventral and convexly bowed dorsal margin; P-3 ventral margin concave, dorsal margin usually with a pronounced indentation slightly distal to middle of the segment; P-4 slender, basally thickened, from here to anterior tip narrowed. Legs: I-L ( Fig. 12E View FIGURE 12 A – F ) with I-L-6 L/H ratio 2.7, distally thickened; IV-L: Fig. 12F View FIGURE 12 A – F .

Discussion: Along with D. expansipalpis and D. gledhilli sp. nov., both from Côte d’Ivoire, and D. globulipalpis sp. nov. from South Africa, D. compressa forms a species group characterized by the V-shaped gnathosomal bay and P-4 much longer than high.

Distribution: Cameroon (Viets 1914), Liberia (Cook 1966).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Trombidiformes

Family

Mideopsidae

Genus

Djeboa

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