Nyangalla (Ecpolopella) tesselata (Daday, 1908)

Smit, Harry, 2021, Water mites from West Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Acarologia 61 (3), pp. 700-746 : 733-734

Nyangalla (Ecpolopella) tesselata (Daday, 1908)

New records. Ghana. 0/1/0, pool 1 Ankasa NP, 5°17.407′ N 2°38.378′ W, 59 m a.s.l., 26 Feb. 2011 ; 0/2/0, pool 2 Ankasa NP, 5°17.250′ N 2°38.092′ W, 66 m a.s.l., 26 Feb. 2011 ; 1/1/0, Amansuri Wetland, 5°00.398′ N 2°35.162′ W, 12 m a.s.l., 26 Feb. 2011 ; 5/3/0, Fish pond along road Elubo-Axim, E of entrance Ankasa NP, 5°09.637′ N 2°38.682′ W, 36 m a.s.l., 27 Feb. 2011 ; 0/1/0, Inlet Volta River at Kpong, 6°09.183′ N 0°03.709′ E, 25 m a.s.l., 10 Mar. 2011 ; 6/13/0, same location, 27 Feb. 2013 ; 2/0/0, First pond, Ankasa NP, 5°17.415′ N 2°38.384′ W, 89 m a.s.l., 14 Feb. 2013 ; 0/2/0, roadside pond W of entrance to Ankasa NP, 5°10.277′ N 2°39.357′ W, 37 m a.s.l., 14 Feb. 2013 ; 1/0/0, Avu Lagoon, 5°59.244′ N 0°42.476′ E, 13 m a.s.l., 18

Feb. 2013.

Description. The species has been described by Daday (1908) and Viets (1916). Therefore,

I give only some measurements and additional characters. Male: Idiosoma 478-522 long (measured from anterior idiosoma margin till posterior margin of cauda), 445-478 wide. Posterior margin of cauda with spiny setae. Female: Idiosoma 656-810 long and 583-721 wide. Medial area between Cx-IV almost filled up completely by secondary sclerotization.

Distribution. Tanzania ( Daday 1910), Cameroon ( Viets 1916), Congo ( Bader 1956), Liberia (Cook 1966), Ghana (this study).