Tubophora limnesioides Walter, 1935

Smit, Harry, 2021, Water mites from West Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Acarologia 61 (3), pp. 700-746 : 708-709

Tubophora limnesioides Walter, 1935

( Figure 4 )

New records. Ghana. 1/0/0, small rainforest stream upstream Sagyimase, Atewa Hills, 6°13.964′ N 0°33.116′ W, 654 m a.s.l., 8 Mar. 2011 ; 2/3/0, Apkonu stream, downstream of falls,

at Logba Tota, 6°53.054′ N 0°28.024′ E, 362 m a.s.l., 21 Feb. 2013.

Description. Female: Idiosoma dorsally 616 long and 478 wide, ventrally 632 long. Gnathosoma attached to a protrusable tube. Cx-I+II medially separated. Cx-III medially bluntly pointed, Cxgl-4 well separated from associated seta ( Figure 4 ). Genital field 158 long, with three pairs of acetabula, second and third pair closer to each other than to first pair. Length of P1–5: 24, 52, 48, 72, 38. Length of I-leg-4–6: 96, 96, 80. Length of IV-leg-4–6: -, 116, 136; terminal seta of IV-leg-6 66 long. Legs without swimming setae.

Remarks. Thus far, known only from the male holotype, and the female is described here for the first time.

Distribution. Ivory Coast ( Walter 1935), Ghana (this study).

Figures

Figure 4 Tubophora limnesioidesWalter, venter female. Scale bar: 100 µm.