Albaxona wanjakliensis, Smit, Harry, 2016

Smit, Harry, 2016, The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species, Zootaxa 4158 (4), pp. 523-543 : 530-531

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C904ADAE-1B46-4E42-8E43-186DE2A078BF

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6059243

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50-FFC9-350A-C3ED-55B3FA0E7066

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Albaxona wanjakliensis
status

sp. nov.

Albaxona wanjakliensis n. sp.

( Figs. 5A–C View FIGURE 5 A – C )

Material examined. Holotype female, Stream downstream of Wanjakli Falls, Lipke Todome, Ghana, 7 0 9.976 N 0 36.456 E, alt. 478 m a.s.l., 23-ii-2013 GoogleMaps . Paratype: one female, Apkonu stream downstream of falls, Logba Tota, Ghana, 6 53.054 N 0 28.024 E, alt. 362 m a.s.l., 21-ii-2013 GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Vgl–2 fused with acetabular plates, the latter fused with postgenital sclerite.

Description. Female: Idiosoma dorsally 344 (397) long and 297 (316) wide, ventrally 348 (398) long. Dorsal shield 324 (381) long and 219 (243) wide, with postocularia, three pairs of glandularia and a pair of setae without glands; postocularia anteriorly of dgl-1. Dorsal furrow with A2 and three pairs of glandularia platelets. First coxae slightly extending beyond anterior idiosoma margin. Suture lines of coxae obliterated. Cxgl-2 lying halfway between fourth leg sockets and genital field. Genital field with three pairs of acetabula; gonopore 104 long. Acetabular plates fused with vgl-2 and postgenital sclerite. Excretory pore lying free, posterior to genital field. Length of P1–5: 21, 36, 36, 52, 32. Gnathosoma with a stout anterior seta. Length of I-leg-4–6: 58, 58, 58. Length of IV-leg-4–6: 62, 73, 58.

Male: Unknown.

Etymology. Named after the type locality.

Remarks. Albaxona motasi ( Cook, 1966) from Liberia has a shorter coxal field, not extending beyond the frontal margin, the postocularia are located more anterior, the pair of posterior setae of the dorsal shield are lacking and P4 is more slender. Moreover, vgl-2 are only lightly fused, while they are completely fused in the new species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Trombidiformes

Family

Aturidae

Genus

Albaxona

GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF