Eylais voeltzkowi Koenike, 1897

Gerecke, Reinhard, 2020, The early derivative water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia, superfamilies Eylaoidea, Hydrachnoidea and Hydryphantoidea) of Madagascar, Zootaxa 4727 (1), pp. 1-77 : 8-9

Eylais voeltzkowi Koenike, 1897

Fig. 2 c – e

New record: MD 235, Moramanga, Plaine de Marovoay, X 1949, Paulian leg. (1/0/0), Ac 1233. Slide-mounted, MNHN.

Remark: This specimen agrees well with the original description of the species that has not been recorded since. However, as it is obviously a juvenile adult, it is possible that the characteristic shape of the eye capsule ( Fig. 2 c ) changes with further sclerotization.

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FIGURE 2. Family Eylaidae, genus Eylais (e.–f. from Koenike 1898, without sex and magnification information, modified). a.–b. E. degenerata male (MD 239); a. eye plate; b. palp, P-3–5; c.–d. E. voeltzkowi male (MD 235); c. frontal plate and integument with acetabula on the right side; d. gnathosoma with palp and chelicera; e. E. crenocula, eye plate; f. E. megalostoma, eye plate.