Monatractides minuta, Pešić & Smit, 2014

Pešić, Vladimir & Smit, Harry, 2014, Torrenticolid water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Torrenticolidae) from Malaysian Borneo, Zootaxa 3840 (1), pp. 1-72 : 63

Monatractides minuta n. sp.

( Figs. 39I , 40I , 41A–F )

Type series. Holotype female, dissected and slide mounted, Malaysia, Borneo , Great Lumotok stream, Mt Kinabalu, 6º09.336 N, 116º34.056 E, alt. 1087 m asl., 17.ix.2012 Smit . Paratypes: three females, Mahua stream, Mahua, Crocker Range, 5º47.838N, 116º24.510E, alt. 1052 m asl., 21.ix.2012 Smit.

Diagnosis. Female. Idiosoma small in size (length <600 µm) and elongated (dorsal shield L/W ratio 1.4); suture line of Cx-IV nearly obliterated; P-2 and P-3 distal margins without pointed tips, P-4 with ventral setae, one of them longer and reaching tip of P-5.

Figures

FIGURE 39A–I. Photographs of dorsal shield. A–E Monatractides morpheus n. sp. (A–C stream Layang Layang; D–E Little Lumotok stream): A = male holotype; B = female paratype, C = female paratype; D = male, E = female. F–G M. phantasos n. sp: C = female holotype, Kemantis stream; G = male paratype, Great Lumotok stream. H M. phobetor n. sp., male holotype, Little Lumotok stream. I M. minuta n. sp., female holotype, Great Lumotok stream.

FIGURE 40A–I. Photographs of ventral shield. A–E Monatractides morpheus n. sp. (A–C stream Layang Layang; D–E Little Lumotok stream): A = male holotype; B = female paratype, C = female paratype; D = male, D = female. F–G M. phantasos n. sp: C = female holotype, Kemantis stream; G = male paratype, Great Lumotok stream. H M. phobetor n. sp., male holotype, Little Lumotok stream. I M. minuta n. sp., female holotype, Great Lumotok stream.

FIGURE 41A–F. Monatractides minuta n. sp., holotype female, Great Lumotok stream: A = frontal margin of idiosoma, dorsal view; B = dorsal shield; C = idiosoma, ventral view; D = palp, medial view; E = I-L-5 and -6; F = gnathosoma. Scale bars = 100 µm.