New species of aturid water mites from southern Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Aturidae)
Smit, Harry
Zootaxa
2017
4273
2
287
295
Viets, 1914
Viets
1914
[151,813,802,828]
Arachnida
Axonopsidae
Brachypodopsis
Animalia
Trombidiformes
1
288
Arthropoda
species
pusilla
Brachypodopsis
Material examined. SouthAfrica. 0/1/0, Rondgat Riverat Algeria, Cederberg Wilderness Area, Western Cape Province, 32° 22.491 S 19° 0 3.742 E, alt. 490 masl, 1-xi-2004; 0/1/0, Rondgat Riverat Bos Herberge, Cederberg Wilderness Area, Western Cape Province, 32° 24.044 S 19 0 5.264 E, alt. 665 masl, 2-xi-2004; 0/3/0, Wolwekloof Riverat Tweede Tol, Limietberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, 33° 34.115 S 19° 0 8.255 E, alt. 285 masl, 3-xi-2004; 4/2/0, Grobbelaar’s RiverNof Oudtshoorn, Western Cape Province, 33° 25.603 S 22° 15.053 E, alt. 492 masl, 11-xi-2004; 1/1/0, Injisuti Riverat crossing with main road 331, Drakensbergen, Kzwazulu-Natal Province, 29° 0 7.578 S 29° 26.435 E, alt. 1461 masl, 19-xi-2004; 3/3/0, Delmhlwaziwe River, Injisuti, Drakensbergen, Kwazulu-Natal Province, 29° 0 7.058 S 29° 26.313 E, alt, 1453 masl, 19-xi-2004; 1/0/0, Mahai River, Royal Natal NP, Kwazulu-Natal Province, 28° 41.479 S 28° 56.711 E, alt. 1423 masl, 20-xi-2004.
Remarks. K.O. Viets (1964)reported the species from several locations in Mpumalanga and Western Cape Provinces. His male specimens were 347–373 long and 330–353 wide, the males from this study ( Fig. 1A) measure dorsally 300–344, the width is 275–324. The females from this study are 324–356 long and 284–316 wide. The species is widespread, and known from Cameroon, Kenya and South Africa ( K. Viets 1953, K.O. Viets 1970).
1563183651
[151,1264,908,933]
Algeria
Cederberg Wilderness Area
Rondgat River
1
288
1
South
1563183636
Algeria
-32.37485
Western Cape Province
1
19.00104
1
288
1
Western Cape Province
1563183652
2004-11-01
Algeria
Rondgat River
490
-32.400734
Cederberg Wilderness Area
1
19.001463
Bos Herberge
1
288
1
Western Cape Province
1563183664
2004-11-02
Algeria
Wolwekloof River
665
-33.568584
Limietberg Nature Reserve
1
19.002293
Tweede Tol
1
288
1
Western Cape Province
1563183663
2004-11-03
Grobbelaar's River N
Algeria
285
-33.426716
Oudtshoorn
1
22.250883
Grobbelaar's River
1
288
1
Western Cape Province
1563183661
2004-11-11
Algeria
492
-29.002106
Drakensbergen
1
29.440584
Injisuti River
1
288
1
Kzwazulu-Natal Province
1563183667
2004-11-19
Algeria
Delmhlwaziwe River
1461
Drakensbergen
Injisuti
1
288
1
Kzwazulu-Natal Province
1563183668
[336,1276,1160,1185]
2004-11-19
Algeria
1453
-29.00196
Kwazulu-Natal Province
1
29.438549
1
288
1
Kwazulu-Natal Province
1563183665
2004-11-20
Royal Natal NP
Algeria
1423
-28.691317
Mahai River
1
28.945183
1
288
1
Kwazulu-Natal Province