Brachypoda (Parabrachypoda) montii Maglio, 1924

Esen, Yunus, Pešić, Vladimir & Erman, Orhan, 2013, Water mites of the genus Brachypoda (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Aturidae) in Turkey, Zootaxa 3686 (3), pp. 326-334 : 332-333

Brachypoda (Parabrachypoda) montii Maglio, 1924

Material examined. Antalya Province, Kurşunlu stream, 37°00.03' N 30°49.19' E, 45 m a.s.l., 19.viii.2007, 3/5/0.

General features. Genital field with 4 pairs of acetabula. Palp as shown in Figs. 5B, F : P-1 with one dorsal seta; P-2 ventral margin almost straight, distally forming a blunt projection; P-3 ventral margin concave; P-4 proximally narrow, in the centre, near the insertion of two setae slightly elevated to form an obtuse projection near the insertion of the stronger ventral seta, a finer seta laterally on a further blunt elevation, dorsal margin equally convex.

Description. Male: Idiosoma L 472, W 353; distance tip Cx-I – gonopore 386; gnathosomal bay L 110; distance between IV-L insertion 192. Gonopore L/W 35/33. Gnathosoma vL 90; chelicera total L 94; palp: L/H (in parentheses L/H ratio): P-1, 34/19 (1.8); P-2, 56/40 (1.4); P-3, 29/29 (1.0); P-4, 90/28 (3.2); P-5, 27/10 (2.7). Legs: IV-L-4–6: IV-L-4 with a prominent digitiform ventral extension apically bearing three short and heavy setae, the central of them longer than the lateral ones, IV-L-4 L/H 62/30, ratio 2.1; IV-L-5 with bowed dorsal margin, ventral margin concave, with scattered setae, IV-L-5 L/H 142/36, ratio 3.9; IV-L-6 slightly curved, ventrally with a line of longer setae, IV-L-6 L/H 127/20, ratio 6.4.

Female: Idiosoma L 495, W 364; distance tip Cx-I – gonopore 410; gnathosomal bay L 113. Excretory pore platelet not fused to posterior margin of dorsal shield. Gnathosoma vL 94; chelicera total L 108. Palp: L/H (in parentheses ratio): P-1, 33/20 (1.7); P-2, 58/38 (1.5); P-3, 30/28 (1.1); P-4, 84/27 (3.1); P-5, 27/10 (2.7). IV-L-5 L/H 102/20, ratio 5.1; IV-L-6 L/H 96/18, ratio 5.3.

Habitat. Pools of running waters.

Distribution. Central and Southern Europe. New for Turkey.

Figures

FIGURE 5. A – F. Brachypoda (Parabrachypoda) montii, (male A – D; female E – F): A = genital field; B = palp, lateral view; C = IV-L- 4 – 6, anteriorly; D = IV-L- 4 – 6, posteriorly; E = genital field; F = palp, medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm.