Brachypoda rubidata Kim & Chung, 1996

Pešić, Vladimir & Semenchenko, Ksenia, 2014, Water mites of the genus Brachypoda Lebert, 1879 (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Aturidae) from South Korea and the Russian Far East, Zootaxa 3753 (4), pp. 335-346 : 346

Brachypoda rubidata Kim & Chung, 1996

( Figs. 9A–B )

New records. SOUTH KOREA: CR10 Ne myeon Mt, Naebyeansan NP, 0.6 km from Naebyeansan Info Center (near Silsung temple), pool near stream, 1.7 km to Jiksopolpol falls, 35°64'65.978" N, 126°58'62.285" E, 10.x.2012, Pešić & Choi, one male, fixed in Koenike-fluid.

Remarks. Brachypoda rubidata was described in the both sexes from a pond in Bosung ( Kim and Chung 1996). It is similar to B. rapida Kim & Chung, 1996 ( South Korea), but can be easily distinguished from the latter in the both sexes by the presence of two red posterolateral patches ( Figs. 9A–B ), dorsal and ventral shield stouter, posteriorly not narrowed as in B. rapida , and by the differently shaped genital field (see Kim and Chung 1996).

Habitat. Kim and Chung (1996) stated that they found this species in a lake. We found this species in a pool near stream ( Fig. 9D ) with typical lenitobiontic species of the genera Thoracophoracarus and Neumania .

Distribution. South Korea ( Kim and Chung 1996; our study).

Figures

FIGURE 9 A – E. A – B Photographs of Brachypoda rubidata Kim & Chung, 1996, male: A = idiosoma, ventral view; B = idiosoma, dorsal view. C – E Photographs of sampling sites: C = CR 9 (stream in Naebyeansan NP, South Korea, locus typicus of Brachypoda milicaae sp. n.; D = CR 10 (pool near stream in Naebyeansan NP, South Korea, sampling site of Brachypoda rubidata Kim & Chung, 1996); E = Levaya Burinda River, Russia, locus typicus of Brachypoda sokolowi sp. n. and B. rossica sp. n. Photos. V. Pešić (Figs. A – D), K. Semenchenko (Fig. E).