Javalbia uncinata, Smit, Harry & Pešić, Vladimir, 2014

Smit, Harry & Pešić, Vladimir, 2014, Water mites from Mount Kinabalu and the Crocker Range, Borneo, Malaysia (Acari: Hydrachnidia), with the description of 34 new species, Zootaxa 3876 (1), pp. 1-71 : 47

Javalbia uncinata n. sp.

( Fig. 28A–F )

Type series. Holotype male, Mahua stream, downstream of national park entrance, at crossing with national park road, Crocker Range, Borneo, Malaysia, 5º 46.491 N 116º 25.770 E, alt. 865 m asl, 22-ix-2012 ( RMNH). Paratype: one male, Kemantis stream, Sayap, Mt Kinabalu, Borneo, Malaysia, 6º 0 9.841 N 116º 33.936 E, alt. 928 m asl, 16- ix-2012 ( RMNH).

Diagnosis. As for subgenus.

Description. Colour yellowish, idiosoma 429 (401) long and 270 (251) wide. Dorsal shield 423 (389) long and 235 (227) wide, with four pairs of glandularia, postocularia lying anterior to dgl-1. Dorsal furrow with four pairs of glandularia on relatively small platelets (especially most posterior pair) and three pairs of slit organs. Between fourth leg sockets and genital field a pair of glandularia (lateroglandularia 3 sensu Wiles 1997?). Acetabula rounded. Gonopore 72 long and 38 wide. Length/height of P1-P5: 22/16, 40/27, 32/, 54/19, 28/9. Length of I-leg- 4–6: 50, 46, 38, segments stocky. Dorsal margins of II-leg-4-5 and III-leg-4-5 with up to eight small setae. Length of IV-leg-4–6: 92, 84, 60; fourth legs very strong, with one large, simple claw and one smaller claw with a dorsal clawlet.

Female: Unknown.

Etymology. Named for its large claws.

Distribution. Borneo.

Figures

FIGURES 28 A – F. Javalbia uncinata n. sp., holotype male. A = dorsal view; B = ventral view; C = I-leg- 4 - 6; D = II-leg- 5 – 6; E = IV-leg- 4 – 6; F = palp. Scale bars = 50 Μm.