Mamersa testudinata Koenike, 1898

Smit, Harry, 2021, Water mites from West Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Acarologia 61 (3), pp. 700-746 : 704

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Mamersa testudinata Koenike, 1898
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Mamersa testudinata Koenike, 1898

New records. Ghana. 1/0/0, lake near Mankessim, 5°16′3.93″ N 1°0′11.74″ W, 3 Jan. 2010, leg. P. Wondergem; 3/1/0, pool 2 Ankasa NP, 5°17.250′ N 2°38.092′ W, 66 m a.s.l., 27 Feb. 2011 ; 0/1/0, Inlet Volta River at Kpong, 6°09.183′ N 0°03.709′ E, 25 m a.s.l., 10 Mar. 2011 ; 1/0/0, Second pond, Ankasa NP, 5°17.424′ N 2°38.286′ W, 58 m a.s.l., 14 Feb. 2013 ; 0/0/1, Avu Lagoon, 5°59.244′ N 0°42.476′ E, 13 m a.s.l., 18 Feb. 2013 ; 2/6/0, Inlet Volta River at Kpong, 6°09.183′ N 0°03.709′ E, 25 m a.s.l., 27 Feb. 2013.

Remarks. Females have a wider pre-genital sclerite than males, in the latter the pre-genital sclerite is more triangular. Moreover, the genital plates have a short anteromedial extension in the females, which is absent in the males.

Distribution. Widespread in Africa south of the Sahara.

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