Kritaturus (Caudaturus) jacundus Cook, 1983

K, Harry Smit & PešićK, Vladimir, 2024, New records of notoaturine water mites from New Zealand, with the description of five new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Notoaturinae), Acarologia 64 (2), pp. 499-524 : 502

Kritaturus (Caudaturus) jacundus Cook, 1983

Figure 14C

New record — South Island. 0/1/0, Shepards Creek, S of Cromwell, 45°08.246′ S, 169°08.563′ E, alt. 330 m asl, 9 Jan. 2023, dissected and slide mounted.

Remarks — This species is identified based on the presence of integumental and eye pigment and shape of dorsal shield (anteromedial plate approximately same length as posteromedial plate, dorsal sclerites without much ornamentation, posterolateral platelets with longitudinal lines; Figure 14C ).

Distribution — Previously known from two localities from South Island.

Figures

Figure 14 Photographs of dorsal shield. A – Evidaturus scopticus Cook, 1983, male holotype, stream on Wainui Rd (from: <https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/125039>); B –Kritaturus sornus Cook, 1983, female, Longbeach Creek; C – K. jacundusCook, 1983,