Copidognathus magnipalpus (Police, 1909)

Durucan, Furkan, 2019, New records of Copidognathus (Acari: Halacaridae) from Antalya, Turkey, Persian Journal of Acarology 8 (3), pp. 189-210 : 198

Copidognathus magnipalpus (Police, 1909) ( Figs. 8 A–E )

Material examined

Yakamoz Beach, 1 m, Jania rubens , 30 ♀♀, 16 ♂♂; Bilem Beach, 6 m, Cystoseira barbata , 10 ♀♀; Finike, 2 m, Corallina officinalis , 2 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂.

Morphology and notes

Females 340–350 long, 210–220 wide, that of male 325–335 long, 200–210 wide. Porose areolae of all dorsal plates with canaliculi arranged within polygons. AD 87 long, 75 wide and with an anterior and two posterior porose areola. OC 70 long, 30 wide with 2 corneae. Posterior cornea of the plate subdivided. PD 200 long, 125 wide. Setae ds-1 on AD, ds-2 within striated integument between AD and OC. ds-3 to ds-5 on PD. Female AE 112 long, 175 wide. Epimeral pores 8–10 wide. Female GA 135 long, 100 wide; with three pairs of pgs and one pair of sgs. Male GA 150 long, 125 wide; with 22 pgs and three pairs sgs ( Figs. 8 A–C ). Gnathosoma 100 long and 75 wide; 1.3 times longer than wide. Rostrum extending just beyond the level of P-2 ( Fig. 8 D ). Leg I 230 long. The chaetotaxy of leg I as follows (from basifemur to tarsus); 2, 5, 4, 7, 5 ( Fig. 8 E ). Copidognathus magnipalpus is close to C. loricifer . Both species have “Y” shaped areolae on AD. They can be easily distinguished from each other type of areolae on AD (ovate porose polygon areolae in C. magnipalpus , in C. loricifer with rosetta pores) ( Bartsch 1979; 2001).

Distribution Eastern Atlantic, Kenya, Black and Mediterranean Sea ( Bartsch 2009).

Figures

Figure 8. Copidognathus magnipalpus (Police, 1909) – A. Dorsal view of idiosoma (male); B. Ventral view of idiosoma (male); C. GA (female); D. Ventral view of gnathosoma (male); E. Lateral view of leg I (male). Scale bars: 50 µm.