Soldanellonyx monardi Walter, 1919

Durucan, Furkan, 2020, Two new genera, Limnohalacarus and Soldanellonyx (Acari: Halacaridae) in freshwater halacarid mites with additional new records from Turkey, Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (1), pp. 1-11 : 7-8

Soldanellonyx monardi Walter, 1919

( Figs. 6 A–F)

Material examined

2 ♀♀, 1 deutonymph, slow running water canal, on sediments and stones, Fethiye, Çiftlik, 14 September 2019, coll. F. Durucan.

Morphology and notes

Idiosoma of females 375 long, 265 wide. Idiosoma length:width ratio 1.4. Idiosoma colours are light brown. Dorsal plates with faint reticulation. Anterior margin of AD almost truncated. AD 100 long, 90 wide. OC 63 long, 50 wide without corneae. PD 200 long, 113 wide. Dorsum with five pairs of gland pores and five pairs of short dorsal idiosomatic setae. AE with 3 pairs of ventral setae ( Fig. 6A ). AE 117 long, 212 wide. PE 162 long, 67 wide. GA 114 long, 125 wide and with five pairs of setae ( Fig. 6B ). Gnathosoma 125 long, 114 wide. Chelicera 125 long. Palp lengths from P1 to P4; 12, 50, 25, 32. Second palpal segment with basal spur and distal seta. Third segment with spine ( Figs. 6C, D ). Leg segments short. Leg-I chaetotaxy from basifemur to tarsus (solenidia, famuli and parambulacral setae excluded): 3, 5, 6, 7, 5. Claws in leg I umbrella-shaped ( Fig. 6E ). Idiosoma of deutonymph 300 long, 180 wide. GA of deutonymph as long as wide (75) ( Fig. 6F ). This is the first report of this genus from Turkey. The morphological characteristics and habitat preferences of the specimens reported here accord with the previous descriptions given by Bartsch (2001, 2008).

Distribution

The genus Soldanellonyx has a worldwide distribution. At present the genus Soldanellonyx contains 9 described species ( Bartsch 2018). Soldanellonyx monardi is recorded from many localities from continental Europe (from north to south), England, Scotland, Ireland, Tunisia, Kenya, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Oahu Island, North and South America ( Bartsch 2008). Present record: Fethiye, Çiftlik (Muğla).

Figures

Figure 6. Soldanellonyx monardi Walter, 1919 (female) – A. idiosoma, dorsal view; B. idiosoma, ventral view; C. gnathosoma, ventral view and chelicera, lateral view; D. palp, medial view; E. leg I, lateral view; F. Genitoanal plate, deutonymph; G–H. Porohalacarus alpinus (Thor, 1910), deutonymph; G. idiosoma, dorsal view; H. Genitoanal plate. Scale bars: 50 µm.