Kongsbergia, Thor, 1899

Pešić, Vladimir, Smit, Harry, Bahuguna, Pankaj, ., ., ., .,., K., K., K. & K., 2020, A new species of Kongsbergia from the Western Himalaya with a key to the species of the genus of India (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Ecologica Montenegrina 27, pp. 35-38 : 37

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Kongsbergia
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Key to species of the genus Kongsbergia View in CoL from India

1 IV-L-5 modified with characteristic modified setae: males..................................................................................2

- IV-L-5 without modified setae: females (unknown for K. parvatiya and K. himalayaensis sp. nov.) .................6

2 IV-L-5 distally projecting, with a large proximal sword-like seta in proximal half of the segment; dorsal shield colour pattern various ........................................................................................... ............................................ 4

- IV-L-5 not projecting distally, proximal seta curved, not-sword like, inserted near centre of the segment..........3

3 Dorsal shield with four pairs of strong setae associated with accompanying glandularia; without dorsal colour pattern; IV-L-4 distoventrally not projecting ..................................... K. indica Pešić & Smit, 2019 (Uttarkhand)

- Dorsal shield with simple setae; colour pattern consisting of a small anterior patch; IV-L-4 distoventrally projecting (exhibiting a strong variability, see Cook 1967)..................... K. variabilis Cook, 1967 (Maharashtra)

4 Proximoventral projection on IV-L-5 bearing the sword-like seta proportionally much larger; P-4 relatively long and narrow, colour pattern with pigmented area confined to the posterior half of the dorsal shield .............. ....................................................................................................................... K. parvatiya Cook, 1967 (Kerala)

- Proximoventral projection on IV-L-5 much smaller; P-4 proportionally much shorter and stouter; dorsal colour pattern different ...................................................................................................................................................5

5 Dorsal shield without colour pattern; distoventral seta on IV-L-5 less curved, almost straight, IV-L-6 proportionally stouter (L/H ratio 2.3) ..................................................... K. himalayaensis sp. nov. (Uttarkhand)

- Dorsal colour pattern consists of anterior and posterior patches; distoventral seta on IV-L-5 more curved, IV-L- 6 proportionally slender (L/H ratio ˃ 2.5).................................................... K. rucira Cook, 1967 (Maharashtra)

6(1) P-4 slender (L/H ratio 4.0), relatively longer, nearly as long as P-2+3 .......................... K. variabilis Cook, 1967

- P-4 stouter (L/H ratio 3.0), shorter than P-2+3 ..................................................................................................7

7 Dorsal shield without dorsal colour pattern, with four pairs of strong setae associated with accompanying glandularia ................................................ ............................................................... K. indica Pešić & Smit, 2019

- Dorsal shield with colour pattern as described for male, all dorsal setae simple................... K. rucira Cook, 1967

Cook, D. R. (1967) Water mites from India. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 9, 1 - 411.

Pesic, V., Smit, H. & Bahuguna, P. (2019) New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the Western Himalaya with the description of four new species. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 24 (1), 59 - 80. http: // doi. org / 10.11158 / saa. 24.1.5