Acidoturus parviscutatus, Smit, 2019

Smit, Harry, 2019, New and rare species of hyporheic water mites from New Zealand (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Aturidae, Momoniidae with the description of two new genera, one new subgenus and one new species, Acarologia 59 (3), pp. 364-373 : 367

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.24349/acarologia/20194339

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5841385

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E48785-FFC3-967B-FE5A-FDFDFB8AFAC7

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Acidoturus parviscutatus
status

sp. nov.

Acidoturus parviscutatus n. sp.

( Figure 2 View Figure 2 A-E)

Zoobank: A686B0DB-F932-43D2-AB6C-B31FAF63B1FE

Material examined — Holotype female, Elliot Creek interstitial dig , Aorere Valley, South Island, New Zealand, 40°49.897’ S 172°28.309’ E, alt. 110 m, 8-1-2019, leg. H. Smit ( NMNZ) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: one female, same data as holotype ( RMNH) ; one female, Fifteen Mile Creek   GoogleMaps , interstitial dig, Aorere Valley, South Island, New Zealand, 40°48.443’ S 172°31.378’ E, alt. 69 m asl, 7-1-2019, leg. H. Smit ( RMNH).

Diagnosis — As for genus, see above.

Description — Female: Idiosoma dorsally 405 (381–389) long (measured till tip of “hood”), ventrally 397 (366-3-77) long and 282 (267–284) wide. Dorsal shield 220 (214–230) long and 160 (156–168) wide, anteromedial dorsal plate 142 (140–150) long and 148 (130–150) wide, posteromedial plate 80 (76–80) long and 98 (82–94) wide. Integument anterodorsally with spine-like structures. Coxae pointed, suture lines indistinct or absent. Cx-I not extending beyond anterior margin of anterior “hood”. A suture line extending from base of Cx-III to lateral idiosoma margin. Gonopore terminal in position, 44 long. Genital field with numerous acetabula, extending onto dorsum. Length of P1-P5: 18, 36, 22, 38, 18. Palp stocky, especially P4; P3 with a relatively long dorsal seta, P4 with one short and one long ventral seta. Length of I-leg-4-6: 36, 40, 48 (till tip of segment). IV-leg-4 with a large ventral extension with a stout seta. Length of IV-leg-4-6: 25, 22, 40 (till tip of segment). IV-leg-2 larger than other segments, suture line of IV-leg-2 and -3 obliterated, IV-leg-4 with a ventral extension. Excretory pore dorsally.

Male: Unknown.

Etymology — Named for the small dorsal shield.

NMNZ

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

RMNH

National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Trombidiformes

Family

Aturidae

Genus

Acidoturus

GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF