Atractides (Atractides) latisetus ( K. Viets, 1916 )

Pešić, Vladimir & Smit, Harry, 2015, Water mites of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Hygrobatidae) from Ghana, Zootaxa 3911 (3), pp. 343-356 : 344

Atractides (Atractides) latisetus ( K. Viets, 1916)

( Figs. 1A–B )

Megapus latisetus K. Viets 1916: 272 .

Material examined. Ghana: Unnamed creek crossing road to Ankasa NP, 5º 11.435 N, 2º 39.429 W, alt. 20 m asl, 27.ii.2011, Smit 1/0/0; Small rainforest stream upstream Sagyimase, Atewa Hills, 6º 13.964 N, 0º 33.116 W, alt. 654 m asl., 8.iii.2011, Smit 0/1/0 (mounted); Supon stream near Asiakwa, Atewa Hills, 6º 15.530 N, 0º 30.642 W, alt. 250 m asl, 7.iii.2011, Smit 1/0/1; Afiaso stream, Kakum NP, 5º 30.087 N, 1º 26.373 W, alt. 114 m asl., 12.ii.2013, Smit 1/0/0; Ankasa River, Ankasa NP, 5º 13.011 N, 2º 39.126 W, alt. 60 m asl., 13.ii.2013, Smit 1/0/0 (mounted); Tributary of Oguntwe, Ankasa NP, 5º 16.563 N, 2º 38.733 W, alt. 78 m asl., 14.ii.2013, Smit 1/0/0.

Remarks. In a male from Ankasa River the distal sword setae (S-1 and -2) on one I-L-5 is misshaped ( Figs. 1A–B ).

Distribution. West Africa: Cameroon: K. Viets (1916); Liberia: Cook (1966); Ghana (our study); East Africa: Lundblad (1952); South Africa: K.O. Viets (1964), Pešić et al. (2011).

Figures

FIGURE 1 A – B. Atractides latisetus (K. Viets, 1916), male: A = left I-L- 5 and - 6; B = misshaped right I-L- 5 and - 6. Scale bars = 100 Μm.