Ljania propinqua Kim & Chung, 1996

Pešić, Vladimir, 2014, Checklist of the water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) of Korea, with description of one new subgenus and two new species, Ecologica Montenegrina 1 (4), pp. 204-230 : 221

Ljania propinqua Kim & Chung, 1996

( Figs. 6 A­B)

New records: South Korea, CR11 Gwangju, Mudeung Mt. , stream, 35°8'50.2584" N 126°59'18.942" E, 11.x.2012, Pešić & Choi 1/0/0 (mounted) .

Records from Korea: Gangwon Province (Kangreung: Sagimak) – Kim and Chung (1996).

Remarks. Males of this species described after a single male from Gangwon Province, differ from L. orientalis (in parentheses, from Tuzovskij 2012) in the dorsal shield bearing 5 pairs of setae (6 pairs), Dgl­4 more distanced from lateral margin of the dorsal shield (close to lateral margin), anterior margin of Cx­I extending beyond frontal margin (not extending beyond frontal margin) and by the lower number of genital setae on each side, 10­11 (18­22). The female of L. propinqua is still unknown.

Habitat: Streams.

Distribution: Korea.

Figures

Figure 6. Photographs of dorsal (A, C) and ventral shields (B, D).A­B Ljania propinquaKim & Chung, 1996, male, CR9 (stream in Mudeung Mt).C­D Ljania orientalis Tuzovskij, 2012, male, CR11 (stream in Naebyeansan NP).