Arrenurus (Truncaturus) sp. near corsicus (E. Angelier, 1951)

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 : 226

Arrenurus (Truncaturus) sp. near corsicus (E. Angelier, 1951)

( Figs. 10 A­B)

New records: South Korea, Gangwon Province, CR7 Odaesan NP, stream, 37º49.642'N, 128º42.170'E, 215 m asl., 9.x.2012, Pešić & Karanović 0/1/0 (mounted) .

Remarks: The single female specimen examined shows a general conformity with Arrenurus corsicus (E. Angelier, 1951) , a hyporheobiontic species known from the Palaearctic, most frequently reported from the Mediterranean. So far, a stream in the Khorrasan province (E Iran) represented the easternmost locality of this species ( Pešić et al. 2006). Our assignment to A. corsicus is based mainly on non­identity with alternative species, additional material and description of the male sex is necessary to clarify the taxonomy of this specimen.

Habitat: Stream.

Distribution: Palaearctic.

Figures

Figure 10. Photographs ofArrenurus(Truncaturus) sp. near corsicus (E. Angelier, 1951), female, stream in Odaesan NP: A = dorsal shield; B = ventral shield.