Atractides prosiliens (Motas & Tanasachi, 1948)

Gerecke, Reinhard, 2003, Water mites of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari: Parasitengona: Hygrobatidae) in the western Palaearctic region: a revision, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 138, pp. 141-378 : 258

ATRACTIDES PROSILIENS ( MOTAŞ & TANASACHI, 1948)

( FIG. 52A–E )

Megapus prosiliens Motaş & Tanasachi, 1948

Type series: Missing. Locus typicus: Romania, Vallée de la Bughea, affluent du Rîul-Târgului (r. Pitesti) le 21.IV.1948, 1 ♂ .

Description:

General features

Original description, female unknown dorsal integument: smooth; muscle attachments: Postoc and D-1 fused to a small, longish platelet, D-2 sclerotized, Dgl-3 separate; Dgl-4 fused with

D-3; D-4 unfused, the largest of the dorsal plates; V-1 as a roundish platelet, V-2–4 not sclerotized coxal field: posterior margin of Cx-1 convex, with a subcuticular protrusion I-L: I-L-5 with S-1 and -2 closely together, similar in shape and length,

I-L-6 curved, with strong claws excretory pore: sclerotized; Vgl-1: fused to Vgl-2 (?) palp: P-2 with a prominent, rounded ventrodistal edge, P-2 ventrally slightly concave, distally rounded, P-4 slender, divided by hair insertions in sectors

3: 2: 1, a fine denticle near, and sword seta proximally from, insertion of proximoventral hair

Male

Original description:

genital field: anterior margin extended in a blunt tip, posterior margin slightly indented, Ac similar in size, gonopore short, restricted to the anterior half of the genital field; genital setae: 30, anteromedially forming a group, not flanking the posterior part of the gonopore idiosoma L/W 550/410; glandularia? (small)

coxal field L 264; Cx-3 W –; Cx-1 + 2 mL 82, IL –, W –

I-L: no measurements; L I-L-5/6 (calculated from Fig. 34 ) 1.33

S-1 L 66, L/W –, S-2 L 66, L/W –, interspace –, L S-1/2 1.0

genital field L/W 124/118, Ac-1–3 –

gnathosomal vL 104; chelicera L 165, L/H –, bS/claw 2.24

Figures

Figure 34. Atractides valencianus, type series. A–C, paralectotype ♀, D–G, lectotype ♂. A, ♀ I-L-5 and -6; B, ♀ palp, medial view; C, ♀ genital field without right genital plate; D, ♂ genital field, E, ♂ palp, medial view; F, ♂ palp, lateral view; G, ♂ I-L-5 and -6. Scale bars = 100 µm.

Figure 52. Atractides prosiliens, ♂ after Motaş et al. (1958). A, idiosoma, dorsal view; B, idiosoma, ventral view; C, che- licera; D, I-L-5 and -6; E, palp. No magnification scale bar available.