Kritaturus (Caudaturus) uncipalpis Cook, 1983

Smit, Harry & Pešić, Vladimir, 2020, New records of water mites from New Zealand, with the description of three new genera and ten new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Acarologia 60 (4), pp. 903-950 : 929

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.24349/acarologia/20204410

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5476676

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A9474B74-2967-FFCB-CBBF-93A9FBFFC4F4

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scientific name

Kritaturus (Caudaturus) uncipalpis Cook, 1983
status

 

Kritaturus (Caudaturus) uncipalpis Cook, 1983 .

( Figure 18 View Figure 18 A­B)

Material examined. 0/1/0, Parsons Creek near Lake Ohau, interstitial, 44°14.962 ′ S 169°49.118 ′ E, alt. 534 m asl, 18­iii­2020.

Remarks. The female of this study has a palp which differs from the typical uncipalpis palp ( Fig. 18A View Figure 18 ). The specimen might belong to a new species, but due to the absence of a male, we refrain from describing it.

Distribution. Known from North and South Island.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Trombidiformes

Family

Aturidae

Genus

Kritaturus

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