Momonia (Kondia) koreana Pešić, 2014,

AbéK, Hiroshi, IwasaK, Masahiro A. & Morimoto, Shizuko, 2024, Synonymy of the water mite subgenera Orientmomonia and Kondia in the genus Momonia (Momoniidae, Acari): an evaluation based on morphology and molecular data, Acarologia 64 (2), pp. 353-362 : 361

Momonia (Kondia) koreana Pešić, 2014 comb. nov.

[Japanese name: tamari-momodani]

Momonia (Orientmomonia) koreana Pešić, 2014: 223–225 , Figs. 5D–F , 8A–B, 9A–I; Smit,

2020: 705–707, Figs. 3004, 3009–3011. Syn. nov.

Diagnosis — Males: The anterior margin of the posterior dorsal plate with a pair of long setae. Females: Two pairs of dorsal setae on the posterior part of the dorsum arranged to form a rectangle, the posterior one-quarter of the genital plate beyond posteriorly to the level of the posterior margin of Cx-IV.

Remarks — The sexual dimorphism of the dorsum (male: dorsum covered by plates and platelets vs. female: dorsum mainly soft) is clearly differentiating the subgenus Kondia from Momonia s. str. The subfamily Momoniinae is newly recorded in Japan. According to the current knowledge, the subgenus Kondia in the genus Momonia contains two described species (probably three, as it is rather probable, the female described by Lundblad (1962) is not conspecific with M. karelica ): Momonia (Kondia) karelica and M. (K.) koreana . Considering the present distribution of these two species, the subgenus Kondia is probably widely distributed in the Palearctic region.

Figures

Figure 5 Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree based on the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene sequences obtained for a set ofMomoniaspecimens. Bootstrap values (> 50%) related to the nodes are indicated (1,000 replicates).