Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) insecutus K. Viets, 1916

Smit, H., 2012, New records of the water mite family Arrenuridae from the Afrotropical region, with the description of 11 new species and two new subspecies (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Zootaxa 3187, pp. 1-31 : 15

Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) insecutus K. Viets, 1916

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Material examined. GHANA. 1/0/0, Inlet Volta River at Kpong , 6° 09.183N 0° 03.709 W, alt 25 m asl, 10-iii- 2011 .

Remarks. The specimen from Ghana has a longer posterior cleft than the specimens from Cameroon (K. Viets 1916) and Liberia ( Cook 1966). However, as it is similar in all aspects, I assigned it to that species. More material is needed to elucidate the variability of A. insecutus . The male reported by Lundblad (1949) has a long posterior medial cleft, but its idiosoma shape is different, without posterolateral corners of the cauda.