Zelandalbia thibaulti, K & PešićK, 2024

K, Harry Smit & PešićK, Vladimir, 2024, New records of notoaturine water mites from New Zealand, with the description of five new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Notoaturinae), Acarologia 64 (2), pp. 499-524 : 518-521

Zelandalbia thibaulti n. sp.

Zoobank: 57577002-95B8-4124-B9F3-0CEE14C91E39

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Material examined — Holotype female, Simpson Creek , interstitial, crossing Haupiri Road, Moana, 42°32.852′ S, 171°39.594′ E, alt. 259 m asl., 15 Febr. 2023, dissected and slide mounted ( NMNZ) . Paratype: one male, same data as the holotype, dissected and slide mounted ( RMNH).

Diagnosis — Anterodorsal rim of ventral shield relatively wide and nearly straight at anterior margin; anteromedial plate longer than the posteromedial plate; palp segments moderately long and less slender (length/height ratio: P3, 1.7-1.9; P4, 4.0-4.1), P2 distoventrally convexly protruding.

Figures

Figure 12 Zelandalbia thibaultin. sp., female, Simpson Creek. A – dorsal shield; B – idiosoma, ventral view (partly damaged); C – palp; D – chelicera; E – gnathosoma; F – IV-leg-3-6. Scale bars = 100 μm.

Figure 13 Zelandalbia thibaultin. sp., male, Simpson Creek. A – idiosoma, dorsal view; B – idiosoma, ventral view (partial view); C – posteromedial plate and excretory pore; D – palp; E – I-leg-3-6; F – IV-leg. Scale bars = 100 μm.