A new water mite species of the genus Hygrobates Koch, 1837 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) from Russia

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33910/2686-9519-2020-12-4-439-443

Keywords:

Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae, Hygrobates, water mites, morphology, male

Abstract

An illustrated description of male of a new species Hygrobates neosokolowi sp. nov. from running waters of Primorsky Krai of Russia is given. The genital field of the new species with large genital acetabula occupying about one half of acetabular plate surface, posteromedial indentation without median projection, genital field with 24–25 pairs setae, five pairs longer and thicker than other genital setae.

References

Tuzovskij, P. V. (1987) Morfologiya i postembrional’noe razvitiye vodyanykh kleshchej [Morphology and postembryonic development of water mites]. Moscow: Nauka Publ., 172 p. (In Russian)

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2020-12-01

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