Description of a new water mite species of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) from Kazakhstan
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https://doi.org/10.33910/2686-9519-2023-15-4-744-748Keywords:
Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae, Atractides, water mites, morphology, maleAbstract
An illustrated description of a new species Atractides turkestanicus sp. nov. from the Turkestan Region of Kazakhstan is given. Diagnostic features of the new species include the following characters: integument smooth; genital plate with 23–24 fine setae on each side, anterior margin straight; excretory pore smooth; P-2 with moderately large ventrodistal protrusion; P-3 longer than P-2, with four thick dorsal setae; P-4 sword seta between ventral setae; I-Leg-5 S-1- S-2 separation 12 μm.
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