identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
92673E50FFCF3503C3ED50CAFBE8773B.text	92673E50FFCF3503C3ED50CAFBE8773B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Albia Thon 1899	<div><p>Genus Albia Thon, 1899</p><p>A cosmopolitan genus, with eight species described from West Africa (K.O. Viets 1970).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFCF3503C3ED50CAFBE8773B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFCF3500C3ED5198FBE3778F.text	92673E50FFCF3500C3ED5198FBE3778F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Albia (Spinalbia) hystrix Viets 1914	<div><p>Albia (Spinalbia) hystrix Viets, 1914</p><p>(Fig. 1A)</p><p>Material examined. Holotype female, Buea, Nkwo-Flusse b. Tojoki, [Cameroon], 19-xi-1911, leg. Damköhler (slide 1255, SMF); cotype female, Kamerun, Bach a. Dibombe kl. b. Bonapupa, [Cameroon], leg. Damköhler, 19- v-1914 (slide 1908, SMF); female, Kamerun, Bäche SO Niala, leg Damköhler, 1915/1916 (slides 4177, 4178, SMF) . Ghana. 0/3/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-13.006&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.573" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -13.006/lat 11.573)">Plunge</a> pool Boti Falls, 6º 11.573 N 0º 13.006 W, alt . 271 m a.s.l., 9-iii-2011; 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-13.01&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.508" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -13.01/lat 11.508)">Stream Boti Falls</a>, 6º 11.508 N 0º 13.010 W, alt . 273 m a.s.l., 9-iii-2011; 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-36.52&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=10.252" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -36.52/lat 10.252)">Unnamed</a> stream between Apepam and Kojo Amu, Atewa Hills, 6º 10.252 N 0º 36.520 W, alt . 424 m a.s.l., 27-ii-2013.</p><p>Remarks. The females examined from Ghana have a very distinct excretory pore platelet posterior to the genital field, flanked by an even distinct pair of glandularia platelets. However, Viets (1914) didn’t illustrate this in his original publication. Therefore I checked a number of slides of the Viets collection. In the holotype only the excretory pore is present, the glandularia platelets are lost. In the cotype (which can’t be a paratype because this specimen was not part of the original publication) and the non-type material from Cameroon, both excretory pore and the glandularia platelets are present. Occasionally, these platelets are partly covered by the genital plates. Albia hystrix is known from Cameroon, Liberia and reported here for the first time for Ghana.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFCF3500C3ED5198FBE3778F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFCC3500C3ED51CBFEB67298.text	92673E50FFCC3500C3ED51CBFEB67298.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Albia (Anchistalbia) tenuipalpis Viets 1911	<div><p>Albia (Anchistalbia) tenuipalpis Viets, 1911</p><p>(Figs. 1 B–D)</p><p>Material examined. Ghana. 1/0/0, Stream Asukuma, Kakum NP, 5º 26.995 N 1º 25.071 W, alt. 131 m a.s.l., 12-ii- 2013.</p><p>Description. Male: Idiosoma yellowish with in the centre a large purple spot, dorsally 640 long and 470 wide, ventrally 559 long. Dorsal and ventral shields present. Dorsal shield 429 wide, with five pairs of glandularia. First coxae not extending to anterior idiosoma margin. Suture lines between Cx-I and Cx-II and midline distinct, suture line between Cx-III and Cx-IV indistinct, suture lines of Cx-II and Cx-III obliterated. Suture lines of Cx-III/IV fused with midline anterior to fusion point of CX-I/II. Cxgl–4 close to suture line between Cx-III and Cx-IV. Genital field with numerous acetabula, gonopore 56 long. Length of P1–5: 38, 64, 47, 86, 36. P4 bowed. Length of I-leg-4–6: 72, 82, 70. Length of IV-leg-4–6: 98, 104, 90. Second, third and fourth legs with numerous swimming setae.</p><p>Remarks. Cook (1966) reported the species from Liberia, but his specimen has a different configuration of the dorsal glandularia compared to the male from Ghana, and has an anterior and posterior blue spot. The male described by Viets (1916) has a blue spot in the centre, but is larger (735 µm) than the male from Ghana. Unfortunately Viets (1916) didn’t illustrate the dorsum, and his illustration of the venter is sketchy. The palp of Viets’ his male agrees well with the palp of the male from Ghana, which is less elongated compared to the female. Albia tenuipalpis is known from Cameroon, South Africa, possibly from Liberia and reported here for the first time from Ghana .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFCC3500C3ED51CBFEB67298	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFCC3500C3ED552FFEC47068.text	92673E50FFCC3500C3ED552FFEC47068.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aturus Kramer 1875	<div><p>Genus Aturus Kramer, 1875</p><p>The genus Aturus has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution, lacking only in the Australasian region . The highest species diversity is found in the Nearctic region (Di Sabatino et al. 2008). In the Afrotropical region three species are known, all from East Africa . Below the first species is described for West Africa from Ghana. Females cannot be identified in many cases (Gerecke et al. 2016), and therefore these records are given separately below.</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=25.141&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=51.223" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 25.141/lat 51.223)">Material</a> examined. Ghana. 0/1/0, Kulugu River, upstream, hyporheic, 6º 51.223 N 0º 25.141 E, alt. 410 m a.s.l., 20-ii-2013 ; 0/3/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=36.456&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.16626666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 36.456/lat 0.16626666)">Stream</a> downstream of Wanjakli Falls, Lipke Todome, 7º 0 9.976 N 0º 36.456 E, alt. 478 m a.s.l., 23-ii-2013 .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFCC3500C3ED552FFEC47068	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFCC3506C3ED56A0FBE3743A.text	92673E50FFCC3506C3ED56A0FBE3743A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aturus ghanaensis	<div><p>Aturus ghanaensis n. sp.</p><p>(Figs. 2A–E)</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=34.326&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.0118" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 34.326/lat 0.0118)">Material</a> examined. Holotype male, Tagbo River downstream of falls, Ghana, 7º 0 0.708 N 0º 34.326 E, alt. 394 m a.s.l., 23-ii-2013 .</p><p>Diagnosis. Male: Dorsum with four pairs of glandularia, setae of anterior pair stout but not bifurcated, other glandularia setae slender; near posterior margin 2+3 small setae; dorsum posteriorly slightly indented, with a group of small setae in indentation; III-leg-5 with three curved setae in the middle of segment; IV-leg large, IV-leg-4 with a large blade-like seta, one claw heavy and without clawlets, the other normal.</p><p>Description. Male: Idiosoma pale rose-coloured, dorsally 312 long and 239 wide, ventrally 340 long. Dorsal shield 275 long and 211 wide, with four pairs of glandularia; anterior pair with stout, not bifurcated setae; middle two pairs close two each other; near posterior margin 2 + 3 small setae. Dorsum with four pairs of glandularia platelets in dorsal furrow. Posterior margin of dorsum slightly indented flanked by a sclerotized margin, with an irregularly shaped hyaline extension and a group of small dorsal setae. First coxae extending beyond anterior idiosoma margin. Coxal suture lines obliterated. Gonopore terminal, slender, approximately 46 long. Approximately 10 pairs of acetabula near posterior idiosoma margin, one pair of acetabula larger than the others lying lateral to gonopore. A pair of glandularia lateral to gonopore. Length of P1–5: 20, 48, 36, 74, 29; P2 with a short distoventral extension, ventral margin of P4 with a relatively stout seta. Length of I-leg-4–6: 62, 76, 92. IIIleg-5 with three curved setae near middle. Length of IV-leg-4–6: 68, 176, 156. IV-leg very large; IV-leg-4 with one large, blade-like seta, one much smaller seta and several (7?) small setae; IV-leg-5 ventrally with six proximal and four distal setae; IV-leg-6 dorsally elevated in distal part, with one heavy claw without clawlets and one normal claw with large dorsal and ventral clawlets.</p><p>Female: Unknown.</p><p>Etymology. Named after the country where the type was found.</p><p>Remarks. Male Aturus alpheus Lundblad, 1951 from Kenya has a similar setation of III-leg-5 and IV-leg-5, but has IV-leg-4 with two, not one, blade-like seta(e), both minor in size Moreover, the posterior margin of the dorsum has four slender extensions, the anterior glandularia setae of the dorsal shield are bifurcated and there are two rows of eight small setae on the posterior part of the dorsal shield (Lundblad 1952).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFCC3506C3ED56A0FBE3743A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFCA3506C3ED5355FB4375ED.text	92673E50FFCA3506C3ED5355FB4375ED.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Kongsbergia (Kongsbergiella) caudata Cook 1966	<div><p>Kongsbergia (Kongsbergiella) caudata Cook, 1966</p><p>Material examined. Ghana. 1/0/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-39.126&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.011" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -39.126/lat 13.011)">Ankasa River</a>, Ankasa NP, 5º 13.011 N 2º 39.126 W, alt. 60 m a.s.l., 13-ii- 2013.</p><p>Remarks. Thus far known only from Liberia, and reported here for the first time for Ghana.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFCA3506C3ED5355FB4375ED	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFCA3506C3ED5287FC1D74E8.text	92673E50FFCA3506C3ED5287FC1D74E8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Kongsbergia Thor 1899	<div><p>Genus Kongsbergia Thor, 1899</p><p>A widely distributed genus, lacking only in the Australasian region.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFCA3506C3ED5287FC1D74E8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFCA3507C3ED54F8FBFB7738.text	92673E50FFCA3507C3ED54F8FBFB7738.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Subalbia elongata	<div><p>Subalbia elongata n. sp.</p><p>(Figs. 3A–E)</p><p>Material examined. Holotype female, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-39.126&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.011" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -39.126/lat 13.011)">Ankasa River</a>, Ankasa NP, Ghana, 5º 13.011 N 2º 39.126 W, alt. 60 m a.s.l., 13-ii-2013 .</p><p>Diagnosis. Midline of coxae absent; idiosoma relatively elongated.</p><p>Description. Female: Idiosoma dorsally 382 long and 338 wide, ventrally 437 long. Dorsal shield complete, 356 long and 316 wide, with 12 pairs of glandularia and anteriorly and posteriorly a purple coloured patch. First coxae extending far beyond anterior idiosoma margin, capitular bay deep. Suture lines of coxae indistinct. A projection present associated with fourth leg sockets. A ridge present anterolateral to IV- leg sockets. Between fourth leg sockets and genital field two pairs of glandularia present. Genital field with two long genital plates with numerous acetabula, arranged in 2–3 rows; one pair close to gonopore larger than others. Gonopore relatively large, margins of gonopore indistinct. P1–5: 40, 62, 62, 158, 30; palp very long, especially P4. Length of I-leg-4–6: 60, 84, 90; I-leg-5 with a rudimentary swimming seta. Length of III-leg-4–6: 60, 88, 86; III-leg-5 anteroventrally with two slightly modified setae. Length of IV-leg-4–6: 86, 104, 80. Leg claws large, simple, with a minute dorsal clawlet. Numbers of swimming setae: III-leg-5 two, IV-leg-5 one. I-leg-5 and II-leg-5 with one and two rudimentary swimming setae, respectively.</p><p>Male: Unknown.</p><p>Etymology. Named for the elongated idiosoma.</p><p>Remarks. The new species differs from the three known species from Liberia ( S. longipalpis Cook,1966, S. walteri Cook, 1966, S. distincta Cook, 1966) in the configuration of the glandularia of the dorsal shield and the absence of a midline. Subalbia longipalpis has the middle anterior pair lying anterior to the lateral anterior pairs (posterior to the lateral anterior pairs in the new species), S. walteri has the dorsal glandularia grouped more together and the anterior two pairs lying in a line while in S. distincta the are two posterior located pairs lying in a line. From the two species from Cameroon ( S. proceripalpis Viets, 1914 and S. punctata (Viets, 1925)) the new species differs in a more elongated idiosoma and the absence of a midline of the coxae.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFCA3507C3ED54F8FBFB7738	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFCA3506C3ED542AFCE5729A.text	92673E50FFCA3506C3ED542AFCE5729A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Subalbia Viets 1914	<div><p>Genus Subalbia Viets, 1914</p><p>A genus only known for five species described from West Africa.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFCA3506C3ED542AFCE5729A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFC83504C3ED508FFE5D77F4.text	92673E50FFC83504C3ED508FFE5D77F4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Subaturus Viets 1916	<div><p>Genus Subaturus Viets, 1916</p><p>Members of the genus Subaturus are known from Cameroon and Liberia. Females cannot be identified (Cook 1966). As the genus has not been reported from Ghana, I give here the locations where specimens were found.</p><p>Material examined. Ghana. 0/1/0, Stream Asukuma, Kakum NP, 5º 26.995 N 1º 25.071 W, alt. 131 m a.s.l., 12-ii-2013; 0/2/0, Afiaso stream, Kakum NP, 5º 30.087 N 1º 26.373 W, alt. 114 m a.s.l., 12-ii-2013; 0/2/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-39.126&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.011" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -39.126/lat 13.011)">Ankasa River</a>, Ankasa NP, 5º 13.011 N 2º 39.126 W, alt. 60 m a.s.l., 13-ii-2013 ; 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=25.141&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=51.223" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 25.141/lat 51.223)">Kulugu River</a>, upstream, hyporheic, Ghana, 6º 51.223 N 0º 25.141 E, alt. 410 m a.s.l., 20-ii-2013 ; 0/2/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=34.326&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.0118" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 34.326/lat 0.0118)">Tagbo River</a> downstream of falls, 7º 0 0.708 N 0º 34.326 E, alt. 394 m a.s.l., 23-ii-2013 ; 0/2/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=34.476&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.931" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 34.476/lat 19.931)">Laboun River</a>, downstream, Kyabobo NP, 8º 19.931 N 0º 34.476 E, alt. 303 m a.s.l., 24-ii-2013 .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFC83504C3ED508FFE5D77F4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFC93505C3ED5476FE177357.text	92673E50FFC93505C3ED5476FE177357.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Albaxona Szalay 1944	<div><p>Genus Albaxona Szalay, 1944</p><p>The genus Albaxona is known from the Palaearctic, Afrotropical, Oriental and Nearctic regions. Two subgenera have been described, based on the fusion or separation of the genital field with the fourth coxae. However, according to Peši &amp; Gerecke (2003), this fusion is not suitable for discrimination of the subgenera. Consequently, the genus is now without subgeneric classification. From the Afrotropical region only one species is known from Liberia (Cook 1966).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFC93505C3ED5476FE177357	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFC93505C3ED5080FE0E75C0.text	92673E50FFC93505C3ED5080FE0E75C0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Subaturus spathulasetus	<div><p>Subaturus spathulasetus n. sp.</p><p>(Figs. 4A–F)</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=28.024&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=53.054" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 28.024/lat 53.054)">Material</a> examined. Holotype male, Apkonu stream downstream of falls, Logba Tota, Ghana, 6º 53.054 N 0º 28.024 E, alt. 363 m a.sl., 21-ii-2013 .</p><p>Diagnosis. II-leg-5 with a short spatulate seta, I-leg-6 with one normal claw and one enlarged, blade-like claw.</p><p>Description. Male: Idiosoma with orange patches, dorsally 267 long and 251 wide, ventrally 332 long. Dorsal shield with three ridges and three pairs of glandularia. First coxae extending far beyond frontal margin. Coxal suture lines obliterated. A ridge present anterolateral to IV-leg sockets. Fourth coxae with three pairs of glandularia, the anterior two pairs in a line. Gonopore 62 long, relatively narrow. Genital field fused with coxal field, with approximately 22 acetabula, most in a row near posterior margin of coxal field, 2–3 acetabula located more anteriorly. Length of P1–5: 18, 34, 18, 49, 22. P4 stocky, ventrally slightly bulging. Length of I-leg-4–6: 54, 82, 72. I-leg-6 enlarged, with one normal claw and one enlarged, blade-like claw (the latter, due to its position in the slide, not well visible). Length of II-leg-4–6: 54, 78, 66. II-leg-5 ventral margin in central part strongly widened, ventrally with one short spatulate seta and two pointed setae (one of these larger than the other). Length of IV-leg-4–6: 78, 100, 80.</p><p>Female: Unknown.</p><p>Etymology. Named for the presence of a spatulate seta of II-leg-5.</p><p>Remarks. Two Subaturus species have been described so far, both differing in a wider gonopore, i.e. S. expansus Cook, 1966 and S. exilis Cook, 1966 . Subaturus expansus has a dorsal shield with two pointed projections (absent in the new species), a more slender P4 and II-leg-5 with a pointed seta (blunt in the new species); S. exilis has I-leg-6 with two normal claws, a more slender P4 and the modified seta of II-leg-5 is basally narrowed (Cook 1966).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFC93505C3ED5080FE0E75C0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFC9350AC3ED55B3FA0E7066.text	92673E50FFC9350AC3ED55B3FA0E7066.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Albaxona wanjakliensis	<div><p>Albaxona wanjakliensis n. sp.</p><p>(Figs. 5A–C)</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=0.60760003&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=7.002771" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 0.60760003/lat 7.002771)">Material</a> examined. Holotype female, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=0.60760003&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=7.002771" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 0.60760003/lat 7.002771)">Stream</a> downstream of Wanjakli Falls, Lipke Todome, Ghana, 7 0 9.976 N 0 36.456 E, alt. 478 m a.s.l., 23-ii-2013 . Paratype: one female, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=0.46706668&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.8842335" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 0.46706668/lat 6.8842335)">Apkonu</a> stream downstream of falls, Logba Tota, Ghana, 6 53.054 N 0 28.024 E, alt. 362 m a.s.l., 21-ii-2013 .</p><p>Diagnosis. Vgl–2 fused with acetabular plates, the latter fused with postgenital sclerite.</p><p>Description. Female: Idiosoma dorsally 344 (397) long and 297 (316) wide, ventrally 348 (398) long. Dorsal shield 324 (381) long and 219 (243) wide, with postocularia, three pairs of glandularia and a pair of setae without glands; postocularia anteriorly of dgl-1. Dorsal furrow with A2 and three pairs of glandularia platelets. First coxae slightly extending beyond anterior idiosoma margin. Suture lines of coxae obliterated. Cxgl-2 lying halfway between fourth leg sockets and genital field. Genital field with three pairs of acetabula; gonopore 104 long. Acetabular plates fused with vgl-2 and postgenital sclerite. Excretory pore lying free, posterior to genital field. Length of P1–5: 21, 36, 36, 52, 32. Gnathosoma with a stout anterior seta. Length of I-leg-4–6: 58, 58, 58. Length of IV-leg-4–6: 62, 73, 58.</p><p>Male: Unknown.</p><p>Etymology. Named after the type locality.</p><p>Remarks. Albaxona motasi (Cook, 1966) from Liberia has a shorter coxal field, not extending beyond the frontal margin, the postocularia are located more anterior, the pair of posterior setae of the dorsal shield are lacking and P4 is more slender. Moreover, vgl-2 are only lightly fused, while they are completely fused in the new species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFC9350AC3ED55B3FA0E7066	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFC6350AC3ED56A3FC6F713F.text	92673E50FFC6350AC3ED56A3FC6F713F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Axonopsis Piersig 1893	<div><p>Genus Axonopsis Piersig, 1893</p><p>A genus known from the Palaearctic, Nearctic, Oriental and Afrotropical regions. From West Africa two species are known (Cook 1966, Smith et al. 2015), a third species is described below.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFC6350AC3ED56A3FC6F713F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFC6350BC3ED5770FA90725F.text	92673E50FFC6350BC3ED5770FA90725F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Axonopsis kintampo	<div><p>Axonopsis kintampo n. sp.</p><p>(Figs. 6A–E)</p><p>Material examined. Holotype male, Kintampo <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-1.6980166&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=8.001504" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -1.6980166/lat 8.001504)">Falls</a>, Ghana, 8 0 5.413 N 1 41.881 W, 3-iii-2011 . Paratypes: one male, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-1.7973666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=8.001382" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -1.7973666/lat 8.001382)">Fuller Falls</a>, Ghana, 8 0 4.975 N 1 47.842 W, alt. 189 m a.s.l., 6-iii-2011 ; one female, Namini stream, Kakum NP, 5 23.396 N 1 23.294 W, alt. 185 m a.s.l., 12-ii-2013; one male, one female, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-2.6521&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.21685" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -2.6521/lat 5.21685)">Ankasa River</a>, Ankasa NP, Ghana, 5 13.011 N 2 39.126 W, alt. 60 m a.s.l., 13-ii-2013 ; one male, Ankasa Exploration Base trail stream, Ankasa NP, Ghana, 5 16.415 N 2 38.751 W, alt. 80 m a.s.l., 14-ii-2013; one female, Ankasa Exploration Base trail stream, Ankasa NP, Ghana, 5 16.413 N 2 38.810 W, alt. 81 m a.s.l., 14-ii-2013; one male, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=0.4190167&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.853717" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 0.4190167/lat 6.853717)">Kulugu River</a>, upstream, N of Biakpa, Ghana, 6 51.223 N 0 25.141 E, alt. 410 m a.s.l., 20-ii-2013 ; one male, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=0.41835&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.8560834" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 0.41835/lat 6.8560834)">Kulugu River</a>, 6 51.365 N 0 25.101 E, alt. 388 m a.s.l, 19-ii-2013 .</p><p>Diagnosis. Dorsal shield with a large concavity; genital field with four acetabula, male with three acetabula in a triangle, the fourth pair medial to this triangle.</p><p>Description. Both sexes: Idiosoma yellowish, outline rugose, frontal margin concave, Dorsal shield fused anteriorly with ventral shield, with three flat ridges and four pairs of glandularia, most posterior pair flanking the excretory pore, the latter fused with dorsal shield. Dorsal furrow in posterior third with two pairs of glandularia platelets, the posterior one hardly visible in dorsal view due to rugosity of idiosoma and therefore not shown in Fig. 6A. First coxae slender, extending beyond frontal margin. Coxal suture lines obliterated. A ridge extending from anterolateral idiosoma margin to fourth leg sockets, and from here slightly diverging in posterior direction. No glandularia between fourth leg sockets and genital field. Genital field with four pairs of acetabula, three pairs in a triangle, one pair lying medially of this triangle. Numbers of swimming setae: II-leg-4 two, II-leg-5 one, III-leg-4 two, III-leg-5 four, IV-leg-4 two and IV-leg-5 three. Male: Idiosoma dorsally 389 (356–413) long and 340 (300– 335) wide, ventrally 413 (360–413) long. Dorsal shield 300 (264–300) wide; gonopore 30 long. Length of P1–5: 28, 50, 24, 90, 28. P2 somewhat enlarged, with strongly rounded dorsal and straight ventral margins; P4 slender. Length of I-leg-4–6: 54, 58, 76. Length of IV-leg-4–6: 74, 80, 76.</p><p>Female: Idiosoma yellowish, with a purple transversal dorsal band, dorsally 397 (356) long and 317 (284–292) wide, ventrally 405 (369–373) long. Dorsal shield 292 (255–259) wide. Length of P1–5: 22, 50, 30, 88, 30. Length of I-leg-4–6: 48, 50, 66. Length of IV-leg-4–6: 60, 67, 56.</p><p>Etymology. Named after the type locality, the name being a noun in apposition.</p><p>Remarks. The new species is closest to A. magnipalpis Cook, 1966 in the presence of four pairs of acetabula and P2 enlarged. P2 of A. magnipalpis is more enlarged while P4 is stockier than in the new species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFC6350BC3ED5770FA90725F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFC7350BC3ED5549FE9571DD.text	92673E50FFC7350BC3ED5549FE9571DD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Brachypodopsis (Brachypodopsis) indistincta	<div><p>Brachypodopsis (Brachypodopsis) indistincta n. sp.</p><p>(Figs. 7A–C)</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=34.326&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.0118" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 34.326/lat 0.0118)">Material</a> examined. Holotype male, Tagbo River downstream of falls, Ghana, 7º 0 0.708 N 0º 34.326 E, alt. 394 m a.s.l., 23-ii-2013 .</p><p>Diagnosis. Idiosoma rounded; dorsal shield with five pairs of glandularia; genital field with four pairs of acetabula.</p><p>Description. Male: Idiosoma rugose, yellowish with rose-coloured coxal field and posterior part, 340 long and 284 wide, ventrally 348 long. Dorsal shield 259 wide, anteriorly fused with ventral shield, with a V-shaped ridge, five pairs of glandularia flanked by setae and one pair of setae without glandularia; excretory pore fused with dorsal shield. First coxae relatively broad, extending beyond frontal margin. Coxal suture lines obliterated. Between fourth leg sockets and genital field two pairs of glandularia, posterior pair difficult to see due to rugosity. Genital field with four pairs of acetabula, three most lateral pairs in a triangle, medial pair separated from three other pairs; gonopore 24 long. Length of P1–5: 24, 34, 18, 50, 22; P4 ventrally straight, narrowed near base. Length of I-leg-4–6: 44, 50, 74. Length of IV-leg-4–6: 62, 69, 72. Legs unmodified, without swimming setae.</p><p>Female: Unknown.</p><p>Etymology. Named for the indistinctness of the dorsal and ventral glandularia, due to the rugosity of the idiosoma.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFC7350BC3ED5549FE9571DD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFC7350BC3ED54BBFB96730C.text	92673E50FFC7350BC3ED54BBFB96730C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Brachypodopsis Piersig 1903	<div><p>Genus Brachypodopsis Piersig, 1903</p><p>A genus with an almost cosmopolitan distribution, absent from Australia only.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFC7350BC3ED54BBFB96730C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFC53509C3ED5604FB617075.text	92673E50FFC53509C3ED5604FB617075.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Hexaxonopsis Viets 1926	<div><p>Genus Hexaxonopsis Viets, 1926</p><p>Hexaxonopsis is widely distributed, and known from the Palaearctic, Oriental and Nearctic regions.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFC53509C3ED5604FB617075	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFC5350EC3ED56D2FE00741F.text	92673E50FFC5350EC3ED56D2FE00741F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Hexaxonopsis (Hexaxonopsis) rectimarginata	<div><p>Hexaxonopsis (Hexaxonopsis) rectimarginata n. sp.</p><p>(Figs. 8A–C)</p><p>Material examined. Holotype male, Afiaso stream, Kakum NP, Ghana, 5 30.087 N 1 26.373 W, alt. 114 m a.s.l., 12-ii-2013.</p><p>Diagnosis. Posterior idiosoma margin near-straight, genital field with four pairs of acetabula. Description. Male: Idiosoma oval, yellowish, dorsally 409 long and 373 wide, ventrally 400 long, posterolaterally with a small, pointed, posteriorly-directed extension. Dorsal shield 348 wide, anteriorly fused with ventral shield, anteriorly and posteriorly with a bluish patch, with five pairs of glandularia, central and posterior pairs close to each other; excretory pore fused with dorsal shield. Anterior coxae not extending to frontal margin, Cx-I and Cx-II with a hook-like lateral extension. Between fourth leg sockets and genital field two pairs of glandularia, one pair halfway and one pair close to genital field. Genital field with four pairs of acetabula, one pair distinctly smaller than other three pairs; gonopore 28 long. Length of P1–5: 31, 50, 29, 70, 28. P2 slender, P4 ventrally slightly bulging. Length of I-leg-4–6: 56, 76, 74. Length of IV-leg-4–6: 86, 104, 88. Numbers of swimming setae: III-leg4 and IV-leg-4 two, III-leg-5 four, IV-leg-5 three.</p><p>Female: Unknown.</p><p>Etymology. Named for the near-straight posterior idiosoma margin.</p><p>Remarks. The combination of a near-straight posterior margin and four pairs of acetabula is not found in other Hexaxonopsis species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFC5350EC3ED56D2FE00741F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFC2350CC3ED577FFD5772C2.text	92673E50FFC2350CC3ED577FFD5772C2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Hexaxonopsis (Hexaxonopsis) subtruncata	<div><p>Hexaxonopsis (Hexaxonopsis) subtruncata n. sp.</p><p>(Figs. 9A–D)</p><p>Material examined. Holotype male, Unnamed stream crossing road to Ankasa NP, Ghana, 5 11.435 N 2 39.429 W.</p><p>alt. 20 m a.s.l., 27-ii-2011. Paratypes: one male, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-1.7973666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=8.001382" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -1.7973666/lat 8.001382)">Fuller Falls</a>, Ghana, 8 0 4.975 N 1 47.842 W, alt . 189 m a.s.l., 6-iii- 2011; two females, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-0.19538333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.1752667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -0.19538333/lat 6.1752667)">Akaa Falls</a>, Ghana, 6 10.516 N 0 11.723 W, alt . 180 m a.s.l., 9-iii-2011; two males, three females, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-2.6521&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.21685" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -2.6521/lat 5.21685)">Ankasa River</a>, Ankasa NP, Ghana, 5 13.011 N 2 39.126 W, alt . 60 m a.s.l., 13-ii-2013; 22 males, seven females, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=0.4478&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.844267" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 0.4478/lat 6.844267)">Amedzofe Falls</a>, 6 50.656 N 0 26.868 E, alt . 599 m a.s.l., 20-ii-2013; one male, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=0.59145&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=8.3306" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 0.59145/lat 8.3306)">Laboun River</a> downstream of falls, Ghana, 8 19.836 N 0 35.487 E, alt . 342 m a.s.l., 24-ii-2013.</p><p>Diagnosis. Dorsal shield with a short truncated extension; excretory pore fused with dorsal shield, flanked by a pair of glandularia; between fourth leg sockets and genital field two pair of glandularia, most posterior pair close to genital field in male and both glandularia more or less halfway in female.</p><p>Description. Both sexes: Colour pale yellow. Dorsal shield fused anteriorly with ventral shield; with six pairs of glandularia, two pairs close to each other, most posterior pair flanking the excretory pore, posteriorly with a short truncate extension. Anterior part of coxal field bluish, but in a number of paratypes coxal field without bluish colour; a number of paratypes with a transverse rose-colour band. Cx-I and Cx-II with a hook-like extension. Genital field with three pairs of acetabula; P4 ventrally expanded, with a stout seta. Number of swimming setae: III-leg-4 with two, III-leg-5 with four, IV-leg-4 with two and IV-leg-5 with three. Male: Idiosoma dorsally 389 (381–429) long and 316 (336–356) wide, ventrally 381 (373–412) long. Dorsal shield 292 (308–332) wide. Between fourth leg sockets and genital field two pairs of glandularia, one pair halfway and one pair close to genital field. Gonopore 35 long. Length of P1–5: 30, 41, 34, 72, 24. Length of I-leg-4–6: 52, 70, 70. Length of IV-leg-4–6: 64, 82, 70. IV-leg not modified, IV-leg-5 ventrally with seven setae of different length, IV-leg-6 ventrally with five short setae of equal length.</p><p>Female: Idiosoma dorsally 382 (390–437) long and 328 (316–381) wide, ventrally 375 (389–421) long. Dorsal shield 296 (284–356) wide. Halfway between fourth leg sockets and genital field two pairs of glandularia. Gonopore 46 long and 74 wide. Length of P1–5: 28, 34, 30, 66, 24;. Length of I-leg-4–6: 44, 60, 58. Length of IVleg-4–6: 66, 74, 64.</p><p>Etymology. Named for the short truncate extension of the dorsal shield.</p><p>Remarks. Most male Hexaxonopsis species have the two pairs of glandularia between the fourth leg sockets and the genital field either close to each other, or the posterior pair is distanced from the genital field. Only Hexaxonopsis marshallae (Cook, 1966) from Liberia has a pair of glandularia close to the genital field, but the idiosoma is more tapering posteriorly and the pair of glandularia flanking the excretory pore is absent. Female H. kimalis (Cook, 1966) from Liberia have a similar configuration of the dorsal and ventral glandularia, but lack the short truncate extension of the dorsal shield.</p><p>There is some variation in the position of the glandularia between the fourth leg sockets and the genital field. Females from Amedzofe Falls have these glandularia more distanced from each other, while in the males the more posterior pair is more distanced from the genital field. Moreover, these specimens lack the bluish colour of the coxal field, but the bluish colour is lacking in some other specimens as well. These differences are not large enough to warrant the description of another new species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFC2350CC3ED577FFD5772C2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFC0350CC3ED550FFBE273E4.text	92673E50FFC0350CC3ED550FFBE273E4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Javalbia Viets 1935	<div><p>Genus Javalbia Viets, 1935</p><p>The genus Javalbia is widely distributed and is known from the Oriental, Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions. Especially rich in species is the Oriental region, with 20 species described (Smit &amp; Pešić 2014, Smit in prep, Pešić &amp; Smit in prep). From the Afrotropical region only two species have been described, i.e. J. (Javalbiopsis) africana Cook, 1966 from Liberia and J. (Javalbiopsis) lata K.O. Viets, 1974 from South Africa .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFC0350CC3ED550FFBE273E4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFC0350DC3ED5621FB39741F.text	92673E50FFC0350DC3ED5621FB39741F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Javalbia (Javalbia) coalescens	<div><p>Javalbia (Javalbia) coalescens n. sp.</p><p>(Figs. 10A–C)</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=34.326&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.0118" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 34.326/lat 0.0118)">Material</a> examined. Holotype male, Tagbo River downstream of falls, Ghana, 7º 0 0.708 N 0º 34.326 E, alt. 394 m a.s.l., 23-ii-2013 . Paratype: one male, same data as holotype; one male, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=28.024&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=53.054" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 28.024/lat 53.054)">Apkonu</a> stream downstream of falls, at Logba Tota, Ghana, 6º 53.054 N 0º 28.024 E, alt. 362 m a.s.l., 21-ii-2013 .</p><p>Diagnosis. Male (female unknown): In the posterior dorsal furrow, two glandular platelets and the slit organ in between fused to an elongated platelet; posterior glandular platelet fused with slit organ lying posterior; dorsal shield with postocularia and three pairs of glandularia; vgl-2 not fused with coxal field.</p><p>Description. Male: Idiosoma dorsally 413 (404–407) long and 292 (279–292) wide, ventrally 351 (344–348) long, tapering posteriorly. Eye capsules present but without pigment. Dorsal shield 401 (398–402) long and 259 (247–259) wide, with postocularia lying far distanced from dgl-1, and three pairs of glandularia. A2 not fused with dorsal shield. Three pairs of glandularia platelets in posterior half of dorsal furrow, the anterior two on each side fused with each other and with the slit organ in between, posterior pair fused with slit organ lying posterior. Anterior coxae far distanced from frontal margin. Suture lines of coxae obliterated. Cxgl-4 about halfway between fourth leg sockets and genital field. Genital plates fused with coxal field, with three pairs of acetabula; gonopore 40 long. Vgl-2 lying free, not fused with coxal shield, excretory pore lying on a platelet posterior to genital field. Length of P1–5: 19, 33, 24, 42, 22. Length of I-leg-4–6: 40, 48, 44. Length of IV-leg-4–6: 44, 48, 34. Swimming setae absent.</p><p>Female: Unknown.</p><p>Etymology. Named for the fused glandularia platelets.</p><p>Remarks. This is the first species of the nominate subgenus for the Afrotropical region. The described fusion of the glandularia platelets and the slit organs is not found in other members of the subgenus.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFC0350DC3ED5621FB39741F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFC13513C3ED577EFACA77AA.text	92673E50FFC13513C3ED577EFACA77AA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Javalbia (Javalbiopsis) indentata	<div><p>Javalbia (Javalbiopsis) indentata n. sp.</p><p>(Figs. 11A–C)</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-36.52&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=10.252" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -36.52/lat 10.252)">Material</a> examined. Holotype female, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-36.52&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=10.252" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -36.52/lat 10.252)">Unnamed</a> stream between <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-36.52&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=10.252" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -36.52/lat 10.252)">Apepam</a> and Kojo Amu, Atewa Hills, Ghana, 6º 10.252 N 0º 36.520 W, alt. 424 m a.s.l., 27-ii-2013 . Paratype: one female, same data as holotype; one female, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=25.141&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=51.223" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 25.141/lat 51.223)">Kulugu River</a>, upstream, hyporheic, Ghana, 6º 51.223 N 0º 25.141 E, alt. 410 m a.s.l., 20-ii-2013 ; one female, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=34.326&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.0118" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 34.326/lat 0.0118)">Tagbo River</a> downstream of falls, Ghana, 7º 0 0.708 N 0º 34.326 E, alt. 394 m a.s.l., 23-ii-2013 ; one female, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=28.024&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=53.054" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 28.024/lat 53.054)">Apkonu</a> stream, downstream of falls, at Logba Tota, Ghana, 6º 53.054 N 0º 28.024 E, alt. 362 m a.s.l., 21-ii-2013 . <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=26.868&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=50.656" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 26.868/lat 50.656)">Other</a> material. 0/1/0, Amedzofe Falls, Ghana, 6º 50.656 N 0º 26.868 E, alt. 599 m a.sl., 20-ii-2013 .</p><p>Diagnosis. Postocularia at same level as dgl-2; dorsal furrow with three small glandularia platelets.</p><p>Description. Female: Idiosoma brownish, dorsally 365 (363–413) long and 318 (272–328) wide, ventrally 312 (324–356) long. Dorsum with a short posterior indentation. Dorsal shield 348 (351–401) long and 318 (235–274) wide, with A2, five pairs of glandularia and a pair of setae without glands. Postocularia on same level as dgl-2. Dorsal furrow with three pairs of small glandularia platelets. Excretory pore fused with dorsal shield. Suture lines of coxae obliterated. Cxgl-4 about halfway between fourth leg sockets and genital field. Vgl-2 lying free, partially covered by posterior margin of ventral shield. Genital field with three pairs of acetabula in a row. Acetabular plates not fused with postgenital sclerites. Gonopore 98 long. Length of P1–5: 21, 30, 20, 44, 24. Length of I-leg-4–6: 38, 42, 42. Length of IV-leg-4–6: 54, 58, 46. Legs without swimming setae.</p><p>Male: Unknown.</p><p>Etymology. Named after the short posterior indentation of the dorsum.</p><p>Remarks. he only other known Javalbia species from Africa with three pairs of acetabula, J. africana has the dorsal furrow with long glandularia platelets, vgl-2 are fused with the acetabular plates and the postocularia are lying anterior to dgl-2. The female from Amedzofe Falls has the preocularia not fused with the dorsal shield.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFC13513C3ED577EFACA77AA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFDF3513C3ED5251FEB675A5.text	92673E50FFDF3513C3ED5251FEB675A5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Paraxonopsis acuminata (Viets 1916) Viets 1916	<div><p>Paraxonopsis acuminata (Viets, 1916)</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-47.842&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.08291666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -47.842/lat 0.08291666)">Material</a> examined. Ghana. 1/0/0, Fuller Falls, 8º 0 4.975 N 1º 47.842 W, alt. 189 m a.s.l., 6-iii-2011 ; 1/0/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-26.373&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=30.087" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -26.373/lat 30.087)">Afiaso</a> stream, Kakum NP, 5º 30.087 N 1º 26.373 W, alt. 114 m a.s.l., 12-ii-2013 ; 1/0/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=25.101&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=51.365" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 25.101/lat 51.365)">Plunge</a> pool Kulugu River, 6º 51.365 N 0º 25.101 E, alt. 388 m a.s.l., 19-ii-2013 ; 3/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=0.4190167&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.853717" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 0.4190167/lat 6.853717)">Kulugu River</a>, upstream, N of Biakpa, Ghana, 6 51.223 N 0 25.141 E, alt . 410 m a.s.l., 2/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=0.41835&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.8560834" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 0.41835/lat 6.8560834)">Kulugu River</a>, 6 51.365 N 0 25.101 E, alt . 388 m a.s.l, 19-ii-2013; 20-ii-2013; 3/0/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=35.487&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.836" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 35.487/lat 19.836)">Laboun River</a> downstream of falls, Kyabobo NP, 8º 19.836 N 0º 35.487 E, alt . 342 m a.sl., 24-ii-2013; 0/3/0, Unnamed stream upstream Sagyimase, Atewa Hills, 6º 13.966 N 0º 33.114 W, alt. 671 m a.s.l., 28-ii-2012.</p><p>Distribution. Known from Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Liberia (Cook 1966) and reported here for the first time from Ghana.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFDF3513C3ED5251FEB675A5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFDF3513C3ED53E2FE03704A.text	92673E50FFDF3513C3ED53E2FE03704A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Paraxonopsis latihumerosa	<div><p>Paraxonopsis latihumerosa n. sp.</p><p>(Figs. 12A–D)</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-33.114&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.966" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -33.114/lat 13.966)">Material</a> examined. Holotype male, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-33.114&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.966" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -33.114/lat 13.966)">Unnamed</a> stream upstream Sagyimase, Atewa Hills, Ghana, 6º 13.966 N 0º 33.114 W, alt. 671 m a.s.l., 28-ii-2013 .</p><p>Diagnosis. Idiosoma anteriorly widened; eyes absent.</p><p>Description. Male: Idiosoma rose-coloured, elongate, anteriorly widened, dorsally 324 long and 211 wide, ventrally 348 long. Eyes absent. Dorsal and ventral shields present. Dorsal shield 196 wide, with three flat ridges; dorsal shield with four pairs of glandularia. Dorsal furrow without glandularia. Anterior coxae blunt, extending beyond frontal margin. Apodemes of capitulum relatively long. Suture lines of coxae obliterated. Between genital field and fourth leg sockets one pair of glandularia. Genital field terminal, with three pairs of acetabula. Length of P1–5: 21, 31, 20, 48, 20. Palp stocky, proximal part of P4 medially with a narrow sheath. Length of I-leg-5–6: 32, 54, 60. Length of IV-leg- 4–6 52, 58, 62.</p><p>Female: Unknown.</p><p>Etymology. Named for the broad shoulders.</p><p>Remarks. The shape of the idiosoma and the absence of eyes separates the new species from other Paraxonopsis species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFDF3513C3ED53E2FE03704A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFDF3510C3ED56B7FCD476D2.text	92673E50FFDF3510C3ED56B7FCD476D2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pseudaxonopsalbia Viets 1942	<div><p>Genus Pseudaxonopsalbia Viets, 1942</p><p>The genus Pseudaxonopsalbia is defined in the male sex only, females are difficult to separate from Javalbia . Female Pseudaxonopsalbia have 3–4 glandularia platelets in the dorsal furrow, 3–4 pairs of acetabula, I-leg-1 and IV-leg-1 with a large curved seta, and the excretory pore fused with the dorsal shield. Moreover, a pair of glandularia is lying in a line with the fourth leg sockets. However, most of these characters are found also in Javalbia . Nevertheless, based on the position of the pair of glandularia between the fourth leg sockets and the presence of stout setae on I-leg-1 and IV-leg 1, I have assigned the new species described below to Pseudaxonopsalbia . Cook (1974) stated that Pseudaxonopsalbia dose not have swimming setae. The new species described below has IV-leg-5 with two swimming setae. When assigment of the new species to Pseudaxonopsalbia proofs to be is correct, the genus diagnosis must be emended.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFDF3510C3ED56B7FCD476D2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFDC3516C3ED56EBFD0A7738.text	92673E50FFDC3516C3ED56EBFD0A7738.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pseudaxonopsalbia (Pseudaxonopsalbia) ghanensis	<div><p>Pseudaxonopsalbia (Pseudaxonopsalbia) ghanensis n. sp.</p><p>(Figs. 13A–E)</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=26.868&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=50.656" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 26.868/lat 50.656)">Material</a> examined. Holotype female, Amedzofe Falls, Ghana, 6º 50.656 N 0º 26.868 E, alt. 599 m a.sl., 20-ii- 2013 . Paratypes: five females, same data as holotype.</p><p>Diagnosis. Dorsal furrow with three pairs of glandularia platelets; preocularia not fused with dorsal shield; vgl-2 covered by ventral shield; genital plates with four pairs of acetabula, not fused with postgenital sclerites.</p><p>Description. Female: Idiosoma dorsally 389 (373–405) long and 308 (316–332) wide, ventrally 340 (344– 365) long; dorsum slightly indented at posterior margin. Dorsal shield 381 (367–401) long and 262 (259–284) wide, with A2 and three pairs of glandularia plus a pair of setae without glands, postocularia anteromedially of dgl- 1; excretory pore fused with dorsal shield. Dorsal furrow with three pairs of glandularia platelets and a pair of preocularia. Anterior coxae far distanced from frontal margin. Suture lines of coxae obliterated. Fourth leg sockets with small condyles. Cxgl-4 more or less halfway between fourth leg sockets and genital field. Vgl-2 covered by fourth coxae and probably not fused with coxal shield. In a young female vgl-2 are still not covered by coxal shield. Genital field with four pairs of acetabula, not fused with post-genital sclerites; gonopore 88 long. Length of P1–5: 22, 37, 27, 52, 28. Length of I-leg-4–6: 46, 48, 44; I-leg-1 with a stout ventral seta, I-leg-2 with a somewhat less stout seta. Length of IV-leg-4–6: 48, 56, 42; IV-leg-5 with two swimming setae.</p><p>Male: Unknown.</p><p>Etymology. Named after the country where the new species was found.</p><p>Remarks. The new species is most close to Pseudaxonopsalbia acanthophora (Cook, 1966) in similarly shaped acetabular plates, but differs in a less slender idiosoma, more posteromedially-placed postocularia and vgl- 2 are completely covered by the coxal field (only partially covered in acanthophora). Moreover, no swimming setae have been reported for P. acanthophora .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFDC3516C3ED56EBFD0A7738	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFDA3516C3ED519EFD4377E4.text	92673E50FFDA3516C3ED519EFD4377E4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Subaxonopsalbia Cook 1966	<div><p>Genus Subaxonopsalbia Cook, 1966</p><p>A monotypic genus known only from West Africa.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFDA3516C3ED519EFD4377E4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
92673E50FFDA3516C3ED523BFB7574D4.text	92673E50FFDA3516C3ED523BFB7574D4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Subaxonopsalbia pectinifera Cook 1966	<div><p>Subaxonopsalbia pectinifera Cook, 1966</p><p>Material examined. Ghana. 1/0/0, Tributary of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-39.119&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.13" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -39.119/lat 13.13)">Ankasa River</a>, Ankasa NP, 5º 13.130 N 2º 39.119 W, alt. 96 m a.s.l., 13-ii-2013.</p><p>Remarks. Thus far known only from Liberia, and reported here for the first time from Ghana.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92673E50FFDA3516C3ED523BFB7574D4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry	Smit, Harry (2016): The water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Ghana, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4158 (4): 523-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.5
