identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03FD878E1F4EF053F19AFACC17152FE7.text	03FD878E1F4EF053F19AFACC17152FE7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Litarachna Walter 1925	<div><p>Genus Litarachna Walter, 1925</p><p>Diagnosis: Gerecke et al. 2016: p. 226.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD878E1F4EF053F19AFACC17152FE7	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	Pešić, Vladimir;Durucan, Furkan;Zawal, Andrzej	Pešić, Vladimir, Durucan, Furkan, Zawal, Andrzej (2019): Marine mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of the Mediterranean Sea: Descriptions of two new species, key for identification and future prospects. Zootaxa 4585 (3): 501-516, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.3.6
03FD878E1F4EF053F19AFB9117152EB5.text	03FD878E1F4EF053F19AFB9117152EB5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pontarachnidae Koenike 1910	<div><p>Family Pontarachnidae Koenike, 1910</p><p>Diagnosis: Gerecke et al. 2016: p. 225.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD878E1F4EF053F19AFB9117152EB5	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	Pešić, Vladimir;Durucan, Furkan;Zawal, Andrzej	Pešić, Vladimir, Durucan, Furkan, Zawal, Andrzej (2019): Marine mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of the Mediterranean Sea: Descriptions of two new species, key for identification and future prospects. Zootaxa 4585 (3): 501-516, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.3.6
03FD878E1F4EF05FF19AFA3E17D22958.text	03FD878E1F4EF05FF19AFA3E17D22958.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Litarachna muratsezgini Pešić & Durucan & Zawal 2019	<div><p>Litarachna muratsezgini sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs 2–6)</p><p>Type material. Holotype female (RMNH), dissected and slide mounted, Turkey, Antalya, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=30.707222&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=36.875557" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 30.707222/lat 36.875557)">Hamit Bey</a> beach, 36.87555556°N, 30.70722222°E, medium coarse sand, 7 m depth, 30.vii.2017 leg. Durucan. Paratypes: one male, two females, two deutonymphs, same data as holotype, one male and one deutonymph dissected and slide mounted (RMNH) .</p><p>Diagnosis. Suture lines Cx-II/III and Cx-III/IV complete; medial posterior apodemes of Cx-IV broad, shorter than the lateral ones, posteriorly not extending beyond the level of posterior genital field margin in female, in male not reaching level of anterior genital field margin.</p><p>Descrıptıon. Female (holotype, in parentheses some measurements of paratypes): Integument soft, ocular pigment present. Idiosoma elongated L/W 491/316 (494-503/291-294); coxal field L/W 184/219; Cx-I separated medially; suture lines Cx-I/II and Cx-III/IV complete, suture line Cx-II/III incomplete; posterior margin of Cx-IV with two pairs of apodemes, the medial ones short and broad, the lateral pairs of apodemes longer than medial ones, posteriorly not extending to caudal margin of postgenital sclerite (Fig. 3A). Genital field L/W 70/50, pregenital and postgenital sclerite bowed, postgenital sclerite W 49. A pair of small platelets with coxoglandularia 4 and associated setae free in the integument between posterior apodemes of Cx-IV (Fig. 3B). Three pairs of wheel-like acetabula sensu Cook (1996) situated posterior to the genital field, V3 (gland and seta sensu Wiles et al. 2002) fused with Lgl-3; excretory pore unsclerotized, near posterior end of idiosoma.</p><p>Chelicera total L 164; palp total L 314, dL/H ratio: P-1, 17/21, 0.82; P-2, 102/54, 1.89; P-3, 41/45, 0.9; P-4, 102/30, 3.39; P-5, 52/17, 3.0; dL P-2/P-4 ratio 1.0; P-2 ventral margin concave; P-3 ventral margin concave, P-4 ventral setae not lying at the same level (Fig. 3E). Legs: dL of I-L (Fig. 3C): 39, 44, 56, 66, 89, 86; I-L-6 H 26, I-L- 6 dL/H ratio 3.3; dL of IV-L-2-6 (Fig. 3D): 52, 64, 99, 111, 102; IV-L-5 with one short swimming seta.</p><p>Male: Similar to female, except for the shape of the genital field and postgenital area (Fig. 4). Idiosoma L/W 550/456; coxal field L/W 167/231; posterior apodemes of Cx-IV far away from the level of anterior genital field margin. Ring shaped genital plate (L/W 33/36) with 2 pairs of small setae, area around genital field with a dense group of setae (Fig. 4).</p><p>Gnathosoma vL 95; chelicera total L 138; palp total L 286, dL: P-1, 16; P-2, 91; P-3, 48; P-4, 90; P-5, 41; dL P-2/P-4 ratio 1.0. Legs: dL of I-L: 41, 34, 52, 63, 84, 83; dL of IV-L: 70, 44, 56, 88, 102, 90; number of swimming setae as in female.</p><p>Deutonymph: As in adults but lacking a genital field (Fig. 5A). Idiosoma L/W 294/163. Coxal field L/W 117/ 141. Gnathosoma vL 82; chelicera total L 70; palp total L 171, dL/H ratio: P-1, 11/13, 0.87; P-2, 52/28, 1.84; P-3, 22/24, 0.9; P-4, 56/17, 3.3; P-5, 30/11, 2.7; dL P-2/P-4 ratio 0.92; palp (Figs. 5 B-C) as in adults.</p><p>Etymology. The new species is dedicated to Professor Dr Murat Sezgin, who suddenly passed away on 28 July 2017, in a traffic accident. He was the dean of the Fisheries Faculty of the Sinop University (Turkey), and a team leader of the meiobenthos ecology group who significantly contributed to the study of the Black Sea.</p><p>Remarks. Due to the complete suture line Cx-III/IV, the similar shape of the palp with P-4 ventral margin without a projection, and in males, the area around genital field with a dense group of setae, the new species resembles Litarachna communis Walter, 1925 . The latter species can be easily separated from the new species in having longer apodemes of Cx-IV (posteriorly extending beyond the level of posterior genital field margin in female, in male extending beyond the level of anterior genital field margin) with the medial apodemes longer than the lateral ones. Moreover P-4 and P-5 are less slender in Litarachna muratsezgini sp. nov., while P-4 is more bowed.</p><p>Biology. One ovigerous female from our material contained one large egg with a maximum diameter of about 190 µm.</p><p>Distribution. Turkey (Gulf of Antalya).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD878E1F4EF05FF19AFA3E17D22958	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	Pešić, Vladimir;Durucan, Furkan;Zawal, Andrzej	Pešić, Vladimir, Durucan, Furkan, Zawal, Andrzej (2019): Marine mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of the Mediterranean Sea: Descriptions of two new species, key for identification and future prospects. Zootaxa 4585 (3): 501-516, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.3.6
03FD878E1F42F05FF19AFC681715298B.text	03FD878E1F42F05FF19AFC681715298B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pontarachna Philippi 1840	<div><p>Genus Pontarachna Philippi, 1840</p><p>Diagnosis: Gerecke et al. 2016: p. 224.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD878E1F42F05FF19AFC681715298B	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	Pešić, Vladimir;Durucan, Furkan;Zawal, Andrzej	Pešić, Vladimir, Durucan, Furkan, Zawal, Andrzej (2019): Marine mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of the Mediterranean Sea: Descriptions of two new species, key for identification and future prospects. Zootaxa 4585 (3): 501-516, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.3.6
03FD878E1F42F05CF19AFBDA114C2BCD.text	03FD878E1F42F05CF19AFBDA114C2BCD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pontarachna turcica Pešić & Durucan & Zawal 2019	<div><p>Pontarachna turcica sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs 6–7)</p><p>Type material. Holotype male (RMNH), dissected and slide mounted, Turkey, Antalya, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=30.723791&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=36.865204" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 30.723791/lat 36.865204)">Erenkuş</a> beach, 36.865204°N, 30.723791°E, medium coarse sand, 7 m depth, 2.vii.2017 leg. Durucan. Paratype: one female, same data as holotype, dissected and slide mounted (RMNH) .</p><p>Diagnosis. Posterior margin of Cx-IV with broad medial posterior apodemes; sclerotized ring around male gonopore with 12 pairs of setae.</p><p>Descrıptıon. Male (holotype): Idiosoma elongated L 375; coxal field L/W 162/219; Cx-I separated medially; suture lines Cx-II/III incomplete; suture line of Cx-III/IV ending in posteromedial apodemes; posterior margin of Cx-IV with two pairs of short apodemes not reaching level of anterior genital field margin; the medial apodemes much broader than the lateral ones (Fig. 6A). Sclerotized ring around gonopore L/W 37/30, with 12 pairs of setae (Fig. 6a). Posteriorly of Cx-IV two glandularium like structures, accompanied by a seta (Cxgl-4 and Lgl-3, respectively). Posterior to the genital field a pair of glandularium-like structure (V3 without a seta sensu Wiles et al. 2002) arranged in a line with a pair of platelets (= acetabular platelet sensu Cook 1996) bearing a pore and two “wheel-like” acetabula. Excretory pore unsclerotized, near the posterior idiosoma margin.</p><p>Gnathosoma vL 105; chelicera total L 284; palp total L 173, dL/H ratio: P-1, 17/15, 1.16; P-2, 42/25, 1.69; P- 3, 38/22, 1.75; P-4, 56/16, 3.56; P-5, 20/9, 2.1; dL P-2/P-4 ratio 0.76; P-2 with slightly concave ventral and convexly bowed dorsal margin; P-3 ventral margin straight; P-4 slender, slightly bowed, ventral margin without a tubercle (Fig. 6D). Legs: dL of I-L (Fig. 7C): 35, 32, 42, 38, 55, 64; I-L-6 H 28, I-L-6 dL/H ratio 2.29; dL of IV-L (Fig. 6B): 63, 36, 48, 84, 93, 82; claws strong with ventral and dorsal clawlets; number of swimming setae: IV-L-4, 1; IV-L-5, 2.</p><p>Female: Similar to male, except for the shape of the genital field and postgenital area (Fig. 7A). Idiosoma L/W 348/211; coxal field L/W 166/202; medial posterior apodemes of Cx-IV not extending posteriorly beyond the postgenital sclerite. Genital field L/W 52/44, pregenital sclerite slightly bowed, W 44, longer than postgenital sclerite (W 28), postgenital sclerite bearing a pair of wheel-like acetabula sensu Cook (1996).</p><p>Gnathosoma vL 113; chelicera total L 296; palp total L 182, dL/H ratio: P-1, 20/16, 1.25; P-2, 42/24, 1.74; P-3, 38/24, 1.6; P-4, 61/16, 3.9; P-5, 21/8, 2.7; dL P-2/P-4 ratio 0.69; palp (Fig. 7C) as in male. Legs: dL of I-L (Fig. 7B): 33, 40, 40, 55, 71; I-L-6 H 31, I-L-6 dL/H ratio 2.26; dL of IV-L-2-6: 41, 49, 89, 100, 77; number of swimming setae: IV-L-4, 1; IV-L-5, 2.</p><p>Etymology. The species is named for its presence in Turkey.</p><p>Remarks. The presence of broad posteromedial apodemes of Cx-IV makes the new species similar to Pontarachna valkanovi, a species described by Petrova (1978) from the interstitial zone of the marine littoral (0.6- 1.2 m depth) of the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. The latter species can be easily distinguished in the male having a sclerotized ring around gonopore with 5 pairs of setae arranged in a row (Petrova 1978; Pešić et al. 2013c). From the widely distributed P. communis the new species can be separated by having broad posteromedial apodemes of Cx-IV and sclerotized ring around male gonopore with a lower number of setae.</p><p>Distribution. Turkey (Gulf of Antalya); known only from the type locality.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD878E1F42F05CF19AFBDA114C2BCD	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	Pešić, Vladimir;Durucan, Furkan;Zawal, Andrzej	Pešić, Vladimir, Durucan, Furkan, Zawal, Andrzej (2019): Marine mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of the Mediterranean Sea: Descriptions of two new species, key for identification and future prospects. Zootaxa 4585 (3): 501-516, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.3.6
