Sperchon (Hispidosperchon) balcanicus Pešić, 2025

Pešić, Vladimir, Bankowska, Aleksandra, Goldschmidt, Tom, Hårsaker, Karstein, Jovanović, Milica, Kaitetzidou, Elisavet, Krakowiak, Maja, Kozłowska, Aleksandra, Michaloudi, Evangelia, Michoński, Grzegorz, Miliša, Marko, Pozojević, Ivana, Rewicz, Tomasz, Rusiniak, Oliwia, Sobolak, Karolina, Szućko, Izabela, Stryjecki, Robert, Stur, Elisabeth, Szlauer-Łukaszewska, Agnieszka, Szenejko, Magdalena & Zawal, Andrzej, 2025, Checklist of water mites from the Balkan Peninsula: second supplement, new DNA barcodes and description of a new species, Zootaxa 5676 (1), pp. 1-74 : 27

Sperchon (Hispidosperchon) balcanicus Pešić sp. nov.

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FIGURE 2. Sperchon balcanicus sp. nov., ♂ (A–B, C holotype, Ribnik spring, Bosnia and Herzegovina; C specimen from Sokočnica river, Bosnia and Herzegovina):A—venter; B—dorsal shield; C—posterior part of the venter; D—palp, lateral view. Scale bars = 100 μm.

FIGURE 3. Sperchon balcanicus sp. nov., ♂ (A–E, C holotype, Ribnik spring, Bosnia and Herzegovina; F specimen from Sokočnica river, Bosnia and Herzegovina): A—IV-leg-4-6; B—capitulum; C—chelicera; D—ejaculatory complex; E–F—tip of ejaculatory complex. Scale bars = 100 μm.

FIGURE 4. Sperchon balcanicus sp. nov., ♀, Ribnik spring, Bosnia and Herzegovina: A—venter; B—dorsum (partially damaged); C—palp, lateral view. Scale bars = 100 μm.