Scutovertex alpinus Willmann, 1953
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https://doi.org/10.47121/acarolstud.1614788 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16953970 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F9879B-FFBB-317E-DE68-BAFDFBB3FB29 |
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Felipe |
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Scutovertex alpinus Willmann, 1953 |
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Scutovertex alpinus Willmann, 1953 View in CoL ( Figures 2 View Figure 2 A-H)
Measurements and colour. Body length: 400-470, body width: 200-290 (n=5). Colour dark brown.
Prodorsum ( Fig. 2B View Figure 2 ). The rostral setae are slightly dentate. The lamellae, which are thinly connected to the translamella, are narrow. The lamellar setae spiniform, slightly dentate and bent inwards. The sensillus is thin and long. Interlamellar setae and exobothridial setae are absent.
Notogaster ( Fig. 2D View Figure 2 ). The lateral edges of the lenticulus are slightly concave and the posterior part is wider. The notogaster bears ten pairs of setae. Five pairs of lyrifissures present.
Ventral region ( Fig. 2E View Figure 2 ). Epimeral setation 3-1-2-2. Three pairs of adanal setae, 2 pairs of anal setae, 6 pairs of genital setae and 1 pair of aggenital setae present on ano-genital region.
Legs. Tridactyl. The median claw is noticeably larger than the side claws.
Material examined. 8 adult specimens (3 of them were used for FESEM), from litter, Derevenk Valley , Kayseri, Türkiye, 38˚43.192'N 035˚34.394'E, 1156 m a.s.l., 06.X.2023 .
Remarks. Scutovertex alpinus has previously known from European ( Austria and Caucasus) ( Subías 2004, updated 2024). Body sizes are previously given as 330-630 ( Willmann, 1953) and 276 (268-302) - 494 (477-527) ( Pfingstl et al., 2010). Murvanidze and Weigmann (2012) only gave their length as 477-630. According to our data, the mean value of body size is 240-420. When the dimensions of the specimens found in Türkiye are compared with the dimensions of previously known specimens, it is seen that they are smaller than Willmann’s (1953) specimens. However, the dimensions of our specimens are in the range of specimens in the last comprehensive redescription study by Pfingstl et al. (2010) and the dimensions of Murvanidze and Weigmann’s (2012) specimens. This is the first record of this species in Türkiye. It is the second record of the genera Scutovertex in Türkiye.
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