Axonopsis (Navinaxonopsis) persica Pešić, 2004

Esen, Yunus, Pešić, Vladimir & Erman, Orhan, 2011, Water mites of the family Aturidae Thor, 1900 from Turkey (Acari: Hydrachnidia), with description of two new species, Zootaxa 2746 (1), pp. 25-42 : 30-32

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2746.1.3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6186121

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Axonopsis (Navinaxonopsis) persica Pešić, 2004
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Axonopsis (Navinaxonopsis) persica Pešić, 2004 ( Figs. 5A–G View FIGURE 5 A – G )

Material examined. Bingöl Province, Genç , Kale stream, 38°31'41"N 40°32'40"E, 920 m asl., 19.vii.2010, (2/1/ 0) GoogleMaps .

Morphology. Male: Dorsal shield ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 A – G ) L/W 500/379; ventral shield ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 A – G ) 456/371; capitular bay L 113; W between most lateral pair of acetabula 168, gonopore W 26; Palp ( Fig. 5C View FIGURE 5 A – G ) total L 218, dL and %L (in parentheses): P-1 33 (15.1); P-2 51 (23.4); P-3 31 (14.2); P-4 77 (35.3); P-5 26 (11.9); L ratio P-2/P-4, 0.66; capitulum ventral L 103; chelicera total L 83. Legs: IV-L-5 and - 6 highly modified ( Figs. 5 View FIGURE 5 A – G D-E); IV-L-5 greatly expanded at distal end, this expanded portion bearing 6 fine hairs; IV-L-6 gently concave, not bowed on dorsal side; dL: IV-L-4 90; IV-L-5 98; IV-L-6 86; second, third, and fourth legs with a few swimming hairs.

Female: Similar to male except for shape of genital field and IV-L-5 and - 6; dorsal shield L/W 538/409; ventral shield ( Fig. 5F View FIGURE 5 A – G ); W between most lateral pair of acetabula 172, gonopore maximum W 81; palp ( Fig. 5G View FIGURE 5 A – G ) total L 217, dL and %L (in parentheses): P-1 35 (16.1); P-2 49 (22.6); P-3 33 (15.2); P-4 73 (33.6); P-5 27 (12.4); L ratio P-2/P-4, 0.67. Legs: dL of I-L-4-6: 57, 67, 70.

Remarks. The specimens from Turkey shows a general conformity with Axonopsis persica Pešiċ, 2004 , a species so far known only from one locality in Kermanshah Province in the Western part of Iran ( Pešiċ 2004). The additional record presented here confirm a much more extended distribution of this species and the subgenus Navinaxonopsis in the Near and Middle East area. Figure 5 View FIGURE 5 A – G A-G show some morphological details of the specimens from Bingöl Province.

Distribution. Iran. New for Turkey.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Acari

Family

Aturidae

Genus

Axonopsis

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