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Lohmannella hureaui Newell 1984

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Description

Lohmannella hureaui Newell, 1984

Diagnosis. One cornea present. Glp-1 same level as Ds-1. Ds-2 on membranous cuticle. Ds-3 on membranous cuticle. One or 2 dorsal setae on PE. Female with 27–28 Pgs and 8–10 Sgs. Male with 70 Pgs and 4(?) Sgs. Tb I with 6 Bp setae; Ta III–IV with 4-3 dorsal setae, 3-3 ventral setae. Lc I with palmate accessory process. Idiosoma length 547 in female. Idiosoma width 356 in female.

Remarks. Characteristis of this species are: the round GA in male, Lc with multidentate accessory process, Ta III and Ta IV with feathered distal fossary setae, and large dorsal Glps. There is a possibility that this species is conspecific with L. bihamata. Female and male are known.

Habitat. Littoral zone: Durvillea antarctica (Phaeophyta) holdfasts.

Distribution. Indian Ocean: Golfe du Morbihan, Port Douziéme, Ronarc’h Peninsula (Kerguelen Is.) [France].

References. Newell (1984), Chatterjee & Sarma (1991).

Depository. USNMNHW.

Notes

Published as part of Abé, Hiroshi, 2021, Taxonomic review of the subfamily Lohmannellinae (Acari: Trombidiformes Halacaridae) with morphological comparisons among genera, pp. 201-255 in Zootaxa 4980 (2) on pages 214-215, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4888860

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Halacaridae
Genus
Lohmannella
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Trombidiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Newell
Species
hureaui
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lohmannella hureaui Newell, 1984 sec. Abé, 2021

References

  • Newell, I. M. (1984) Antarctic Halacaroidea. Antarctic Research Series, 40, 1 - 284.
  • Chatterjee, T. & Sarma, A. L. N. (1991) Review of Indian Ocean Halacaridae and perspectives of future research. In: Gopal, B. & Astana, V. (Eds.), Aquatic Science in India. Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography, pp. 189 - 196.