Krendowskia

Abstract

Krendowskia (s.str.) levantensis Smit, 1997 Material eximaned. Kahramanmaraş Province, Çaġlayancerit, Lake Deġirmen, 37 °. 43.18 ' N 37 °. 29.10 ' E, 880 m a.s.l., 27.vii. 2010 (0/ 1 /0); ibid. 11.ix. 2012 (0/ 1 /0). Description. Female: Idiosoma rounded, slightly narrowed anteriorly, L/W 1300 / 1242. Sclerotized integument striated dorsally and ventrally. Dorsal shield complete, L/W 1078 / 738 (fig. 7 A). Gonopore L/W 267 / 260, genital valves with three pairs of acetabula, laterally with 7–8 setae. Ac- 1-3 L 70-72 - 63 (fig. 7 B). Capitulum ventral L 150, chelicera L 164. Palp (fig. 7 C, D) total L 268, dL of palp segments: P- 1 31, P- 2 72, P- 3 42, P- 4 74, P- 5 49. P- 2 with two long setae close to anterior margin, P- 3 with a long seta on each side, P- 4 distoventrally with a hook-like tooth. Swimming setae number on legs: II-L- 4: 8, II-L- 5: 5, III-L- 3: 4, III-L- 4: 10, III-L- 5: 10, IV-L- 3: 6, IV-L- 4: 7, IV-L- 5: 7. Dorsal L of I-L: 92-94 - 113-140 - 134 - 133, IV-L- 4-6: 213-229 - 218. Remarks. From the Palaearctic only two species of the genus Krendowskia are known (Smit, 1997): K. latissima and K. levantensis. The latter differs from K. latissima by the hook-like tooth at the ventrodistal edge of P- 4. In addition, it differs from K. latissima by much larger size and striated sclerotized integument. The female specimens collected from Kahramanmaraş Province are in perfect agreement with K. levantensis, which was up to now only known from Israel and Iran. Distribution. Israel (Smit 1997), Iran (Pešiċ & Saboori 2007). New for Turkey.Published as part of Esen, Yunus, Erman, Orhan & Dilkaraoglu, Sibel, 2013, Contribution to the study of arrenuroid water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Turkey, pp. 73-83 in Zootaxa 3666 (1) on pages 82-83, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/28385