Atractides allgaier Gerecke 2003, SP. NOV.
Creators: name: Gerecke, Reinhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Hygrobatidae
Atractides
Atractides allgaier

description: ATRACTIDES ALLGAIER SP. NOV. (FIG. 81A–G)    A. distans (K. Viets, 1914) partim K. O. Viets, 1978 A. distans Gerecke, 2002   
 Type series: Holotype ♂, SMF KOViets 1809, Atractides allgaier nov. spec. Holotypus ♂ Gerecke [Atractides distans (Viets) ♂] Germany, Niedersachsen, Mölle, linker Zufluss; 1. Hals unten südl. Möllenbeck bei Rinteln 23.7.1953, 1809. Paratypes: SMF 1796, labelled as holotype, Germany, Niedersachsen, ‘ Mölle linker Zufluss von Hals z. westl. Strasse; südl. Möllenbeck bei Rinteln [16/53] 22.7.1953 1796’ 1 ♂, 1 ♀. Coll. Gerecke: Germany, Baden- Württemberg, Schönbuch (TÜ) D 459 Arbach bei Becklesgarten, 400 m, Gerecke 2 ♀; Goldersbach bei Teufelsbrücke 390 m, Gerecke D 453/3 5.9.1995 Moos, 1 ♀; D 453/4 5.10.1995 Steine, 4 ♂, 2 ♀.   
 Description:   
 General features dorsal integument: lineated (4/10 Mm); muscle attachments: smooth coxal field: mediocaudal margin of Cx-1 + 2 with a large, slightly concave area between the laterally directed apodemes of Cx-2   
I-L: I-L-5 ventral margin slightly expanding near the insertion of the ventral seta, dorsal and ventral margin between the narrow base of the segment and the ventral seta slightly diverging, more strongly diverging between this seta and the insertion S-1; S-1/-2 strongly heteromorphic and distanced, S-1 long, slightly bent inwards, distally thickened and with truncate tip, S-2 shortened, enlarged, with irregular blade and a blunt tip; I-L- 6 long and slender, only slightly narrowed from the base to the tip.  
excretory pore: smooth; Vgl-1: separate from Vgl-2  
palp: weak sexual dimorphism, ventral margins of P-2 and P-3 straight, P-4 ventral margin 2: 2: 1, with denticles near hair insertions, but the distal one only little projecting, sword seta curved, near distoventral hair  
 Males   
Holotype, variability of paratypes in parentheses: genital field: apple-shaped, with nearly straight, irregular anterior margin,  
and a shallow posterior indentation; genital setae: 50 palp: more stout, sword seta P-4 slightly proximally from distoventral hair idiosoma L/W 450/340 (380–600/300–500); glandularia 23 coxal field L 250 (230–305); Cx-3 W 275 (265–375); Cx-1 + 2 mL 74 (70–108),  
IL 153 (140–205), W 215 (210–295) I-L-5 dL 132 (132–145), vL 90 (88–92), dL/vL 1.47 (1.47–1.63), HA-HC 37 (37–  
40), 42 (40–44), 55 (55–60), dL/HB 3.14 (3.14–3.55) S-1 L 85 (85–98), L/ W 11.3 (8.2–11.3), S-2 L 63 (62–72), L/ W 8.3 (5.3–8.3),  
interspace 17 (17–25), L S-1/2 1.35 (1.31–1.48) I-L-6 L 127 (123–127), HA-HC 17 (17–20), 16 (15–18), 15 (14–15), dL/HB 7.94  
(6.89–8.33); L I-L-5/6 1.04 (1.04–1.17) genital field L/W 80/85 (80–105/85–120), Ac-1–3 L 25, 15, 25 gnathosoma vL 105; chelicera –
description: Published as part of Gerecke, Reinhard, 2003, Water mites of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari: Parasitengona: Hygrobatidae) in the western Palaearctic region: a revision, pp. 141-378 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 138 on page 321, DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.06-0.00051.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5433518