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Image of Torrenticola taiwanicus Pešić, Semenchenko, Chatterjee, Yam & Chan 2011
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Torrenticola taiwanicus Pešić, Semenchenko, Chatterjee, Yam & Chan 2011

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Male (holotype, in parentheses measurements of paratype). Idiosoma (ventral view:Fig. 2B, 7A) L 741 (734), W 587 (559); dorsal shield (Fig. 2A) L 658 (650), W 488 (494), L/W ratio 1.35 (1.32); dorsal plate L 631 (626); dorsal plate with colour pattern as illustrated inFig. 4C; frontal plate L 150 (147), W 50 (50–52), L/W ratio 3.0 (2.8–3.0) gnathosomal bay L 139 (131), Cx-1 total L 281 (270), Cx-1 medial L 142 (139), Cx-2+3 medial 85 (91); ratio Cx-1 L/Cx-2+3 medial L 3.3 (3.0); Cx-1 medial L/Cx-2+3 medial L 1.67 (1.53); Cxgl-4 posterior to Cxgl-2, distance between glandular openings of Cxgl-4 and Cxgl-2 81–86 (81–86); genital field L/W 152 (156)/125 (122), L/W ratio 1.22 (1.28), ejaculatory complex conventional in shape, L 234; distance genital field–excretory pore 156 (150), genital field–caudal idiosoma margin 219 (216); capitulum ventral L 322 (328); chelicera total L 378 (383); palp (Figs 2C–D) total L 302 (312), L: P-1 37 (39), P-2 102 (103), P-3 57 (60), P-4 89 (92), P-5 17 (18); P-2/P-4 ratio 1.15 (1.11); distal margin of P-3 with denticles; P-4 with four well developed ventral tubercles. Female: Idiosoma (ventral view:Fig. 3A) L 828, W 663; dorsal shield L 756, W 541, L/W ratio 1.4; dorsal plate L 724; frontal plate L 156, W 52–55, L/W ratio 2.8–3.0; gnathosomal bay L 159, Cx-1 total L 300, Cx-1 medial L 141, Cx-2+3 medial 48; ratio Cx-1 L/Cx-2+3 medial L 6.25; Cx-1 medial L/Cx-2+3 medial L 2.9; distance between glandular openings of Cxgl-4 and Cxgl-2 86–90; genital field L/W 170/155, L/W ratio 1.1; distance genital field–excretory pore 181, genital field–caudal idiosoma margin 300; capitulum ventral (Fig. 3C) L 363; palp (Fig. 3B) total L 348, L: P-1 47, P-2 115, P-3 65, P-4 98, P-5 18; P-2/P-4 ratio 1.17; shape and setation as in male.
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Vladimir Pešić, Ksenia A. Semenchenko, Tapas Chatterjee, Rita S.W. Yam, Benny K.K. Chan
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Pešić V, Semenchenko K, Chatterjee T, Yam R, Chan B (2011) New records of water mites of the family Torrenticolidae (Acari, Hydrachnidia) with descriptions of two new species from Nanshih River system in Taiwan and redescription of Torrenticola ussuriensis (Sokolow, 1940) from the Russian Far East ZooKeys 116: 1–14
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Vladimir Pešić
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Ksenia A. Semenchenko
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Tapas Chatterjee
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Rita S.W. Yam
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Benny K.K. Chan
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Taiwan.
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Vladimir Pešić, Ksenia A. Semenchenko, Tapas Chatterjee, Rita S.W. Yam, Benny K.K. Chan
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Pešić V, Semenchenko K, Chatterjee T, Yam R, Chan B (2011) New records of water mites of the family Torrenticolidae (Acari, Hydrachnidia) with descriptions of two new species from Nanshih River system in Taiwan and redescription of Torrenticola ussuriensis (Sokolow, 1940) from the Russian Far East ZooKeys 116: 1–14
author
Vladimir Pešić
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Ksenia A. Semenchenko
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Tapas Chatterjee
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Rita S.W. Yam
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Benny K.K. Chan
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