Woolastookia basilicalabrica Gerecke, 2014, sp. nov.

• Main Author: Gerecke, Reinhard
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Trombidiformes; Axonopsidae; Woolastookia; Woolastookia basilicalabrica; Seta; Terranova
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6144817; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6144817

Woolastookia basilicalabrica sp. nov. Fig. 27 Material examined. Type series: Holotype ♂ NHMW, I 1115 b, Italy, Calabria, Pellegrino (CS), Saracena. Fonte Cannello, spring brook, 1385 m, WE 902 0 40, 0 8.10. 1990 Gerecke. Paratypes, same site and date (2 / 7 /0); I 1098, Basilicata Pollino (PZ), Terranova, spring N Lago Fondo, 1450 m, XE 0 52 228, 0 1.10. 1990 (2 /0/0). Further material. I 106 Italy, Calabria, Sersale (CZ), Torrente Campanaro, 500 m, 19.07. 1985 (0/ 2 /0). Diagnosis. Large in dimensions (idiosoma L ♂♂> 650, ♀♀> 620; palp total L ♂♂> 300, ♀♀> 280), idiosoma with slightly rounded lateral margins. Males with long, slender setae arranged in rows on IV-L- 1 / 2. Description. Colour brownish, sclerotized parts light violet. Idiosoma elliptical in outline, lateral margins rounded. Coxal field with parallel lateral margins extending from the III-L-insertion to halfway between IV-L insertion and genital field. One pair of setae free in the membrane posterior to genital field, excretory pore on separate plate bearing also a pair of flanking glandularia. Leg claws of I-III-L with slender blade and short, pointed dorsal and ventral clawlets, IV-L-claws with sexual dimorphism. Swimming setae numbers: II-L-4, 1; II-L-5, 3; III- L-4, 2; III-L-5, 3; IV-L-5, 3. Palp slender, similar in proportions in both sexes (relative L [% total L] P-1, 15– 17, P- 2, 22– 23, P-3, 12– 14, P-4, 34– 35, P-5, 14– 15, L/H ratio P- 1, 1.8–1.9, P- 2, 1.5–1.6, P- 3, 1.2–1.3, P- 4, 3.6–4.1, P- 5, 2.8–3.3; L ratio P- 2 / 4, 0.63–0.66). Male: IV-L- 1 with 5 long, flagellar setae arranged in a line at anterior distal margin; IV-L- 2 with a line of 6–7 similar setae in anterior half of ventral margin. IV-L- 3 with equally diverging dorsal and ventral margins, distally forming sheaths (anteriorly triangular, with a short peg seta, posteriorly more rounded) covering the IV-L- 4 base, distoventrally three setae, one strong, 2 more slender and longer; IV-L- 4 in shape similar to the preceding segment, but with more numerous strong ...