Woolastookia basilicalabrica Gerecke, 2014, sp. nov.

• Main Author: Gerecke, Reinhard
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Trombidiformes; Axonopsidae; Woolastookia; Woolastookia basilicalabrica; Terranova
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6144817; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AD87B0FF96144EFF46BEFFFBA08056

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 distal setae extending over ...