Litarachna thetis Pešić & Smit, 2016

Figure 1 Locality and habitat of three pontarachnid mites, littoral of Lingshui Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province, P. R. China (18.41°N, 110.06°E, 2.8 m a.s.l.).

Figure 11 Micrographs ofLitarachna thetisPešić & Smit, 2016 habitus: (A) ♂ dorsal view; (B) ♂ ventral view; (C) ♀ dorsal view; (D) ♀ ventral view. Scale bars = 200 μm.

Figure 12 Litarachna thetis♂ (HN-PO-2025021709). Optical microscope photographs: (A) Dorsal view of idiosoma; (B) Ventral view of idiosoma; (C) Lateral view of idiosoma; (D) Eye lenses; (E) Genital field; (F) Lateral view of palp; (G) Lateral view of chelicera. Scale bar A–C = 200 μm; scale bars D, E, F–G = 50 μm.

Figure 13 Litarachna thetis♂, characters of palps, SEM photographs, captions as shown in each photos.

Figure 14 Litarachna thetis, characters of I-L, (A–F) ♂, (G–L) ♀, SEM photographs, captions as shown in each photos.

Figure 15 Litarachna thetis, characters of II-L, (A–F) ♂, (G–L) ♀, SEM photographs, captions as shown in each photos.

Figure 16 Litarachna thetis, characters of III-L, (A–F) ♂, (G–L) ♀, SEM photographs, captions as shown in each photos.

Figure 17 Litarachna thetis, characters of IV-L, (A–C, J, K) ♂, (D–I, L) ♀, SEM photographs, captions as shown in each photos.

Figure 18 Litarachna thetis♀ (HN-PO-2025021710). Optical microscope photographs: (A) Dorsal view of idiosoma; (B) Ventral view of idiosoma; (C) Lateral view of idiosoma; (D) Eye lenses; (E) Genital field; (F) Lateral view of palp; (G) Lateral view of chelicera; (H) Lateral view of gnathosoma; (I) Ventral view of gnathosoma. Scale bar A–C = 200 μm; scale bars D, E, F–I = 50 μm.

Figure 19 Litarachna thetis♀, characters of palps, SEM photographs, captions as shown in each photos.