Axonopsis (Paraxonopsis) vietsi Motaş & Tanasachi, 1947

Axonopsis (Paraxonopsis) vietsi Motaş & Tanasachi, 1947 ( Figs. 6A–H View FIGURE 6 A – H )

New records. Bingöl Province, Genç , Kupar stream, 38°44'31"N 40°32'35"E, 1000 m asl., 19.vii.2010, (0/1/0); GoogleMaps ibid., 04.viii.2010, (2/1/0); GoogleMaps Yayladere , Deġirmen Stream , 39°07'14"N 40°04'00"E, 1030 m asl., 03.viii.2010, (2/3/ 0) GoogleMaps .

Morphology. Male: Dorsal shield ( Fig. 6A View FIGURE 6 A – H ) L/W 338/224; ventral shield ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 A – H ) L/W 356/250; capitular bay L 81; W between most lateral pair of acetabula 119; gonopore W 12; ejaculatory complex ( Fig. 6D View FIGURE 6 A – H ) L 75; dL and relative L (in parentheses): P-1 22 (14.4); P-2 34 (22.2); P-3 25 (16.3); P-4 50 (32.7); P-5 22 (14.4); Legs: dL of I-Leg-4-6: 40, 43, 54; dL of IV-L: 43, 54, 45, 57, 66, 77; legs without swimming setae.

Female: Dorsal shield L/W 377/265; ventral shield L/W 396/261; capitular bay L 86; W between most lateral pair of acetabula 110; gonopore W 23; dL and % L (in parentheses): P-1 22 (13.8); P-2 34 (21.4); P-3 29 (18.2); P-4 51 (32.1); P-5 23 (14.5); Legs: dL of I-L-3-6: 36-43-52; dL of IV-L: 41-55-57-60-74-71; leg and palp chaetotaxy as in the male.

Remarks. The specimens from Turkey are in close agreement with Axonopsis vietsi Motaş & Tanasachi, 1947 , a hyporheobiontic species known from Central Europe and the Mediterranean area ( Pešiċ & Gerecke 2003).

Distribution. France, Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Balkan. New for Turkey.