Recifella baltoona Cook, 1986

Smit, Harry & Pešić, Vladimir, 2025, New records of the genus Recifella K. Viets, 1935 from Australia, with the description of four new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Unionicolidae), Zootaxa 5679 (3), pp. 365-387 : 368-371

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.3.3

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17041382

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2C2787CE-FF8C-FF2C-C98A-F8CC3FCBC172

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scientific name

Recifella baltoona Cook, 1986
status

 

Recifella baltoona Cook, 1986

Figs. 3 View FIGURE 3 , 4A – E View FIGURE 4

Material examined. Queensland. 1/0/0, Broken River   GoogleMaps , Eungella NP, 21°10.069 S 148°30.676 E, 25-x-2005; 1/2/0, Little Yabba Creek at Charlie Moreland Campground   GoogleMaps , Kenilworth, 26°36.928 S 152°39.105 E, 107 m asl, 2-xi-2005; 9/17/0, Emu Creek at Clancy’s Camping Area, Benarkin State Forest   GoogleMaps , 26°58.334 S 152°09.916 E, 162 m asl, 3-xi-2005; 3/1/0, Archer River, Cape York Peninsula   GoogleMaps , 13°26.041 S 142°56.546 E, 93 m asl, 23-x-2014; 6/10/0, unnamed creek 7.6 km N of Archer River, Cape York Peninsula, 13°23.157 S 142°54.316 E, 103 m asl, 23-x-2014; 2/3/0, Pascoe River, Cape York Peninsula   GoogleMaps , 12°52.988 S 143°00.616 E, 63 m asl, 25-x-2014; 1/9/0, Wenlock River   GoogleMaps at crossing with road to Iron Range NP, 13°05.734 S 142°56.526 E, 108 m asl, 25-x-2014, 1/0/0 dissected and slide mounted; 3/5/0, Pandanus Creek, Cathu State Forest   GoogleMaps , 20°47.843 S 148°32.598 E, 147 m asl, 16-xi-2014; 2/0/0, Takilberan Creek   GoogleMaps , N of Gin Gin at crossing with Bruce Highway, 24°49.680 S 151°42.479 E, 85 m asl, 18-xi-2014; 1/8/0, Rocky Creek   GoogleMaps , SW of Agnes Water, 24°21.471 S 151°46.177 E, 30 m asl, 25-xi-2014. Northern Territory. 1/0/0, Lily Pond, Katherine Gorge, Nitmiluk NP, 14°18.801 S 132°28.326 E, 3-x-2005; 2/3/0, 17 Mile Creek   GoogleMaps , Nitmiluk NP, 14°18.318 S 132°25.293 E, 4-x-2005, 1/1/0 dissected and slide mounted.

Distribution. Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Remarks. This species is characterized by the shape of III-leg (III-L-5 with a long, heavy distoventral seta with pectinations, ventral heavy setae comparatively short, Figure 4D View FIGURE 4 ) and IV-leg-5 with three specialized setae placed further apart on a slight ventral bulge ( Figure 4E View FIGURE 4 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Trombidiformes

Family

Unionicolidae

Genus

Recifella

SubGenus

Recifellida

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