Djeboa globulipalpis Pesic, Cook & Gerecke, sp. nov. ...

Djeboa globulipalpis Pešić, Cook & Gerecke sp. nov. (Figs. 23A–F, 38A–B) Type series: Holotype female, dissected and slide mounted, South Africa, DC 83 84 Eastern Transvaal, Blyde River somewhat S of Pilgrim’s Rest, 20 m wide – rocks with sand and detritus, 16 ˚C, 25.v.1984 Cook. Paratypes: same data as holotype, 2/1/0 (slide mounted). Further records: South Africa, DC 76 84 Eastern Transvaal, Sterkspruit on Rt. 539 at border between Nelspruit & Belfast districts, 5–10 m wide, swift-cear-rocks, coll. in area of detritus, 12 ˚C, 23.v.1984 Cook, 2/2/0 (mounted). Diagnosis: Dorsal shield oval (L/W ratio 1.1–1.2), with medial depression; muscle scars with well pronounced thickenings, at nearly equal distance anterior and posterior to the postocularia, second pair of muscle scars extending to the edge of dorsal depression; dorsal colour pattern consisting of a large blue patch (well visible in one mounted male, Fig. 38B); gnathosomal bay V-shaped; tips of Cx-I slightly posterior to frontal margin; medial ... : Published as part of Pešić, Vladimir, Cook, David, Gerecke, Reinhard & Smit, Harry, 2013, The water mite family Mideopsidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia): a contribution to the diversity in the Afrotropical region and taxonomic changes above species level, pp. 1-75 in Zootaxa 3720 (1) on pages 41-43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3720.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/285029 ...