A freshwater species of Pontarachna (Acari, Pontarachnidae) from South Africa with a discussion of genital acetabula in the family
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UNTIL RECENTLY THE FAMILY PONTARACHNIDAE WAS THOUGHT TO BE A STRICTLY MARINE GROUP. HOWEVER, COOK (1986) DESCRIBED A SPECIES OF LITARACHNA FROM A STREAM IN TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA AND THIS PAPER DESCRIBES A SPECIES A SPECIES OF PONTARACHNA FROM A RIVER IN THE EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA. ALTHOUGH THE FAMILY HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN DIAGNOSED AS LACKING GENITAL ACETABULA, THESE STRUCTURES OR THEIR HOMOLOGS DO SEEM TO BE PRESENT.
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COOK, D. R. (2009). A freshwater species of Pontarachna (Acari, Pontarachnidae) from South Africa with a discussion of genital acetabula in the family. Anales Del Instituto De Biología Serie Zoología, 67(002). Retrieved from https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/zoo/article/view/7164