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Updated by stephen_thorpe on December 26, 2018 21:17

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NAME
Aheatherella mira Seeman et al.

PARENT
Aheatherella

BIOSTATUS
Endemic, present in the wild

DISTRIBUTION
North Island (WI)

HABITAT
Terrestrial

REFERENCES
Seeman, O.D. et al. 2018: A revision of the Heatherellidae (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata) with a new genus and two new species from Australasia. Zootaxa, 4434(3): 441-465. DOI [See p. 452, and 'Figs 16-29, 35, 37'; treatment]

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IDENTIFICATION GUIDE

FIGURE 16. Aheatherella mira n. sp. female holotype, venter.

FIGURE 17. Aheatherella mira n. sp. female holotype, dorsum.

FIGURES 18–20. Aheatherella mira n. sp. female holotype, (18) ventral gnathosoma; (19) chelicera; (20) leg I.

FIGURES 21–23. Aheatherella mira n. sp. female holotype, (21) leg II, anterior view, (22) leg III, posterior view, (23) leg IV, posterior view. Partial setal labels provided for orientation.

FIGURE 24. Aheatherella mira n. sp. male, venter.

FIGURE 25. Aheatherella mira n. sp. male, dorsum.

FIGURE 26–28. Aheatherella mira n. sp. (26) male, leg II, posterior view; (27) sternal region, arrow points to large pore-like structure, (28) opisthogaster, without marginal setae shown (including JV5, which sits slightly dorsally).

FIGURE 29. Aheatherella mira n. sp. deutonymph, dorsum.

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