The First Report of a Water Mite Unionicola (Trombidiformes: Unionicolidae) Infection in Filopaludina spp. (Gastropoda: Viviparidae) from Thailand with a Description of a New Species of Unionicola (Polyatax) kasetbangkhenensis sp. nov.

Author:

Rachprakhon Phuphitchan1ORCID,Trivalairat Poramad2ORCID,Trivalairat Krittiya3ORCID,Wiroonpan Pichit4ORCID,Purivirojkul Watchariya35ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand

2. Princess Agrarajakumari College of Nursing, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok 10210, Thailand

3. Animal Systematics and Ecology Speciality Research Unit (ASESRU), Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand

4. Department of Parasitology and Entomology, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand

5. Biodiversity Center Kasetsart University (BDCKU), Bangkok 10900, Thailand

Abstract

Two species of gastropods, Filopaludina sumatrensis polygramma and F. martensi martensi, were found infested with water mites of the genus Unionicola in Bangkok and Nonthaburi provinces, Thailand. Morphological studies on these water mites, based on the characteristics of their genital acetabular and female genital fields, identified them as a new member of subgenus Polyatax. Unionicola (Polyatax) kasetbangkhenensis sp. nov. was named after the first location where this parasitic water mite was discovered. This species is distinguished from others by the pattern of their female genital field, with their anterior acetabular plates each bearing two acetabula and a short thick spine on the inner margin. Additionally, it differs from other species by the structure of the spines in its pedipalps and legs, as well as in the shapes of its coxal plates.

Funder

Kasetsart University

Publisher

MDPI AG

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