Unionicola (Coelaturicola) gledhilli n. subgen., n. sp. (Acari: Unionicolidae) from freshwater mussels in Botswana and East Africa

Malcolm F. Vidrine Division of Sciences, Louisiana State University at Eunice, Eunice, LA, 70535, U.S.A. E-mail: [email protected]

Zeréne Lötter Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Jo G. Van As Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Arthur E. Bogan Research Laboratory, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, 4301 Reedy Creek Road, Raleigh, NC, 27607, U.S.A. E-mail: [email protected]

Myriam Bastian-Stanford Division of Sciences, Louisiana State University at Eunice, Eunice, LA, 70535, U.S.A. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

Unionicola (Coelaturicola) gledhilli n. subgen., n. sp. (Hydrachnida: Unionicolidae) is described from freshwater mussels, Coelatura kunenensis Mousson, 1887 (Unionoida: Unionidae) from the Okavango River, Botswana, and Chambardia nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) (Unionoida: Iridinidae) from Lake Malawi, Malawi, East Africa. The new species has distinctive coxal plate and genital field morphologies. This new mite extends our understanding of the morphology and biogeography of the genus in Africa and the Southern Hemisphere. It further extends our knowledge of host selection and host-specificity among the Unionicola.

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