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Hydrogamasellus antarcticus Tragardh 1907

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337. Hydrogamasellus antarcticus (Trägårdh, 1907)

Hydrogamasus antarcticus Trägårdh, 1907: 12.

Gamasellus (Hydrogamasellus) antarcticus.— Hirschmann, 1966b: 7; Watson, 1967: 41; Hunter, 1970: 61.

Hydrogamasus antarcticus.— Hunter, 1967a: 35; 1967b: 31.

Hydrogamasellus antarcticus.— Lee, 1970: 115; Lee & Hunter, 1974: 316; Karg, 1976b: 53; 1997a: 65; Karg & Schorlemmer, 2009: 82; Santos et al., 2013: 87.

Type depository. Naturhistorika Riksmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.

Type locality and habitat. Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, 15 January 1902, in wet moss.

Note. Specimens reported by Womersley (1937: 17) as Hydrogamasus antarcticus were later described as Parasitiphis aurora Lee, 1970: 123. We have examined a syntype female of H. antarcticus (from the Stockholm Museum), as well as specimens of this species from Macquarie Island (in ANIC). In both cases the insemination pore is located on the posterodistal face of coxa III, and opens into a short sclerotised basal section of the spermathecal duct within coxa III. This information has been incorporated into the genus concept for Hydrogamasellus. Some of the specimens in Trägårdh's syntype series were misidentified, and actually belong to Hydrogamasellus racovitzai (Trouessart, 1903). This error was noted on the specimen labels by D. C. Lee when he examined these specimens in 1966.

Notes

Published as part of Castilho, Raphael C., Silva, Edmilson S., De, Gilberto J. & Halliday, Bruce, 2016, Catalogue of the family Ologamasidae Ryke (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 1-147 in Zootaxa 4197 (1) on page 80, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.168445

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Biodiversity

Collection code
ANIC
Event date
1902-01-15
Family
Ologamasidae
Genus
Hydrogamasellus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mesostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Tragardh
Species
antarcticus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , syntype
Verbatim event date
1902-01-15
Taxonomic concept label
Hydrogamasellus antarcticus Tragardh, 1907 sec. Castilho, Silva, De & Halliday, 2016

References

  • Tragardh, I. (1907) The Acari of the Swedish South Polar expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Sudpolar - Expedition, 1901 - 1903, 5, Zoologie. I. (11), 1 - 34, pls. 1 - 3.
  • Hirschmann, W. (1966 b) Gangsystematik der Parasitiformes. Teil 11. Die Gattung Hydrogamasus Berlese 1892 nov. comb. und die neuen Untergattungen Hydrogamasus (Austrohydrogamasus nov. subgen.) und Gamasellus (Hydrogamasellus nov. subgen.) (Gamasellini, Eugamasinae). Acarologie. Schriftenreihe fur Vergleichende Milbenkunde, 9, 6 - 11.
  • Watson, K. C. (1967) The terrestrial Arthropoda of Macquarie Island. ANARE Scientific Reports, Series B, 1 (Zoology), 99, 1 - 90.
  • Hunter, P. E. (1970) Acarina: Mesostigmata: Free-living mites of South Georgia and Heard Island. Pacific Insects Monograph, 23, 43 - 70.
  • Hunter, P. E. (1967 a) Mesostigmata: Rhodacaridae, Laelapidae (mesostigmatic mites). Antarctic Research Series, 10, 35 - 39. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1029 / ar 010 p 0035
  • Lee, D. C. (1970) The Rhodacaridae (Acari: Mesostigmata); classification, external morphology and distribution of genera. Records of the South Australian Museum, 16 (3), 1 - 219.
  • Lee, D. C. & Hunter, P. E. (1974) Arthropoda of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. 6. Rhodacaridae (Acari Mesostigmata). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 1, 295 - 328. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 03014223.1974.9517836
  • Karg, W. (1976 b) Revision der Milbengattung Hydrogamasellus Hirschmann, 1966 (Acarina Parasitiformes). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 23, 37 - 55. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 19760230104
  • Karg, W. & Schorlemmer, A. (2009) New insights into predatory mites (Acarina, Gamasina) from tropical rain forests with special reference to distribution and taxonomy. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 85, 57 - 91. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1002 / zoos. 200800016
  • Santos, J. D., Castilho, R. C., Silva, E. S. & de Moraes, G. J. (2013) A new species of Hydrogamasellus (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ologamasidae) from Brazil, with a key to the world species of the genus. Zootaxa, 3718 (1), 81 - 88.
  • Trouessart, E. (1903) Acariens (Trombididae, Eupodidae, Gamasidae). Resultats du Voyage du S. Y. Belgica en 1897 - 1898 - 1899, Zoology, 7 (2), 3 - 11, pl. 1.