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Limnesia (Limnesia) pinguipalpis Cook 1967

  • 1. Biology Department, Plant and Invertebrate Taxonomy and its Applications Research Unit, Faculty of Science, Mahasarakham University, Maha Sarakham, Thailand.
  • 2. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands.

Description

Limnesia (Limnesia) pinguipalpis Cook, 1967

Material examined. 1/0/0, Kon Chum Dam, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, 14° 59ʹ 2.99ʺ N, 102° 3ʹ 15.25ʺ E, 14- ii-2011.

Remarks. Limnesia pinguipalpis is a widespread species in the Oriental region, occurring as far as Oman (Pešić et al. 2012). It is new for the fauna of Thailand.

Notes

Published as part of SAVATENALINTON, SUKONTHIP & SMIT, HARRY, 2017, New records of water mites from standing waters in Thailand, with the description of nine new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), pp. 69-91 in Zootaxa 4312 (1) on page 74, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/852086

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2011-02-14
Verbatim event date
2011-02-14
Scientific name authorship
Cook
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Trombidiformes
Family
Limnesiidae
Genus
Limnesia
Species
pinguipalpis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Limnesia (Limnesia) pinguipalpis Cook, 1967 sec. SAVATENALINTON & SMIT, 2017

References

  • Cook, D. R. (1967) Water mites from India. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 9, 1-411.
  • Pesic, V., Smit, H. & Saboori, A. (2012) Water mites delineating the Oriental and Palaearctic regions-the unique fauna of southern Iran, with descriptions of one new genus, one new subgenus and 14 new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia). Zootaxa, 3330, 1-67.