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Hygrobates calliger Piersig 1896

  • 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Crna Gora, Cetinjski put b. b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro, Serbia and Montenegro (pesicv @ cg. yu) Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran

Description

Hygrobates calliger Piersig, 1896

Material examined: IR24 Kerman Province, stream in Simk village (30°30'N 57°12'E), 2370 m asl., 27.07.2003, leg. Pesic (0/0/1).

Remarks: This species inhabits superficial waters throughout the country (Pesic et al. 2004b), and occurs only occasionally in the hyporheic habitat.

Distribution: Palaearctic.

Notes

Published as part of Pesic, Vladimir, Saboori, Alireza, Asadi, Mahdieh & Vafaei, Reza, 2005, Water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from interstitial waters of Iran, with the description of one new species, pp. 49-60 in Zootaxa 1030 (1) on page 51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1030.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5050339

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2003-07-27
Family
Hygrobatidae
Genus
Hygrobates
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Trombidiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Piersig
Species
calliger
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2003-07-27
Taxonomic concept label
Hygrobates calliger Piersig, 1896 sec. Pesic, Saboori, Asadi & Vafaei, 2005

References

  • Piersig, G. (1896) Deutschlands Hydrachniden. Zoologica, Stuttgart (1896 - 1899), 19, 7 + 1 - 601
  • Pesic, V., Saboori, A., Asadi, M. & Vafaei, R. (2004 b) New records of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from Iran, with the description of one new species. Zoology in the Middle East, 32, 97 - 110.