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Atractides subasper Koenike 1902

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Atractides (s. str.) subasper Koenike, 1902

(Figs 25 I-L; 31 A-C)

Material examined: Sardegna: I TG 15-01a, 1/0/0; I TG 20-01a,b,d, 2/2/0; Sicilia: All parts except for Peloritani; I 46, 0/1/0; I 133, 1/1/0; I 165 a, 0/1/0; I 168, 0/1/0; I 177, 2/2/0; I 178, 1/0/0; I 179, 5/4/0; I 181, 0/0/1; I 187, 0/4/8; I 188, 0/3/3; I 193, 4/2/0; I 218, 0/1/0; I 297, 15/23/0; I 298, 3/4/0; I 302, 2/2/0 slide; I 484, 1/0/1 slide; I 485, 1/1/0 slide. 20 sites, 103 specimens.

Previously published records from Italy: Sardegna (Gerecke 2014b); Sicilia (Gerecke 2003).

Habitat: Rhithrobiont. Medium order streams, preferably at low altitude, 60-810 m.

Distribution. Central and Southern Europe. So far, no records from southern continental Italy.

Notes

Published as part of Gerecke, Reinhard, 2021, The water mites of the family Hygrobatidae (Acari, Hydrachnidia) in Italy, pp. 1-85 in Zootaxa 5009 (1) on page 42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5009.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5157635

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Koenike
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Trombidiformes
Family
Hygrobatidae
Genus
Atractides
Species
subasper
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Atractides subasper Koenike, 1902 sec. Gerecke, 2021

References

  • Koenike, F. (1902) Acht neue Lebertia - Arten, eine Arrenurus - und eine neue Atractides - Art. (Vorlaufige Mittheilung). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 25 (679), 610 - 616.
  • Gerecke, R. (2014 b) The water mites of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari, Hydrachnidia: Hygrobatidae) in Corsica and Sardinia. Zoosystema, 36 (4), 735 - 759. https: // doi. org / 10.5252 / z 2014 n 4 a 3
  • Gerecke, R. (2003) The water mites of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari: Parasitengona: Hygrobatidae) in the western Palaearctic region: a revision. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 138, 141 - 378. https: // doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1096 - 3642.06 - 0.00051. x