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Atractides valencianus

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Description

Atractides (s. str.) valencianus (K. Viets, 1930)

(Figs 29 P-Q)

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

Remarks: In the scenario discussed under A. inflatipalpis (see there), A. valencianus is a little documented Western Mediterranean species, in Italy restricted to Sardinia.

Habitat: Rhithrobiont. Medium order streams, 20-1400 m.

Distribution: Iberian Peninsula, Corsica, Sardinia.

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 43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5009.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5157635

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
K. Viets
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Trombidiformes
Family
Hygrobatidae
Genus
Atractides
Species
valencianus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Atractides valencianus (Viets, 1930) sec. Gerecke, 2021

References

  • Viets, K. (1930) Zur Kenntnis der Hydracarinen-Fauna von Spanien. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 21 (2), 175 - 240, 21 (3), 359 - 446.
  • 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