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Arrenurus (Arrenurus) meridionalis Thor 1902

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Arrenurus (Arrenurus) meridionalis Thor, 1902

Material examined. SOUTH AFRICA. 4/11/0, Groenvlei, N-side, Goukamma NR, Western Cape Province, 34° 01.535 S 22° 51.025 E, 14.xi.2004.

Remarks. Previously reported from South Africa (K. Viets 1953) and Congo (K.O. Viets 1973b).

Notes

Published as part of Smit, H., 2012, New records of the water mite family Arrenuridae from the Afrotropical region, with the description of 11 new species and two new subspecies (Acari: Hydrachnidia), pp. 1-31 in Zootaxa 3187 on page 7

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Biodiversity

Event date
2004-11-14
Verbatim event date
2004-11-14
Scientific name authorship
Thor
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Trombidiformes
Family
Arrenuridae
Genus
Arrenurus
Species
meridionalis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Arrenurus (Arrenurus) meridionalis Thor, 1902 sec. Smit, 2012

References

  • Thor, S. (1902) South African Hydrachnids (First paper). Annals of the South African Museum, 2, 447 - 465.
  • Viets, K. (1953) Die aus Afrika bekannten Wassermilben (Hydrachnellae, Acari). Hydrobiologia, 5, 1 - 178.
  • Viets, K. O. (1973 b) Wassermilben (Hydrachnellae, Acari) aus dem Gebiet des Kivu-Sees, Zaire (Kongo). Acarologia, 15, 324 - 336.