Atractides (Polymegapus) minutus Walter 1928
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b. b., 81000 Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro.
- 2. Deaprtment of Biology, Indian School of Learning, I. S. M Annexe, P. O. - ISM, Dhanbad- 826004, Jharkhand, India.
- 3. Resource Management and Environment Division Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Paschim Boragaon, P. O. Garchuk, Guwahati- 781035, Assam, India
Description
Atractides (Polymegapus) minutus Walter, 1928 (Fig. 3A–C)
Records from the study area: Punjab—“ Megapus minutus “ Walter (1928); Prasad (1974).
Material compared: NHMB: Megapus minutus Walter, Ƥ labelled as " Typus ", Vorder-Indien, col. Chappuis XII/80.
Remarks: The re-examination of the holotype of Atractides minutus lodged in NHMB reveales that the Vgl-3 are separate (not fused with additional glandularia on each side [probably Vgl-4?] as it is illustrated in Walter 1928, Fig. 18). Atractides minutus closely resembles A. davecooki (see Pešić & Panesar 2008 for diagnostic differences between these two species). Additional differences (added after the re-examination of the holotype of A. minutus) which separate these two species include a stouter P-4 (Fig. 3B), a shorter and stouter I-L-5 (Fig. 3C) and the sclerotized excretory pore in Atractides minutus (Fig. 3A).
Habitat: Mountain streams.
Distribution: India.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- NHMB
- Scientific name authorship
- Walter
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Trombidiformes
- Family
- Hygrobatidae
- Genus
- Atractides
- Species
- minutus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- typus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Atractides (Polymegapus) minutus Walter, 1928 sec. Pešić, Chatterjee & Bordoloi, 2010
References
- Walter, C. (1928) Zur Kenntnis der Mikrofauna von Britisch Indien. II. Hydracarina. Records of Indian Museum, Calcutta, 3 (1), 57 - 108.
- Prasad, V. (1974) A catalogue of mites of India. Indira Acarology Publishing House, Ludhiana, 320 pp.
- Pesic, V. & Panesar, A. (2008) Studies on water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from the Himalayas, I. The water mite genus Feltria Koenike, with descriptions of eight new species. Zootaxa, 1758, 1 - 28.