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Unionicola (Downesatax) vidrinei Cook 1986

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Unionicola (Downesatax) vidrinei Cook, 1986

Unionicola (Pentatax) vidrinei Cook, 1986: 161.

Unionicola (Downesatax) vidrinei Vidrine 1992: 463; Harvey, 1998: 143.

Material examined. Queensland: 1 male, Fitzroy River at Yaamba, 27 June 1984, leg. A.P. Mackay; 1 female, Catfish Waterhole, Lakefield NP, 15° 3’57.50’’ S 144° 17’8.43’’ E, 4 September 200. Northern Territory: 2 females, Manton Dam, 12° 51.726 S 131° 0 7.148 E, 1 August 1994. Western Australia: 1 female, Python Pool, Millstream-Chichester NP, 21° 20’0.88”S 117° 14’18.89”E, 17 August 1994 (WAM); 1 male, Ashburton River at crossing with North West Coastal Highway, Western Australia, Australia, 22° 32’38.17” S 115° 29’54.14” E, 18 August 1994.

Remarks. Previously only known from the type locality in Queensland, and reported here for the first time from the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Notes

Published as part of Smit, Harry, 2008, Australian Unionicola (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Unionicolidae), with the description of two new subgenera and eight new species, pp. 1-26 in Zootaxa 1674 on pages 11-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180257

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Unionicolidae
Genus
Unionicola
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Trombidiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Cook
Species
vidrinei
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Unionicola (Downesatax) vidrinei Cook, 1986 sec. Smit, 2008

References

  • Cook, D. R. (1986) Water mites from Australia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 40, 1 - 568.
  • Vidrine, M. F. (1992) Revision of the subgenus Unionicola (Acasri: Unionicolidae). The Texas Journal of Science, 44, 459 - 467.
  • Harvey, M. S. (1998) The Australian Water Mites. A Guide to Families and Genera. Monographs on Invertebrate Taxonomy 4. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, 150 pp.