Sperchon thienemanni Koenike, 1907

Martin, Peter, 2006, On the morphology and classification of larval water mites (Hydrachnidia, Acari) from springs in Luxembourg, Zootaxa 1138, pp. 1-44 : 19-20

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scientific name	Sperchon thienemanni Koenike, 1907
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Records ( Table 2): Benthos samples at 16 spring sites in Gutland and Ösling, 147 individuals ( Gerecke et al. 2005). E 1 261 larvae, E 3 3 larvae, E 4 1 larva, E 5 121 larvae, E 7 1 larva, parasitic on chironomids. Attribution by comparison with Martin (2003).

Descriptions of larvae ( Figs. 19, 20): Lundblad (1927) as S. glandulosus thienemanni , Ullrich (1976), Martin (2003).

Diagnostic characters of larvae: Characters of the legs, dorsal setae, Dp.

References

Gerecke, R., Stoch, F., Meisch, C. & Schrankel, I. (2005) Die Fauna der Quellen und des hyporheischen Interstitials in Luxemburg. Unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Acari, Ostracoda und Copepoda. Ferrantia - Travaux scientifiques du Musee national d'histoire naturelle, Luxembourg, 41, 1 - 134.

Lundblad, O. (1927) Die Hydracarinen Schwedens. I. Beitrag zur Systematik, Embryologie, Okologie und Verbreitungsgeschichte der schwedischen Arten. Zoologiska bidrag, 11, 185 - 540.

Martin, P. (2003) Larval morphology of spring-living water mites (Hydrachnidia, Acari) from the Alps. Annals de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology, 39, 363 - 393.

Ullrich, F. (1976) Biologisch-okologische Studien an rheophilen Wassermilben (Hydrachnellae, Acari), unter besonderer Berucksichtigung von Sperchon setiger (Thor 1898). PhD thesis, University of Kiel, 241 pp.