Pseudofeltria scourfieldi Soar, 1904

Martin, Peter, 2006, On the morphology and classification of larval water mites (Hydrachnidia, Acari) from springs in Luxembourg, Zootaxa 1138, pp. 1-44 : 31

Pseudofeltria scourfieldi Soar, 1904

Records ( Table 2): No specimen has been reported from benthos samples in Luxembourgian spring sites by Gerecke et al. (2005). E4 1 larva, E6 4 larvae, parasitic on chironomids. Attribution by co­occurrence.

Descriptions of larvae ( Fig. 50 ): Martin (2000).

Diagnostic characters of larvae: Gnathosoma not visible dorsally in unengorged specimens, localisation of setae V1 and V2 (see genus diagnosis).

Figures

FIGURES 50 – 54. Fig. 50: Pseudofeltria scourfieldi, ventral idiosoma (from Martin 2000), Fig. 51: Tiphys sp., ventral idiosoma (redrawn and modified after Smith et al. 2001), Fig. 52: Ljania bipapillata, ventral idiosoma (from Martin 2000), Fig. 53: Aturus fontinalis, dorsal idiosoma, Fig. 54: A. fontinalis, ventral idiosoma (Figs. 53 – 54 from Martin 2000).