Tiphys Koch, 1836

Martin, Peter, 2006, On the morphology and classification of larval water mites (Hydrachnidia, Acari) from springs in Luxembourg, Zootaxa 1138, pp. 1-44 : 33

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Genus Tiphys Koch, 1836 View in CoL

Diagnosis (for the family see above): Setae Mp1 posterior, slightly posteromedial, or posterolateral to bases of Lp1; suture line between coxal plates II–III extending to lateral apodeme; a transverse muscle attachment scar present medially at posterior end of coxal plates II–III. Setae E1 located on anterior half of plate.

Descriptions of larvae ( Fig. 51 View FIGURES 50 – 54 ): Many Tiphys larvae have been described, e.g. Tiphys latipes (Müller, 1776) by Smith (1976) and Wainstein (1980).

Diagnostic characters of larvae: See characters of the genus Tiphys .

Remarks: The characters of the larvae and the findings from other spring surveys (e.g. Viets 1923 for lowland springs) suggest that the larva belongs to the genus Tiphys , whose species hitherto cannot be separated. In the Luxembourgian springs, no adults of Tiphys spp. have been reported ( Gerecke et al. 2005), but species of the genus were frequently noted from helocrenes in all parts of Europe.

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.

Smith, I. M. (1976) A study of the systematics of the water mite family Pionidae (Prostigmata: Parasitengona). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 98, 249 pp.

Viets, K. (1923) Hydracarinen aus Quellen. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie / Supplement, 3, 205 - 596.

Wainstein, B. A. (1980) Opredelitel lichinok vodjanych kleshchei. Institut Biologii Vnutrennich Vo d, N au ka, 238 pp.

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).