Mideopsis willmanni (K.Viets, 1920)

Martin, Peter, 2006, On the morphology and classification of larval water mites (Hydrachnidia, Acari) from springs in Luxembourg, Zootaxa 1138, pp. 1-44 : 35

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scientific name	Mideopsis willmanni (K.Viets, 1920)
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Records ( Table 2): Benthos samples at three spring sites in Gutland and in Ösling, 5 individuals ( Gerecke et al. 2005). E4 1 larva, parasitic on a chironomid. Attribution by comparison with Viets (1928) and Smith (1978).

Descriptions of larvae ( Figs. 55, 56 View FIGURES 55 – 60 ): Viets (1928).

Diagnostic characters of larvae: As given for the genus.

Remarks: The state of the single specimen was too poor for a description of the species. However, since the crenobiontic Mideopsis willmanni is the only species of the genus in the Luxembourgian springs ( Gerecke et al. 2005), the assignment of the specimen to M. willmanni seems to be certain.

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. (1978) Descriptions and observations on host associations of some larval Arrenuroidea (Prostigmata: Parasitengona), with comments on phylogeny in the superfamily. Canadian Entomologist, 110, 957 - 1001.

Viets, K. (1928) Zur Mikrofauna einer Quelle auf der Insel Herdla bei Bergen (Norwegen). Bergens Museums arbok, 5, 16 pp.

Figures

FIGURES 55 – 60. Fig. 55: Mideopsis sp., dorsal idiosoma, Fig. 56: Mideopsis sp. ventral idiosoma (Figs. 55 – 56 redrawn and modified after Smith et al. 2001), Fig. 57: Chelomideopsis sp., dorsal idiosoma, Fig. 58: Chelomideopsis sp., ventral idiosoma (Figs. 57 – 58 redrawn and modified from Smith 1992), Fig. 59: Arrenurus fontinalis, dorsal idiosoma, Fig. 60: A. fontinalis, ventral idiosoma (Figs. 59 – 60 from Martin 2000).