Arrenurus fontinalis 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 : 37

Arrenurus fontinalis K.Viets, 1920

Records ( Table 2): Benthos samples at five spring sites in Gutland and in Ösling, 12 individuals ( Gerecke et al. 2005). E1 1 larva, E3 64 larvae, E4 8 larvae, parasitic on dixids. Attribution by co­ocurrence.

Descriptions of larvae (see Figs. 59, 60 ): Martin (2000).

Remarks: Arrenurus fontinalis is the most abundant Arrenurus species in springs of Luxemburg; with a preference for rheocrenes, rheohelocrenes and helocrenes with a slow current ( Gerecke et al. 2005).

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).