Hydrodroma despiciens (Müller, 1776)

Gerecke, Reinhard, 2004, The water mites of Madagascar (Acari, Hydrachnidia): a revised list completed by original material conserved at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, Zoosystema 26 (3), pp. 393-418 : 399

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scientific name	Hydrodroma despiciens (Müller, 1776)
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Hydrachna despiciens Müller, 1776: 190 .

Hydrodroma despiciens – K. Viets 1936: 140, Figs 135 a, b.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Madagascar. Northwest, centre; Angavakely, Ankaratra, Nossi-Bé; 42 specimens.

DISTRIBUTION. — Nearly world-wide; cosmopolitan distribution doubted by Cook (1986).

DESCRIPTION

Twelve specimens from Central Madagascar and Nossi-Bé were analysed for the swimming seta numbers (numbers given as anterior/posterior setae): II-L-5 0/1-2; III-L-4 0/8-15; III-L-5 0/5-10; IV-L-4 6-13/7-13; IV-L-5 0-1/5-8. The variability of this taxonomically important character agrees with the limits found by Wiles (1985) and Gerecke (1991) in European populations.

Subfamily DIPLODONTINAE K. Viets, 1936

References

COOK D. R. 1986. - Water mites from Australia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 40: 1 - 568.

GERECKE R. 1991. - Taxonomische, faunistische und okologische Untersuchungen an Wassermilben (Acari, Actinedida) aus Sizilien unter Berucksichtigung anderer aquatischer Invertebraten. Lauterbornia 7: 1 - 304.

WILES P. R. 1985. - The systematics of the British Hydrodromidae Viets, 1936. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie Suppl. 70 (3): 365 - 403.