Hygrobatella puberula puberula Viets, 1935

Smit, Harry, 2002, Rheophilic water mites from southern Argentina, with the description of one new genus and three new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Zootaxa 103, pp. 1-23 : 17

Hygrobatella puberula puberula Viets, 1935

Hygrobatella (Neohygrobates) puberulus Viets, 1935: 195 .

Hygrobatella puberula puberula Viets, 1935 : Lundblad 1953: 502; Mota¶ & Tanasachi 1960: 351; Besch 1963b: 515, 1964: 135; Cook 1980: 156, 1988: 79; Schwoerbel 1986: 71.

Material examined

Neuquén Province: 19 males, 13 females, Arroyo Llano Blanco, Laguna Blanca National Park, 11 November 1999; 1 male, Río Collon Curé, 30 km east of Junín de los Andes, 12 November 1999; 1 male, 2 females, 1 nymph, Río Chimehuín, west of Junín de los Andes, 13 November 1999.

Chubut Province: 4 males, 4 females, small stream with Myriophyllum, Villa Futalaufquen, Los Alerces National Park, 18 November 1999; 3 males, 14 nymphs, Río Desaguadero at Villa Futalaufquen, Los Alerces National Park, 19 November 1999; 13 males, 9 females, 1 nymph, Río Tecka, 30 km north of Tecka, 21 November 1999.

Remarks

A widespread subspecies, occurring from southern Chile north to Colombia. The subspecies described from Colombia by Lundblad (1953) have all been synonymized by Besch (1963b).