Torrenticola maglioi (Koenike, 1908)

Sabatino, Antonio Di, Gerecke, Reinhard, Gledhill, Terence & Smit, Harry, 2009, On the taxonomy of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) described from the Palaearctic, part 2: Hydryphantoidea and Lebertioidea, Zootaxa 2266, pp. 1-34 : 29

Torrenticola maglioi (Koenike, 1908)

Atractides maglioi Koenike, 1908 Species incerta

Material examined: Torrenticola maglioi Holotype, MNHU 1022, Germany, " Type Ƥ Großh. Oldenburg, Varrelgraben, Varrelbach, Koen. leg. 11.4.1906 ".

Discussion: Morphology of the gnathosomal rostrum and palps suggest that T. maglioi is a junior synonym of T. brevirostris . The holotype is a young female, with the atypical idiosoma proportions frequently found in faintly sclerotized specimens. In most later published records of T. maglioi attention was paid exclusively to idiosoma morphology, erroneously considering incomplete sclerite development as a diagnostic character, and making no, or little, reference to gnathosoma morphology. In view of both, the general problem of basing species definitions on females, and the fact that records under this name may refer to various different species, we consider T. maglioi a species incerta .