Unionicola (Hyricola) scutata K.O. Viets, 1980

Smit, Harry, 2008, Australian Unionicola (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Unionicolidae), with the description of two new subgenera and eight new species, Zootaxa 1674, pp. 1-26 : 19-20

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.180257
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6232770
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scientific name	Unionicola (Hyricola) scutata K.O. Viets, 1980
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Unionicola (Pentatax) scutata K.O. Viets, 1980a: 35 .

Unionicola (Australatax) scutata Vidrine 1985: 140 ; Harvey 1998: 143. Unionicola (Hyricola) scutata Vidrine et al. 2007: 51 .

Material examined. Northern Territory: 1 female, Campbell Springs, 38 km E of Victoria River Roadhouse, Gregory NP, 15° 29.749 S 131° 23.328 E, 4 October 2005.

Remarks. K.O. Viets (1980) described this species collected from the freshwater mussel Velesunio angasi (Sowerby) (Bivalvia: Hyriidae ). From this study it is clear that Unionicola scutata can be found free living as well. The species is only known from the Northern Territory.