Axonopsis (Brachypodopsis) latifrons Walter, 1928

Pešić, Vladimir, Chatterjee, Tapas & Bordoloi, Sabitry, 2010, A checklist of the water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of India, with new records and description of one new species, Zootaxa 2617, pp. 1-54 : 18

Axonopsis (Brachypodopsis) latifrons Walter, 1928 ( Fig. 1A–F )

New records: India: Assam State, Kamrup district, SW of Guwahati city, Deeper Beel wetland, among the vegetation of the water hyacinth Eichhornia corniculata, 26.10903N 91.68359E, 37 m asl., 8. xii. 2009, leg. Das & Bordoloi, 18/5/0 (1/1/0 mounted).

Material compared: NHMB: 4610 Axonopsis latifrons Walter , 3 labelled as " Typus " XII/80, Vorder-Indien 1916, coll. Chappuis; 4611 Axonopsis latifrons Walter, Ƥ XII/81, Vorder-Indien 1916, coll. Chappuis.

Records from the study area: Kerala—Walter (1928); Prasad (1974).

Remarks: This is the first record of Axonopsis latifrons after its orginal description of Walter (1928). The specimens from Deeper Beel-lake agree well the type specimens. Figures 1A – F show some morphological details of the specimens from Assam State.

Habitat: Standing waters, e.g., ponds, lakes.

Distribution: India.

Figures

FIGURE 1 A – F. Axonopsis latifrons Walter, 1928 (A – E = male, F = female): A = dorsal shield; B, F = ventral shield; C = palp; D = ejaculatory complex; E = I-L- 5 and - 6. Scale Bars = 100 μm.