On the taxonomy of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) described from the Palaearctic, part 2: Hydryphantoidea and Lebertioidea
Author
Sabatino, Antonio Di
Author
Gerecke, Reinhard
Author
Gledhill, Terence
Author
Smit, Harry
text
Zootaxa
2009
2266
1
34
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.190843
cb229040-f235-462d-b23b-55e3870709a9
1175-5326
190843
Torrenticola sandalensis
(
Sokolow, 1926
)
Atractides sandalensis
Sokolow, 1926
Species
incerta
Discussion:
This species was desribed from a single female specimen collected from a stream in Karelia (
Sokolow 1926
). From the original description it is similar to
T. brevirostris
and both
Szalay (1933)
and
Cicolani & Di Sabatino (1990)
hypothesized a possible synonymy with this species. Since the gnathosoma was not figured in the original description, and the species is based on a single female, it is impossible to confirm this synonymy and
T. sandalensis
is thus considered a
species
incerta
.