Rheophilic water mites from southern Argentina, with the description of one new genus and three new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
Author
Smit, Harry
text
Zootaxa
2002
103
1
23
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.156012
c7378212-e748-458e-bf75-f8eef232ecb4
11755326
156012
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)
.