New records of water mites from standing waters in Thailand, with the description of nine new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
Author
Smit, Harry
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-08-28
4312
1
69
91
journal article
32283
10.11646/zootaxa.4312.1.3
8d7e0967-6f93-42bd-911b-0314d5ccfb6e
1175-5326
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Limnesia (Limnesia) volzi
Piersig, 1906
Limnesia microplatus
Wen & Zhu, 2001
—new syn.
Material
examined.
0/1/0, rice field,
Yasothon Province
,
Thailand
, 15° 44.688ʹ N, 104° 13.244ʹ E,
24-x-2010
;
1/2/0,
Nong Oep Oe
reservoir,
Ban Dua
,
Nong
Khai Province
, 17° 59ʹ 5.12ʺ N 102° 57ʹ 42.70ʺ E,
30-i-2011
.
Remarks
.
Wen & Zhu (2001)
described
Limnesia microplatus
, and compared it with
L. patens
Viets, 1935
. However, their species is similar to
L. volzi
in the size, shape of genital field and palp. It matches the description given by
Piersig (1906)
and
Lundblad (1969)
, and we therefore propose to synonymize
L. microplatus
with
L. volzi
. The species is known from
Sumatra
,
Malaysia
,
China
and reported here for the first time from
Thailand
.