The early derivative water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia, superfamilies Eylaoidea, Hydrachnoidea and Hydryphantoidea) of Madagascar
Author
Gerecke, Reinhard
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-01-20
4727
1
1
77
journal article
24301
10.11646/zootaxa.4727.1.1
c36bd7d3-dbbf-4070-baaf-01783a413fa6
1175-5326
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Family
Limnocharidae Grube, 1859
At the larval stage, limnocharids are known to parasitize aquatic bugs (
Böttger 1972
, B.P.
Smith 1989a
), but also Odonata (
Petzold & Martin 2004
) and aquatic beetles (B.P.
Smith 1989b
), while adults feed on insect larvae (
Böttger 1970
). Tuzovskij &
Gerecke (2009)
give a survey on the diversity of this fauna in
Madagascar
, reporting the presence of six species.