Larval morphology of benthic and interstitial water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from a Luxembourgian stream
Author
Martin, Peter
text
Zootaxa
2016
4139
4
451
480
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4139.4.1
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1175-5326
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Protzia eximia
(Protz, 1896)
Remarks.
Protzia eximia
is the only species of the
Hydryphantidae
in the stream. As with all hydryphantoid larvae, the larva of
P. eximia
is characterized by the presence of six leg segments. This family character separates this larva from all other species presented here.
Former descriptions of larval
P. e xi m i a
were published by
Jones (1967)
,
Böttger (1972c)
,
Ullrich (1976)
,
Biesiadka & Cichocka (1984)
and
Martin (2000
, 2006).