Water mite species of the genus Hydrodroma Koch (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Hydrodromidae) from Australia. Part II
Author
Pesic, Vladimir
Author
Smit, Harry
text
Zootaxa
2007
1509
41
50
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.177223
482ce760-15b3-4eb2-87ea-76ba0c0b02c9
1175-5326
177223
Hydrodroma tonapii
Cook
(
Table 5
)
Material compared
: “
Holotype
Ψ
India
, Kerala St.
2 m
.
W. Vayitri ex. stream
15 February 1963
, D.R. Cook
IND
81” (
FMNH
). State of conservation: mounting medium slightly darkened and turbid, right palp missing.
Remarks
:
H. tonapii
was described by
Cook (1967)
from a single female specimen taken in Kerala State (
India
). The description of this species did not include a discussion of affinities. Furthermore Cook gave no information about the presence and number of swimming setae on II/III-L. The number and distribution of swimming setae on legs (see
Table 5
), makes
H. tonapii
similar to
H. reinhardi
Pesic (Mediterranean)
and
H. wilesi
sp. nov.
(see above). For a clearer separation of
H. reinhardi
and
H. tonapii
, information on general variability of measurements in additional specimens of
H. tonapii
is necessary (
Pesic 2002
).
Distribution:
India
.
Habitat:
stream.
TABLE 5.
Number of swimming setae of
H. tonapii Cook.
H.tonapii
female
holotype
II-L-5 posterior 0
III-L-4 posterior 3
III-L-5 posterior 3
IV-L-4 anterior 2
IV-L-4 posterior 3
IV-L-5 anterior 0
IV-L-5 posterior 2