A checklist of the water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of India, with new records and description of one new species
Author
Pešić, Vladimir
Author
Chatterjee, Tapas
Author
Bordoloi, Sabitry
text
Zootaxa
2010
2617
1
54
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.197964
92b8222c-9e7a-4036-bbba-d741bf871912
1175-5326
197964
Atractides
(
Atractides
)
sabulonis
Cook, 1967
Records from the study area: Maharashtra—Cook (1967);
Prasad (1974)
;
Pešić & Ranga Reddy (2009)
.
Compared material: NHMB 3556 ‘
Atractides sabulonis
’, Ƥ,
Indien
19 [probably: Maharashtra, Bhima River at Khed, see:
Cook 1967
].
Remarks: In the orginal description (
Cook 1967
) no information is given on the integument structure and the shape of excretory pore and Vgl-1 and -2. Re-examination of the specimen of
Atractides sabulonis
lodged in NHMB shows that this species is characterized by the presence of a striated integument, sclerotized excretory pore and fused Vgl-1 and -2.
Habitat: Hyporheic interstitial.
Distribution:
India
.