A CHECKLIST OF THE WATER MITES OF FRANCE (ACARI: HYDRACHNIDIA) Harry S and Reinhard G Author Smit, H. Author Gerecke, R. text Acarologia 2010 2010-04-01 50 1 21 91 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20101952 journal article 10.1051/acarologia/20101952 2107-7207 5392293 Barbaxonella angulata (K. Viets, 1955) Barbaxonella pilosa Angelier, Decamps & Rey, 1963: 480 . Nov. syn. Material examined: MNHN Paris, Tarn CØret (?), uncertain sites, (red inscription, only numbers): 72, 1/0/0; 76, 1/0/0; 83, 1/0/0; 100, 0/1/0; 128, 0/5/0; 160, 0/1/0; 161, 2/0/0; 196, 1/3/0; (14 further, unstudied specimens numbered 95, 107, 141, 151, 152, 157, 177, 186). Discussion: Short time after the first description of B. pilosa , Gledhill (1964) discovered that the species described as Axonopsalbia angulata K.Viets, 1955 in reality was a representative of the genus Barbaxonella and gave the first description of a male of this species. Barbaxonella pilosa , in the original description compared only with B. ovalis Lundblad, 1954 , was not treated again since then. A revision of 30 syntypes recently discovered at MNHN Paris (for details concerning the material see discussion of Atractides phreaticus ) does not reveal any remarkable differences to B. angulata of which B. pilosa is consequently a junior synonym. In France , it is known exclusively from the seven sites in the Cevennes published by Angelier et al. (1963) . Distribution in France : Tarn.