Abstract Based on published records and original data from recent research, a list is presented of the water mite (Acari: Hydrachnidia) fauna of the Balkan countries, i.e. Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Greece. It includes 380 species and subspecies, in 77 genera and 34 families. Numerous new records for national faunas are reported, and six taxa, Sperchon pelopeius (Greece), Atractides djordjevici (Macedonia), A. stankovici (Croatia), Axonopsis graeca (Greece) Woolastookia minuta (Bosnia and Hercegovina, Greece), and Arrenurus ornatus graecus (Greece) are described as new to science. Atractides moniezi (Motaş, 1927) is synonymized with A. lacustris (Lundblad, 1925). Eylais cavipontia Đorđević, 1906 is considered a species incerta The characteristics of the water mite fauna in the treated area are briefly outlined. Additional field work is highly desireable for a more appropriate evaluation of the extant water mite biodiversity in the Balkans.
The water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of the Balkan peninsula, a revised survey with new records and descriptions of five new taxa
DI SABATINO, ANTONIO
2010-01-01
Abstract
Abstract Based on published records and original data from recent research, a list is presented of the water mite (Acari: Hydrachnidia) fauna of the Balkan countries, i.e. Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Greece. It includes 380 species and subspecies, in 77 genera and 34 families. Numerous new records for national faunas are reported, and six taxa, Sperchon pelopeius (Greece), Atractides djordjevici (Macedonia), A. stankovici (Croatia), Axonopsis graeca (Greece) Woolastookia minuta (Bosnia and Hercegovina, Greece), and Arrenurus ornatus graecus (Greece) are described as new to science. Atractides moniezi (Motaş, 1927) is synonymized with A. lacustris (Lundblad, 1925). Eylais cavipontia Đorđević, 1906 is considered a species incerta The characteristics of the water mite fauna in the treated area are briefly outlined. Additional field work is highly desireable for a more appropriate evaluation of the extant water mite biodiversity in the Balkans.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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