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Arrenurus fontinalis K.Viets 1920

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Arrenurus fontinalis K.Viets, 1920

Records (Table 2): Benthos samples at five spring sites in Gutland and in Ösling, 12 individuals (Gerecke et al. 2005). E1 1 larva, E3 64 larvae, E4 8 larvae, parasitic on dixids. Attribution by co­ocurrence.

Descriptions of larvae (see Figs. 59, 60): Martin (2000).

Remarks: Arrenurus fontinalis is the most abundant Arrenurus species in springs of Luxemburg; with a preference for rheocrenes, rheohelocrenes and helocrenes with a slow current (Gerecke et al. 2005).

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Published as part of Martin, Peter, 2006, On the morphology and classification of larval water mites (Hydrachnidia, Acari) from springs in Luxembourg, pp. 1-44 in Zootaxa 1138 on page 37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172007

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Biodiversity

Family
Arrenuridae
Genus
Arrenurus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Trombidiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
K.Viets
Species
fontinalis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Arrenurus fontinalis K.Viets, 1920 sec. Martin, 2006

References

  • Gerecke, R., Stoch, F., Meisch, C. & Schrankel, I. (2005) Die Fauna der Quellen und des hyporheischen Interstitials in Luxemburg. Unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Acari, Ostracoda und Copepoda. Ferrantia - Travaux scientifiques du Musee national d'histoire naturelle, Luxembourg, 41, 1 - 134.
  • Martin, P. (2000) Larval morphology and host-parasite associations of some stream living water mites (Hydrachnidia, Acari). Archiv fur Hydrobiologie / Supplement, 121 / 3 - 4, 269 - 320.