Mideopsis (Mideopsis) orbicularis (Müller, 1776)

Smit, H. & Gerecke, R., 2010, A CHECKLIST OF THE WATER MITES OF FRANCE (ACARI: HYDRACHNIDIA) Harry S and Reinhard G, Acarologia 50 (1), pp. 21-91 : 73-74

Mideopsis (Mideopsis) orbicularis (Müller, 1776)

Mideopsis orbicularis (Müller, 1776) : Vandel 1919a: 90; Mota¸s 1928e: 17, 1928f: 224, 1928g: 6; C. Angelier 1931: 39, 1953: 222; Chaudonneret 1947: 4; E. Angelier 1953b: 93, 1959: 16, 1959a: 70, 1959c: 162; Lundblad 1956a: 3; E. Angelier et al. 1963: 463; Schwoerbel 1965: 479; Mota¸s & C. Angelier 1967: 17; Santucci 1965: 546, 1971: 83; E. Angelier et al. 1985: 31; Smit et al. 2000: 206.

Mideopsis depressa Neuman, 1880 : Moniez 1887a:

162; Barrois & Moniez 1887: 21.

New records. Pas-de-Calais: 0/4/0, pond, Les Landes de Blendecques, 50°42’1.46" N 2°14’10.91" E, 19 April 1996, leg. H. Smit & H. van der Hammen ; 0/1/0, pond, Landes de Blendecques , 50°42’13.21" N 2°16’53.08"E, 19 April 1996, leg. H. Smit & H. van der Hammen ; 0/2/0, fish pond, Les Landes de Blendecques , 50°42’13.72" N 2°16’53.52" E, 20 April 1996, leg. H. Smit & H. van der Hammen. Indre : 0/1/0, Ruisseau de Fosse Noire near Vendroeuves , La Brenne, 46°46’28.14"N 1°21’42.58" E, 9 July 2000, leg. H. van der Hammen. HØrault: 0/1/0, La BuŁges , upstream of St. Jean-de-BuŁges, 43°49.549 N 3°37.076 E, 23 July 2008, leg. H. Smit & P. Martin.

Distribution in France: Ain, Corsica, Côte-d’Or, Doubs, Gironde, HØrault, Indre, IsŁre, Jura, Nord, PyrØnØes (PyrØnØes-Orientales, Hautes-PyrØnØes), Savoie, Seine-Maritime, Tarn, Val-de-Marne, Var, Vosges. See remark under M. roztoczensis .

Mideopsis (Mideopsis) roztoczensis Biesiadka & Kowalik, 1979

New records. Indre : 2/11/0, Riv. Anglin near Roche, S of Le Blanc, 46°35’N 1°2’E, 7 July 2000, leg. H. van der Hammen. Vienne : 2/4/0, Riv. Vienne , at Saint-Martin-de-la-RiviŁre, 46°30’34.25" N 0°37’57.46" E, 7 July 2000, leg. H. van der Hammen. Puy-de-Dôme : 0/1/0, Ruisseau de Chareire , upstream of Chareire, 45°29.069 N 2°46.947 S, alt. 1263 m a.s.l., 20 May 2005, leg. H. Smit. ArdŁche : 0/1/0, l’ArdŁche RiviŁre at Balazuc, 44°30.692 N 4°22.869 E, 29 April 2003, leg. H. Smit ; 0/1/0, Le Lignon RiviŁre, upstream of La Souche , 44°37.770 N 4°9.610 E, 30 April 2003, leg. H. Smit. Gard : 0/1/0, l’HØrault, 3 km upstream of Villeraugue , 44°05.190 N 3°36.475 E, alt. 405 m a.s.l., 15 May 2005, leg. H. Smit.

Distribution in France: ArdŁche, Gard, Indre, Puy-de-Dôme, Vienne. New for the fauna of France.

Remark. Many of the old records of M. orbicularis might refer to this species, especially those from streams.