Torrenticola thori ( Halbert, 1944 )

Pesic, Vladimir, Saboori, Alireza, Asadi, Mahdieh, Vafaei, Reza & Sanatgar, Elham, 2006, Water mites of the genus Torrenticola Piersig, 1896 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) from Iran, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 1133 (1), pp. 45-59 : 57

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1133.1.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5057939
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scientific name	Torrenticola thori ( Halbert, 1944 )
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Torrenticola thori ( Halbert, 1944)

( Figs. 31–32 View FIGURES 31–32 )

Material examined: IR49 Tehran Province, Elburs Mt., small tributary stream of Shahrestanak River , 18.08.2003, leg. Pesic & Saboori (1/0/0).

Remarks: T. thori is characterized by the slender shape of body and mouthparts ( Figs. 31–32 View FIGURES 31–32 ), with particularly long cheliceral claws (ratio basal segment/claw <2.0).

Distribution: Western, Southern and Central Europe, Turkey (Pesic et al. submitted.), Iran (new for Iran).