Atractides acutirostris Motaş & Angelier, 1928

Gerecke, Reinhard, 2014, The water mites of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari, Hydrachnidia: Hygrobatidae) in Corsica and Sardinia, Zoosystema 36 (4), pp. 735-759 : 757-758

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2014n4a3th
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scientific name	Atractides acutirostris Motaş & Angelier, 1928
status

Treatment

Atractides pavesii E. Angelier , nec Maglio, 1905: 148.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Corsica. MNHN Paris 2280 “ Atractides pavesii [species name replacing cancelled earlier determination « acutirostris »] ♀ (Mts. et Ang.) 1927, no. 2280, Annonciade Bastia (Corse) 10.VIII.1950 ”; F 46, 1 ♀; F 97, 1 ♀. Sardinia. I 340, 1 ♂; I 369, 1 ♀ ( MNHN).

PUBLISHED RECORDS. — Corsica. benf 89, 1 ♀ ; benf 90, 1 ♂ ( Gerecke & Di Sabatino 2013, MCSNV); (under the name “ A. pavesii ”) : Ang 03, 1 ♀ ; Ang 15, 2 ♀♀ ( Angelier 1954b, MNHN partim) ; Porto, upper (1000-1300 m) and middle course (200-1000 m) (no specimen numbers specified) ( Santucci 1971).

DISTRIBUTION. — Central and Southern Europe, Ireland. First record from Sardinia.

HABITAT. — Rhithrobiont. Medium order streams with not too turbulent flow, in the area covered at various altitudes.

REMARKS

The identity of the material published by Angelier (1954b) from Corsica under the name A. pavesii with A. acutirostris , proposed by Gerecke (2003) on the base of the published figures, is here confirmed after control of the only available specimen from his collection.