Thyopsis cancellata ( Protz, 1896 )

Martin, Peter, 2006, On the morphology and classification of larval water mites (Hydrachnidia, Acari) from springs in Luxembourg, Zootaxa 1138, pp. 1-44 : 9

Thyopsis cancellata ( Protz, 1896)

Records ( Table 2): Benthos samples at one spring site in Ösling, 2 individuals ( Gerecke et al. 2005). E4 4 larvae, parasitic on Limoniidae . Attribution by comparison with Martin (2000).

Descriptions of larvae ( Figs. 6, 7 ): Münchberg (1936), MotaŞ & Tanasachi (1944), Martin (2000).

Diagnostic characters of larvae: Lack of setae C1, location of setae Mp2 posterior of the Dp.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 7. Fig. 1: Panisellus thienemanni, ventral idiosoma and gnathosoma (redrawn and modified from Boehle 1996), Fig. 2: Panisus michaeli, ventral idiosoma, Fig. 3: Panisus michaeli, I­L, Fig. 4: Thyas palustris, ventral idiosoma, Fig. 5: Thyas palustris, II­L (Figs. 2 – 5 from Martin 2003), Fig. 6: Thyopsis cancellata, dorsal idiosoma, Fig. 7: T. cancellata, area of dorsal plate (Figs. 6 – 7 from Martin 2000).