Sperchon thienemanni Koenike, 1907

Martin, Peter, 2006, On the morphology and classification of larval water mites (Hydrachnidia, Acari) from springs in Luxembourg, Zootaxa 1138, pp. 1-44 : 19-20

Sperchon thienemanni Koenike, 1907

Records ( Table 2): Benthos samples at 16 spring sites in Gutland and Ösling, 147 individuals ( Gerecke et al. 2005). E1 261 larvae, E3 3 larvae, E4 1 larva, E5 121 larvae, E7 1 larva, parasitic on chironomids. Attribution by comparison with Martin (2003).

Descriptions of larvae ( Figs. 19, 20 ): Lundblad (1927) as S. glandulosus thienemanni , Ullrich (1976), Martin (2003).

Diagnostic characters of larvae: Characters of the legs, dorsal setae, Dp.

Figures

FIGURES 15 – 20. Fig. 15: Sperchonopsis verrucosa, ventral idiosoma (from Martin 2000), Fig. 16: Sperchon clupeifer dorsal idiosoma (redrawn and modified after Ullrich 1976), Fig. 17: Sperchon setiger, dorsal idiosoma, Fig. 18: Sperchon setiger, ventral idiosoma and gnathosoma (from Renz et al. 2004), Fig. 19: Sperchon thienemanni, dorsal idiosoma, Fig. 20: Sperchon thienemanni, ventral idiosoma (Figs. 19 – 20 from Martin 2003).