Atractides (Atractides) sabulonis Cook, 1967

Pešić, Vladimir, Chatterjee, Tapas & Bordoloi, Sabitry, 2010, A checklist of the water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of India, with new records and description of one new species, Zootaxa 2617, pp. 1-54 : 26

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.197964
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6203677
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scientific name	Atractides (Atractides) sabulonis Cook, 1967
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Records from the study area: Maharashtra—Cook (1967); Prasad (1974); Pešić & Ranga Reddy (2009).

Compared material: NHMB 3556 ‘ Atractides sabulonis ’, Ƥ, Indien 19 [probably: Maharashtra, Bhima River at Khed, see: Cook 1967].

Remarks: In the orginal description ( Cook 1967) no information is given on the integument structure and the shape of excretory pore and Vgl-1 and -2. Re-examination of the specimen of Atractides sabulonis lodged in NHMB shows that this species is characterized by the presence of a striated integument, sclerotized excretory pore and fused Vgl-1 and -2.

Habitat: Hyporheic interstitial.

Distribution: India.