Hydrodroma cf. rheophila Cook, 1967

Pesic, Vladimir, Yam, Rita S. W., Chan, Benny K. K. & Chatterjee, Tapas, 2012, Water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from Baishih River drainage in Northern Taiwan, with description of two new species, ZooKeys 203, pp. 65-83 : 67-68

Hydrodroma cf. rheophila Cook, 1967 Fig. 3A

Material examined.

ECL-BA-1: 01.vii.2010 0/1/0 (mounted).

Remarks.

Due to the presence of a single, short swimming hair on segments four and five of the third and fourth legs and the shape of palp (Fig. 3A), the single specimen from the Chinkualiao stream shows general conformity with Hydrodroma rheophila . As Pešić et al. (2010) noted the variability of additional populations tentatively assigned to Hydrodroma rheophila (e.g. from Greece and Oman, see Pešić et al. 2010 and Smit and Pešić 2010, respectively) from different regions of the whole distribution area needs to be examined to clarify the taxonomy. This probably will require the use of molecular approach to examine the degree of genetic differentiation among the geographical populations.

Distribution.

India, Indonesia, Iran, Oman, Balkan. New for Taiwan.