Frontipoda (Flabellifrontipoda) neotropica ( Lundblad, 1953 )

Smit, Harry, 2002, Rheophilic water mites from southern Argentina, with the description of one new genus and three new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Zootaxa 103, pp. 1-23 : 7

Frontipoda (Flabellifrontipoda) neotropica ( Lundblad, 1953)

Flabellifrontipoda neotropica Lundblad, 1953: 458 ; Besch 1964: 178; Cekalovic 1976: 42; Cook 1980: 38, 1988: 44.

Material examined

Neuquén Province: 5 females, Arroyo Pilo Pil, 5 km from San Martín de los Andes, at crossing with road to Quila Quina, 14 November 1999.

Río Negro Province: 1 male, 1 nymph, Río Llogdconto, Nahuel Huapi National Park, 16 November 1999.

Chubut Province: 3 males, 2 nymphs, small stream with water milfoil Myriophyllum, Villa Futalaufquen, Los Alerces National Park, 18 November 1999; 1 female, Río Desaguadero at Villa Futalaufquen, Los Alerces National Park, 19 November 1999.

Santa Cruz Province: 1 female, Río Centinela, west of El Calafate, 24 November 1999.

Tierra del Fuego Province: 2 females, Río Pipo, Tierra del Fuego National Park, 28 November 1999; 1 female, Arroyo Guanaco, Tierra del Fuego National Park, 29 November 1999; 2 males + females, Río Olivia, east of Ushuaia, 29 November 1999.

Remarks

A widespread species, known from Colombia to Tierra del Fuego.