On the taxonomy of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) described from the Palaearctic, part 1: Hydrachnidae, Limnocharidae and Eylaidae
Author
Davids, Kees
Author
Sabatino, Antonio Di
Author
Gerecke, Reinhard
Author
Gledhill, Terence
Author
Smit, Harry
text
Zootaxa
2005
1061
36
64
journal article
50862
10.5281/zenodo.170186
d91ae7dd-a600-4f24-a890-7201060d61b6
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170186
Hydrachna cruenta
Müller, 1776
Hydrachna schneideri
Koenike, 1895
: synonymy first proposed by
K. Viets (1935)
here confirmed.
Material examined:
Hydrachna cruenta
male
SMNH
6043, Östergötland, Källstad socken
13.6.1913
Lundblad; female
SMNH
752 Södermanland, Björnhuda,
5.7.1923
Lundblad;
Hydrachna schneideri
lectotype
male,
SMNH
375 Heiligenrode, 2370 Ostfriesland.
Discussion: Notwithstanding the lack of
type
material of
H. cruenta
, it is generally accepted that the male
syntype
of
H. schneideri
Koenike, 1895
is identical to that species. As this specimen must be considered the
lectotype
of
H. schneideri
, this name is obviously unavailable in taxonomic nomenclature and the valid name for all specimens published under the name of
H. schneideri
is
H. skorikowi
(
Piersig, 1900
)
(see under this name for a detailed discussion).