Atractides (Atractides) damkoehleri ( K. Viets, 1916 )

Pešić, Vladimir & Smit, Harry, 2015, Water mites of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Hygrobatidae) from Ghana, Zootaxa 3911 (3), pp. 343-356 : 344

Atractides (Atractides) damkoehleri ( K. Viets, 1916)

Megapus damkoehleri K. Viets 1916: 271 .

Material examined. Ghana: Small rainforest stream upstream Sagyimase, Atewa Hills, 6º 13.964 N, 0º 33.116 W, alt. 654 m asl., 8.iii.2011, Smit 1/1/0; Supon stream near Asiakwa, Atewa Hills, 6º 15.530 N, 0º 30.642 W, alt. 250 m asl., 7.iii.2011, Smit 2/1/0; Kintampo Falls, 8º 05.413 N, 1º 41.881 W, alt. 235 m asl, 3.iii.2011, Smit 1/0/0; Nubui River, Agumatsa Wildlife Sanctuary, 7º 06.986 N, 0º 35.548 E, alt. 254 m asl., 22.ii.2013, Smit 1/0/0; Laboun River, downstream of falls, Kyabobo NP, 8º 19.836 N, 0º 35.487 E, alt. 342 m asl, 24.ii.2013, Smit 1/1/0 (mounted).

Distribution. West Africa: Cameroon: K. Viets (1916), Liberia: Cook (1966—widely distributed), Ghana (our study); South Africa: K.O. Viets (1964), Pešić et al. (2011); East Africa: “ A. ugandensis ”, Lundblad (1952) ; “ A. duricorius ”, Walter & Bader (1952) .