Atractides similis, (ANGELIER, 1949)

Gerecke, Reinhard, 2003, Water mites of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari: Parasitengona: Hygrobatidae) in the western Palaearctic region: a revision, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 138, pp. 141-378 : 264

ATRACTIDES SIMILIS (ANGELIER, 1949) ( FIG. 55A–F )

Megapus similis Angelier (1949a)

( Atractides simillimus nov. nom. E. Angelier, 1953; err.)

Type series: No holotype defined, access impossible. Loci typici: France, Pyrénées-orientales. Entre Tech-sur-Tech et Arles-sur-Tech, 600 m environ., 18.08.1948, 1 ♂ ; a 1-km en amont de Prats-de-Mollo, 750 m, 17.08.1948 1 ♀.

Material examined: SMF 8000 Atractides simillimus (E. Ang.) ., 1949 ♀; Gave d’Ossau, Arudy (B.-Pyr.) 22.08.1949 .

Description:

General features

Original description, SMF 8000

dorsal integument: striated (12/10); muscle attachments: two paired posterodorsal sclerites (not mentioned in original description)

coxal field: enlarged Cx-1 with median suture very short, and posterior margin weakly curved, bearing a strongly developed subcutanous extension; suture Cx-3/4 laterally nearly perpendicular to the median line

Figures

Figure 55. Atractides similis, ♀ SMF 8000. A, palp, lateral view; B,palp, medial view; C, I-L-5 and -6; D, II-L-6; E, coxal field; F, genital and postgenital field. Scale bar = 100 µm.