Porolohmannella violacea (Kramer, 1879)

Chatterjee, Tapas, 2021, A checklist of halacarid mites (Acari: Halacaridae) associated with decapod crustaceans (Arthropoda, Crustacea, Decapoda), Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (2), pp. 155-166 : 160

Porolohmannella violacea (Kramer, 1879)

Syns.: Leptognathus violaceus Kramer, 1879 , Raphignathus falcatus Macer 1899 , Trouessartella violacea (Kramer, 1879) - Lohmann 1901, Lohmannella violacea (Kramer, 1879) - Lohmann 1907

Records associated with decapod crustaceans – This species was reported on cray fish Astacus astacus (syn.: Potamobius astacus ) from Germany ( Viets 1927). This species was also found on branchial cavity of cray fish Astacus astacus , Astacus leptodactylus (syn.: Potamobius leptodactylus ) and Orconectes limosus from Poland ( Wiszniewski 1939). It was also reported on branchial cavity of Orconectes limosus from River In and Lake Ińsko, Poland ( Zawal 1998). This species was found on chelipeds of Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis from freshwater water, Germany ( Normant et al. 2013).

Other records – This species has been reported from standing surface waters, swamps, ponds and lakes, groundwater to mountain lakes in more than 2000 m a.s.l. and brackish water in a variety of substrata, sand, flocculent ooze, vascular plants, mosses, algae ( Bartsch 2006a, b; Chatterjee and Durucan 2021).