Acari: Hydrachnidia

Davids, Kees; Sabatino, Antonio Di; Gerecke, Reinhard; Gledhill, Terence; Smit, Harry; Hammen, H. van der

doi:10.1007/978-3-662-55958-1_7

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“…This phenomenon has also been documented in water mites (Davids et al, 2007). Intersexual specimens are regularly found within larger populations of certain species (e.g.…”

Section: First Record Of Female Intersex In Litarachna Duboscqi Waltementioning

confidence: 59%

New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (April, 2014)

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According to reports, the following 16 species have extended their distribution to other Mediterranean areas or have made a new appearance in other regions. The first category includes the following organisms: The rare and common Indo-Pacific seaweed Codium arabicum (Lebanese coasts), the acari Thalassarachna affinis (Marmara Sea), and the non-indigenous nudibranch Flabellina rubrolineata, which has been found in several areas of the Aegean Sea. In addition, the rare sea slug Thecacera pennigera (Mar Piccolo of Taranto), the fangtooth moray Enchelycore anatina (National Marine Park of Zakynthos, Ionian Sea), the carangid Seriola fasciata (Gulf of Antalya), Lagocephalus sceleratus (SE Ionian Sea), the reticulated leatherjacket Stephanolepis diaspros (Slovenia, N. Adriatic Sea), the marbled stingray, Dasyatis marmorata (NE Levantine), the starry smooth-hound Mustelus asterias (Iskenderun Bay, NE Mediterranean), the cephalopod Ommastrephes bartramii (Ionian Sea) have also been reported. The Atlantic crab Dyspanopeus sayi has expanded to many Italian areas and the blue crab Callinectes sapidus to a lake in N. Greece and in the S. Adriatic Sea. Finally, Farfantepenaeus aztecus has been found in the Ionian Sea, thus showing its wide expansion in the Mediterranean. The larval stages of Faccionella oxyrhyncha have been found, after many years, in the Aegean Sea and the first report of an existence on intersexual acari Litarachna duboscqi in Split (Adriatic Sea) was reported.

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“…This phenomenon has also been documented in water mites (Davids et al, 2007). Intersexual specimens are regularly found within larger populations of certain species (e.g.…”

Section: First Record Of Female Intersex In Litarachna Duboscqi Waltementioning

confidence: 59%

New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (April, 2014)

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“…The material from the 1980s and 1990s was sorted out in the field from the living material and stored in Koenike's fluid; samples collected in the 21st century were fixed in situ in 80% ethanol and sorted in the laboratory under a stereomicroscope. All material was stored in separate tubes; when necessary, selected specimens were dissected and slidemounted as described by Davids et al (2007). If no other bibliography is mentioned, species identification was based on K. Viets (1936), Lundblad (1956) and .…”

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The water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of the standing waters of Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily: review and new data

Gerecke

Marrone

Sorgi

et al. 2014

Italian Journal of Zoology

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A compilation of our present knowledge of the water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) adapted to life in standing waters on the three large islands in the western Mediterranean (Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily) is provided. In addition to published data, this study deals with a rich volume of new material from recent field work, mostly deriving from intermittent ponds and pools, an extremely poorly investigated yet peculiar habitat type in the Mediterranean area. Species richness of water mites reported for the standing waters of the three islands amounts to 91 species. Out of the 47 species for which we present new distributional data, Hydrachna incisa Halbert, 1903, Hydrachna leegei Koenike, 1895, Piersigia limophila Protz, 1896, Hydryphantes crassipalpis Koenike, 1914 and Piona laminata (Thor, 1900) have not been recorded previously from the Mediterranean area. Most of these species were believed to have typical North European distributions. In addition to these, a further 13 species are recorded for the first time from the area covered. In total, 11 species are new for Italy, seven more are new for Sicily, three for Sardinia and seven for Corsica. Redescriptions are given of Axonopsis complanata (Müller, 1776) (A. graeca, nov. syn), Brachypoda baderi (reported for the first time after the original description from Abruzzo, Italy, synonymization with B. mutila rejected) and B. mutila (recorded for the first time outside Algeria with certainty). For each species, information is given on habitat preference and geographical distribution; the significance of the data is discussed under perspectives of zoogeography and nature protection. The completeness of our knowledge for the three investigated island is assessed using rarefaction curves and non-parametric estimators of species richness; while Sicily can be considered fairly well known, Corsica and Sardinia require further sampling to assess their water mite diversity.

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“…Davids et al (2007) synonymized Hydrachna gallica and H. globosa, but there are clear differences between these larvae, for instance, the shape of the gnathosoma, which becomes visibly narrower towards the front in H. gallica (Fig. 2), as well as the fact that the two species do not parasitize the same hosts.…”

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First observations in Turkish Thrace on water mite larvae parasitism of Ranatra linearis by Hydrachna gallica (Acari: Hydrachnidia)

Zawal

Çamur-Elipek

Fent

et al. 2013

Acta Parasitologica

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Many aquatic insect species, including aquatic Hemiptera, are parasitized by water mite larvae. Although this situation may cause damaging impacts to the hosts, the mites can disperse and colonize new localities in this way. Little is known about the frequency of water mite ectoparasitism amongst the aquatic Hemiptera in Turkey. In this study, larval water mite parasitism on aquatic Hemiptera, which have been collected from different localities in Turkish Thrace, was evaluated. It was found that only nine individuals, belonging two different species in a total of 367 hemipteran specimens, were parasitized by larval water mites. Furthermore, variations in sizes and shapes of the mites on the waterscorpion Ranatra linearis Linne, 1758 and Nepa cinerea Linne, 1758 were determined. These are the first records for larval mite parasitism on R. linearis and N. cinerea in Turkish Thrace.

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Acari: Hydrachnidia

Cited by 44 publications

References 185 publications

New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (April, 2014)

New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (April, 2014)

The water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of the standing waters of Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily: review and new data

First observations in Turkish Thrace on water mite larvae parasitism of Ranatra linearis by Hydrachna gallica (Acari: Hydrachnidia)

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