Aturus scaber Kramer, 1875

Gerecke, Reinhard, 2014, Studies on European species of the water mite family Aturidae Thor (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Zootaxa 3841 (1), pp. 1-46 : 20

Aturus scaber Kramer, 1875

Fig. 13 C–H

Material examined. Bosnia and Hercegovina: YU 4 (2/2/0), YU 6 (1/1/0), YU 15 (0/1/0), YU 44, 0/1/0). Bulgaria: BU 7 (1/1/0); Greece: Achaia, GR 74 (0/3/0); Ipiros, GR 12 (0/1/0); Makedonia, GR 28 (0/2/0); Italy: Calabria, I 103 (3/12/0); I 105, (0/1/0), I 447 (1/0/0), I 1129 (0/1/0); Liguria I 1217 (0/1/0); Sicily, I 56 (1/5/1), I 133 (0/3/0), I 187 (2/0/0), I dp 19 (1/0/0). Macedonia: YU 52 (0/1/0). Spain: Albacete, E 166 (0/1/0); E 167 (4/5/0).

Remark. See under A. rotundus .

Habitat. Shaded low and medium order streams. Widely distributed and frequently recorded in central Europe, but in the Mediterranean obviously rare, avoiding areas with semi-arid climate and unstable water flow.

Figures

FIGURE 13. A. – B. Aturus rotundus, male. A. posterior venter; B. IV-L- 4 – 6 anterior. C. – H. Aturus scaber; C. – E. male; C. IV- L anterior; D. palp; E. dorsum; F. – G. female; F. IV-L- 4 – 6; G. dorsum; H. venter. Scale bars = 100 µm.