Atractides inflatus ( Walter, 1925 )

Pesic, Vladimir, Saboori, Alireza, Asadi, Mahdieh & Vafaei, Reza, 2004, Studies on water mites of the family Hygrobatidae (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from Iran, I. The water mite genus Atractides Koch, with the description of five new species, Zootaxa 495, pp. 1-40 : 15-16

Atractides inflatus ( Walter, 1925)

( Figs. 22–25 , Table 1 )

New records: IR27 Isfahan Province, Khansar river near Khansar city, 30.07.2003, leg. Pesic (0/4/0); IR28 Isfahan Province, ca. 70 km SE Golpayegan, little stream near Rahmat Abad Dam, village Domab (nr Alavijeh, on road to Khansar), 31.07.2003, leg. Pesic (3/4/ 0).

Distribution: Mediterranean, Iran.

Remarks: In Table 1 and Figures 22–25 we give the measurements and drawings of the specimen from the stream near Rahmat Abad Dam which represent the first record of the species in the study area.

Character A. inflatus A. acutirostris A. robustus male, IR 28 male, IR 11 female, IR 35 male, IR46

Figures

FIGURES 22 – 25. Atractides inflatus (Walter, 1925), male: 22 = coxal field; 23 = I­L­ 5 / 6; 24 = palp; 25 = genital field Scale bars = 0.1 mm.