Monatractides cf. circuloides ( Halik , 1930)

Pesic, Vladimir, Yam, Rita S. W., Chan, Benny K. K. & Chatterjee, Tapas, 2012, Water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from Baishih River drainage in Northern Taiwan, with description of two new species, ZooKeys 203, pp. 65-83 : 68-69

Monatractides cf. circuloides ( Halik, 1930)

Material examined.

ECL-BA-1: 07.vii.2009 1/1/0; 23.ix.2009 2/0; iv.2010 13/0; 01.vi.2010 1/0; vii.2010 29/0; 27.vii.2010 2/1/0. ECL-BA-2: 02.ix.2009 11/2(1juvenile)/0; ii.2010 57/0; iii.2010 3/1/1; iv.2010 0/2/0; vi.2010 2/2/0; 27.vii.2010 17/0; 29.ix.2010 5/0; 30.x.2010 1/0. ECL-BA-3: 01.vii.2009 1/0/0; 23.vii.2009 1/0/0; ii.2010 4/11/0; ii.2010 10/0; iv.2010 0/1/0; 27.vii.2010 1/0/0. ECL-BA-4: 02.vii.2009 1/0/0; ii.2010 2/1/0; iii.2010 6/4/0; iv.2010 0/1/0; vi.2010 1/0/0; vii.2010 19/0; 27.vii.2010 5/0/0; 30.x.2010 1/0. ECL-BA-5: iii.2010 1/1/0; 01.vi.2010 4/0/0; vii.2010 11/0; 07.vii.2010 1/0/0; 30.x.2010 1/0/0. ECL-BA-6: 17.vi.2009 3/0; iii.2010 2/9/0; vi.2010 0/1/0; 01.vii.2010 1/0/0; 27.vii.2010 1/0/0; 29.ix.2010 1/0.

Remarks.

It is the most abundant species in our material. For an analysis of diagnostic characters of populations from Taiwan tentatively assigned to Monatractides circuloides see: Pešić et al. (2011).

Distribution.

Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan.