Hydrachnidae Leach, 1815

Gerecke, Reinhard, 2020, The early derivative water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia, superfamilies Eylaoidea, Hydrachnoidea and Hydryphantoidea) of Madagascar, Zootaxa 4727 (1), pp. 1-77 : 11

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4727.1.1

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D8F65A52-614E-4888-8D93-6071DFBE710C

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C771B067-FFC2-CF00-FF7F-F8D588FDFF07

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Plazi

scientific name

Hydrachnidae Leach, 1815
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Family Hydrachnidae Leach, 1815 View in CoL View at ENA

This is a rather homogenous, monotypic family. Larvae of the genus Hydrachna Müller, 1776 parasitize aquatic beetles and bugs ( Davids 1973, Biesiadka & Cichocka 1994, Zawal 2003); adults were observed feeding on insect eggs (e.g. Stevens & Greven 1999), sucking from macrophyte tissues was also reported ( Davids et al. 2007, Olom- ski pers. comm.). The family has a rather isolated position within Hydrachnidia, due to their unique mouth part morphology and oviposition behaviour (females provided with an ovipositor, oviposition in plant tissues–Böttger 1972).

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