Recifella K. Viets, 1935

GoldschmidtK, Tom, SchmidtK, Jessica C. & Boles, Ed, 2022, Hidden treasures - a first study on the unexplored diversity of water mites (Acari ; Hydrachnidia) from Belize, Acarologia 62 (3), pp. 694-720 : 710-711

Genus Recifella K. Viets, 1935

The genus has an Australian-Neotropical disjunction, with 33 species described from Central and South America. Habitat: running waters, standing waters, springs.

Even though not very abundant in the present study, represented by at least two different species ( Figures 20B , 21A, and 21B ).

site Be18-1b.

Figures

Figure 20 A – Koenikea sp., female, dorsal and ventral view, sample site Be18-8a; B –Recifella sp. 1, female, dorsal and ventral view, sample

Figure 21 A – Recifella sp. 2, female, dorsal and ventral view, sample site Be18-4; B – Recifella sp. 2, male, dorsal and ventral view, sample