Torrenticola Piersig, 1896

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 : 704

Genus Torrenticola Piersig, 1896

Nearly worldwide distribution (except Australia and Southern South America), in Central America as well as in the Holarctic very common in fast flowing streams. Fifty-eight described Neotropical species ( Goldschmidt 2007a), generally one of the dominant genera in relatively clean, fast flowing running waters. In the present study by far the most abundant genus, represented by several species. Habitat: running waters, springs ( Figures 12 and 13 ).

Figures

Figure 12 Torrenticola sp. 1, male, dorsal and ventral view, sample site Be18-5b.

Figure 13 Torrenticola sp. 2, male, dorsal and ventral view, sample site Be18-8c.