Corticacarus (Corticacarus) patagonicus Besch, 1964

Smit, Harry, 2002, Rheophilic water mites from southern Argentina, with the description of one new genus and three new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Zootaxa 103, pp. 1-23 : 15

Corticacarus (Corticacarus) patagonicus Besch, 1964

Corticacarus (Corticacarus) patagonicus Besch, 1964: 146 ; Cekalovic 1976: 41; Cook 1980: 168, 1988: 118.

Material examined

Neuquén Province: 1 male (not sclerotized), 1 female, Río Chimehuín west of Junín de los Andes, 13 November 1999.

Río Negro Province: 1 male, 4 females, Río Llogdconto, Nahuel Huapi National Park, 16 November 1999.

Chubut Province: 4 males, 5 females, small stream with pools in river bed of Río Azul, Lago Puelo National Park, 17 November 1999; 5 males, 12 females, Río Desaguaderos at Villa Futalaufquen, Los Alerces National Park, 19 November 1999; 3 males, 6 females, Río Tecka, 30 km north of Tecka, 21 November 1999.

Santa Cruz Province: 4 males, 14 females, Arroyo Calafate at El Calafate, 23 November 1999; 5 males, 10 females, 1 nymph, Río Bote at crossing with route 40, El Calafate, 25 November 1999; 3 males, unnamed creek near Estancia Josefina, east of El Calafate, 25 November 1999; 3 females, 1 nymph, Río Gallegos, at crossing with route 3 (some km's from its mouth), 2 December 1999.

Tierra del Fuego Province: 10 males, 15 females, 3 nymphs, Arroyo Los Castores, Tierra del Fuego National Park, 28 November 1999; 1 male, 2 females, Río Turbio at Tolhuin, 1 December 1999; 1 female, 1 nymph, Río Olivia, east of Ushuaia, 29 November 1999.

Remarks

A widespread species, occurring from the Argentine Neuquén Province in the north to the Chilean Magallanes Province in the south ( Cook 1980, 1988).