Hygrobates (Hygrobates) trigonicus Koenike, 1895

Smit, Harry, Gerecke, Reinhard, Pešić, Vladimir & Gledhill, Terence, 2015, On the taxonomic state of water mite taxa (Acari: Hydrachnidia) described from the Palaearctic, part 3, Hygrobatoidea and Arrenuroidea with new faunistic data, Zootaxa 3981 (4), pp. 542-552 : 546

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.4.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5689239
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scientific name	Hygrobates (Hygrobates) trigonicus Koenike, 1895
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Hygrobates properus Láska, 1954 — nov. syn.

Material examined. MMB 145 Hygrobates properus Láska 1954 2 ♀ (on the same slide with female of Hygrobates incurvatus Láska, 1954 ) 369-1 Slovakia, Studený potok v Podbielu—Orava, 16.7.1951, leg. Láska.

Láska (1954) described Hygrobates properus on the basis of a female from the Orava River and its tributaries, Slovakia. A re-examination of specimens of H. properus from the type series shows that from all points of view (genital plates sickle-shaped, with strongly concave medial margins, pregenital and postgenital sclerites with an extended border of a porose secondary sclerotization, pregenital sclerite with three to four setae) these specimens are in perfect agreement with H. trigonicus . Thus H. properus should be considered a junior synonym of H. trigonicus .