Limnesia (Limnesia) acuminata Walter, 1925
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Limnesia (Limnesia) acuminata Walter, 1925 |
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Limnesia (Limnesia) acuminata Walter, 1925
Type material: Holotype one male catalogue number NMB-ACWA 2713 deposited at NHMB (Pers. comm, U. Wüest)
Type locality: Algeria: Jijel Province, Oued Nil ( Walter 1925).
Geographical distribution: European ( France, Iberian Peninsula and Italy) and North African Mediterranean area ( Gerecke et al. 2016).
Distribution in Portugal: Centre: Beira Alta (in Santa Comba Dão, and Côa River, near 10 km to Vilar Formoso); South:Alentejo (in Ribeira de Odivelas, Ribeira do Roxo, and Guadiana River-between Serpa and Beja municipalities), Estremadura (in Colares-Sintra municipality) ( Lundblad 1956; Valdecasas 1988).
Ecological notes: Freshwater, at standing and slow-flowing freshwater ecosystems ( Gerecke et al. 2016), shaded and clear tributaries, on a sandy bottom; present in plants, such as grasses Azolla spp. , Batrachium spp. , Carex spp. , Juncus spp. , Myriophyllum spp. , Nymphea spp. , Scirpus spp. ( Lundblad 1956) .
Gerecke, R., Gledhill, T., Pesic, V. & Smit, H. (2016) Susswasserfauna von Mitteleuropa. Bd. 7 / 2 - 3. Chelicerata: Acari III. Band 7 / 2 - 3. Springer Spektrum, Heidelberg, Dordrecht, London and New York, pp. i - xi + 1 - 429. [http: // link. springer. com / 10.1007 / 978 - 3 - 8274 - 2689 - 5]
Lundblad, O. (1956) Zur Kenntnis sud- und mitteleuropaischer Hydrachnellen. Arkiv for Zoologi 10, 1 - 306, tafel LXXXIV.
Valdecasas, A. G. (1988) Lista sinonimica y bibliografica de las Hidracnelas (Acari, Hydrachnellae) de la Peninsula Iberica, Islas Baleares e Islas Canarias. Lista de la flora y fauna de las aguas continentales de la Peninsula Iberica. Publicacion no 5. Asociacion Espanola de Limnologia, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, 81 pp. [http: // www. limnetica. net / documentos / listas / Lista _ 5 _ Hidracnelas. pdf]
Walter, C. (1925) Hydracariens de l'Algerie et de la Tunisie (Collections de M. H. Gauthier), Premiere liste. Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord, 16, 189 - 238.
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Natural History Museum Bucharest |
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Acariformes |
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Prostigmata |
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Hygrobatoidea |
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Limnesiinae |
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