Sperchon (Hispidosperchon) hystrix Komárek, 1921

Sabatino, Antonio Di, Gerecke, Reinhard, Gledhill, Terence & Smit, Harry, 2009, On the taxonomy of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) described from the Palaearctic, part 2: Hydryphantoidea and Lebertioidea, Zootaxa 2266, pp. 1-34 : 22

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.190843

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6217584

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B687A9-737D-AB3B-FF0E-F969D5A29736

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scientific name

Sperchon (Hispidosperchon) hystrix Komárek, 1921
status

 

Sperchon (Hispidosperchon) hystrix Komárek, 1921

Species incerta

Discussion: The holotype male and only specimen on which this taxon is based, is lost, and the species has not been found again since its first description from the Bohemian mountains. The original description poses several important open questions: (1) palps insert parallel to each other or rotated to an oblique-horizontal position? (2) Is there a glandular pore on Cx-III (the statement "all [coxal] plates without any setation" suggests that the specimen was badly damaged or insufficiently observed)? (3) Are there dorsal muscle insertion sclerites? As these and other important questions cannot be answered in the absence of the holotype, S. hystrix must be considered a species incerta .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Trombidiformes

Family

Sperchonidae

Genus

Sperchon

SubGenus

Hispidosperchon

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Trombidiformes

Family

Hydryphantidae

Genus

Todothyas

SubGenus

Hispidosperchon

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