Frontipoda (Flabellifrontipoda) allasa ( Cook, 1988 )

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 : 7-8

Frontipoda (Flabellifrontipoda) allasa ( Cook, 1988)

Flabellifrontipoda allasa Cook, 1988: 39 .

Frontipoda (Flabellifrontipoda) allasa ( Cook, 1988) : Smit 2002: 5 .

Material examined

Neuquén Province: 1 male, Arroyo Llano Blanco, Laguna Blanca National Parc, 11 November 1999.

Chubut Province: 2 males, 1 female, pools and small stream in river bed of Río Azul, Lago Puelo National Park, 17 November 1999.

Santa Cruz Province: 1 female, Río Centinela, west of El Calafate, 24 November 1999; 1 male, 5 females, 2 nymphs, Río Bote, at crossing with Ruta 40 near El Calafate, 25 November 1999.

Remarks

The species was only known from the type locality in Valdivia Province, Chile. The type locality is a lake, but in this study F. a l l a s a has also been found in streams.