Limnesia (Limnesia) undulata (Müller, 1776)

Smit, H. & Gerecke, R., 2010, A CHECKLIST OF THE WATER MITES OF FRANCE (ACARI: HYDRACHNIDIA) Harry S and Reinhard G, Acarologia 50 (1), pp. 21-91 : 48-49

Limnesia (Limnesia) undulata (Müller, 1776)

Hydrachna undulata Müller, 1776 : De ThØis 1832: 61.

Limnesia undulata (Müller, 1776) : Vandel 1919a: 90; Soudan 1920: 3; Mota¸s & C. Angelier 1927d: 6; Mota¸s 1928f: 169, 1928g: 5; C. Angelier 1931: 25, 1950a: 5; Chaudonneret 1947: 2; Smit & Van der Hammen 1992: 56.

Limnesia pardina Neuman, 1870 : Barrois & Moniez 1887: 35; Moniez 1889e: 6; Le Roux 1907: 371.

Hydrarachna undulata Müller, 1776 : Hermann 1804: 54.

Hydrarachna erythrophthalma Hermann, 1804: 57 .

New records. Pas-de-Calais: 10/9/0, pond, Landes de Blendecques, 50°42’13.21" N 2°16’53.08"E, 19 April 1996, leg. H. Smit & H. van der Hammen ; 4/14/0, fish pond, Les Landes de Blendecques , 50°41’59.32" N 2°14’32.55"E, 20 April 1996, leg. H. Smit & H. van der Hammen. Landes : 10/16/0, Étang Blanc , 27 July 1989, leg. H. van der Hammen. Indre : 1/0/0, Étang Prieur , SW of MØobecq, 46°42’48.18" N, 1°23’40.40"E, 7 July 2000, leg. H. van der Hammen ; 21/39/0, Étang Nuret , La Brenne, 46°47’30.57" N 1°12’35.98" E, 9 July 2000, leg. H. van der Hammen ; 1/0/0, Ruisseau de Fosse Noire near Vendroeuves , La Brenne, 46°46’28.14"N 1°21’42.58" E, 9 July 2000, leg. H. van der Hammen.

Distribution in France: Ain, Aisne, Bas-Rhin, Côte-d’Or, Doubs, Essonne, Haute-Loire, Haute- Savoie, Indre, IsŁre, Landes, Loire, Nord, Pas-de- Calais, Puy-de-Dôme, Savoie, Seine-Maritime, Valde-Marne.

Remarks. Old records, published before Davids (1997), refer either to L. undulata or L. undulatoides .