Barbaxonella angulata (K. Viets, 1955)

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 : 67-68

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1051/acarologia/20101952
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5468853
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0383F45E-FFF0-E528-F2D3-CA9FFD83FDBD
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Barbaxonella angulata (K. Viets, 1955)
status

Treatment

Barbaxonella pilosa Angelier, Decamps & Rey, 1963: 480 . Nov. syn.

Material examined: MNHN Paris, Tarn CØret (?), uncertain sites, (red inscription, only numbers): 72, 1/0/0; 76, 1/0/0; 83, 1/0/0; 100, 0/1/0; 128, 0/5/0; 160, 0/1/0; 161, 2/0/0; 196, 1/3/0; (14 further, unstudied specimens numbered 95, 107, 141, 151, 152, 157, 177, 186).

Discussion: Short time after the first description of B. pilosa, Gledhill (1964) discovered that the species described as Axonopsalbia angulata K.Viets, 1955 in reality was a representative of the genus Barbaxonella and gave the first description of a male of this species. Barbaxonella pilosa , in the original description compared only with B. ovalis Lundblad, 1954 , was not treated again since then. A revision of 30 syntypes recently discovered at MNHN Paris (for details concerning the material see discussion of Atractides phreaticus ) does not reveal any remarkable differences to B. angulata of which B. pilosa is consequently a junior synonym. In France, it is known exclusively from the seven sites in the Cevennes published by Angelier et al. (1963).

Distribution in France: Tarn.