Neolimnochares cf. tenuiscutata (K. Viets, 1914 )

Gerecke, Reinhard, 2004, The water mites of Madagascar (Acari, Hydrachnidia): a revised list completed by original material conserved at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, Zoosystema 26 (3), pp. 393-418 : 398

Neolimnochares cf. tenuiscutata (K. Viets, 1914)

Limnochares tenuiscutata K. Viets, 1914: 312 , tf. 12, figs 1-3, 6.

Neolimnochares tenuiscutata – Cook 1966: 18, 264.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Madagascar. Centre; Antananarivo, Ambatoloana; 52 specimens.

DISTRIBUTION. — South Africa, Madagascar.

REMARK

This species was recorded for the first time from Antananarivo by Walter & Bader (1953), possibly based on the same collections (Waterlot). The morphological analysis of the material from MNHN confirms the presence of at least two limnocharid species in Madagascar (obviously bound to several levels of altitude, with N. cf. tenuiscutata restricted to the highlands). However, as stated by K. O. Viets (1964), the attribution to N. tenuiscutata , originally described from S Africa, should be verified by studies of variability in continental and insular populations.

Family HYDRYPHANTIDAE Piersig, 1896 Subfamily HYDRYPHANTINAE Piersig, 1896