Porolohmannella violacea ( Kramer, 1879 )

Chatterjee, Tapas & Durucan, Furkan, 2021, A checklist of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) found from more than 900 m a. s. l. altitudes, Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (1), pp. 29-40 : 33-34

Porolohmannella violacea ( Kramer, 1879)

Syn.: Leptognathus violaceus Kramer, 1879

Raphignathus falcatus Macer, 1899

Trouessartella violacea ( Kramer, 1879) Lohmann, 1901

Lohmannella violacea ( Kramer, 1879) Lohmann, 1907

Record from more than 900 m a.s.l. altitudes: France — Estibere lake, about 2286* m a.s.l. ( Angelier 1965). Montenegro — Bjelasica Mt., Pešića Lake, 1800 m a.s.l.; Bjelasica Mt., Šiško Lake, 1660 m a.s.l. ( Pešić 2004). Switzerland — The Statzer See in the Alps ( Walter 1922) about 2000*m a.s.l.

Remarks: This species has been reported from standing surface waters, swamps, ponds and lakes, groundwater to mountain lakes in more than 2000 m a.s.l. in a variety of substrata, sand, flocculent ooze, vascular plants, mosses, algae and also gill chambers of crayfish – Astacus astacus , Astacus leptodactylus (syn.: Potamobius leptodactylus ), Orconectes limosus , and also associated with crab

Eriocheir sinensis ( Viets 1927; Wiszniewski 1939; Zawal 1998; Bartsch 2006a, b, Normant et al. 2013). It was also reported from brackish coastal waters ( Bartsch 2006a).