Hydrachna

Smit, Harry, 2014, Australian water mites of the genus Hydrachna Müller, with the description of five new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Hydrachnidae), Zootaxa 3827 (2), pp. 170-186 : 185

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3827.2.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F7FB55C7-DAA7-47DA-A04D-27B98D6D09AF
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6125912
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B57FFB2F-FF79-FFDD-FF55-BF3DFBAEFDB8
treatment provided by	Plazi (2016-04-12 08:15:16, last updated 2024-11-26 08:36:42)
scientific name	Hydrachna
status

Treatment

Hydrachna View in CoL cf triscutata Lundblad, 1947

Hydrachna spec . Smit, 1992 (part.)

Material examined. Queensland. 0/1/0, Pond near Crocodile Road, Bowling Green Bay NP, 40 km S of Townsville, 31-vii-1989; 0/1/0, Hasties Swamp, 4 km S of Atherton, Atherton Tablelands, 6-viii-1989; 0/1/0, Lake Emma, Lakefield NP, Queensland, Australia, 15º 17’47.43” S 144º 38’48.05” E, 3-ix-2000.

Remarks. As mentioned under H. novaehollandica n. sp., the female of H. triscutata is not well known. A number of females with a large posterior indentation of the dorsal plate are tentatively assigned to H. triscutata . These females have a long and narrow posteromedial extension of the fourth coxae.