Arrenurus gibberifrons Piersig, 1906

Smit, Harry & Pešić, Vladimir, 2023, New records of water mites of the family Arrenuridae from the Oriental region, with the description of one new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Ecologica Montenegrina 66, pp. 1-10 : 3-4

Arrenurus gibberifrons Piersig, 1906

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Material examined — Thailand. 10/5/0, Lotus-pond along road 2112, Ubon Ratchathani Province, 15°32.562 N 105°30.952 E, 140 m a.s.l., 8 Nov. 2017 ; 8/1/0, small lake Huai Na Muang , E of Khemarat, Amnat Charoen Province, 16°02.149 N 105°15.860 E, 130 m a.s.l., 8 Nov. 2017 ; 2/1/0, Sirindhom Reservoir , Ubon Ratchathani Province, 15°12.285 N 105°27.526 E, 149 m a.s.l., 9 Nov. 2017 . India. 4/6/0, stagnant stream, Sasan Gir , Gujarat, 21°10.439 N 70°35.567 E, 132 m a.s.l, leg. P.W. Veel & N. Jonker.

Distribution — Widespread in the Oriental region: Java, Indonesia ( Piersig 1906, Walter 1929), Malaysia ( Viets 1927), China ( Uchida & Imamura 1951), India ( Cook 1967, Lundblad 1969, Smit & Pesic 2008, Pešić et al. 2010), Myanmar ( Lundblad 1969), Thailand ( Savatenalinton & Smit 2017) and Bangladesh ( Pešić et al. 2018).

Figures

Figure 1. Arrenurus gibberifrons Piersig. A-B male from Sirindhom Reservoir, C female from small lake Huai Na Muang: A = dorsum; B = lateral view; C = dorsum. Scale bars = 200 µm.