Search note : The Unionicola of France and their synomimous

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yann
Posted in: Unionicola

Smit & Gerecke (2010) have published a checklist of the water mites of France in 2010. From this list, I will try to get the maximum number of  synonimous and then try to find some old papers with good description of Unionicola.

I’ve already introduced this method in « Why this water mite is not an Unionicola ypsilophora« .

In the following article the titles refers to species reported  from France. For the synonimous I use Smit & Gerecke (2010), Hallan (web – no date – in the followin his notes are noted [between brachet] ), Soar & Williamson (1927)

Unionicola (Pentatax) bonzi (Claparède, 1869)

Synonimous :

  • Unionicola bonzi [Diagnostic, Hevers 1980:253; 1869?]
  • Atax Bonzi

Unionicola (Pentatax) intermedia (Koenike, 1882)

Synonimous :

  • Unionicola intermedia [Diagnostic, Hevers 1980:253]
  • Atax intermedius
  • Unionicola dodecapora

Unionicola (Hexatax) crassipes (Müller, 1776)

Synonimous :

  • Atax crassipes [Diagnostic, Hevers 1980:259]
  • Unionicola crassipes
  • Hydrachna crassipes
  • Atax diaphanus
  • Atax elegans
  • Atax major
  • Atax minimus
  • Unionicola octopora
  • Unionicola reducia
  • Atax truncatus
  • Atax truncatellus

Unionicola (Hexatax) figuralis (Koch, 1836)

Synonimous :

  • Unionicola figuralis
  • Pentatax figuralis

Unionicola (Hexatax) gracilipalpis (K. Viets, 1908)

Synonimous :

  • Unionicola gracilipalpis
  • Atax gracilipalpis

Unionicola (Hexatax) minor (Soar, 1900)

Synonimous :

  • Unionicola minor
  • Unionicola crassipes minor

Unionicola (Hexatax) parvula Lundblad, 1954

Synonimous :

  • Unionicola parvula

Unionicola (Unionicola) ypsilophora (Bonz, 1783)

Synonimous :

  • Unionicola ypsilophora
  • Atax ypsilophorus

 

 

References.

  • Hallan Joel – Biology Catalog – Texas A&M University. Link to Unionicoladae species.
  • Hevers – 1980  – Biologisch-ökologische Untersuchungen zum Entwicklungszyklus der in Deutschland auftretenden Unionicola-Arten (Hydrachnellae, Acari) – Archiv für Hydrobiologie  Supplement – Volume: 57, Issue: 3, Pages: 324-373
  • Smit & Gerecke – 2010 – A CHECKLIST OF THE WATER MITES OF FRANCE (ACARI: HYDRACHNIDIA) – Acarologia 50(1): 21–91.
  • Soar & Williamson – 1927 – British hydracarina – Vol 2

Fig 100 : Unionicola Crassipes - from Piersig 1900

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