Species Hydrodroma monticola (Piersig, 1906)

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• Diplodontis despiciens monticolus Piersig, R. 1906. Über Süsswasser-Acarinen von Hinterindien, Sumatra, Java und den Sandwich-Inseln. (Reise von Dr. Walter Volz.). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 23: 321-394 pls 13-21.

Introduction

This species has been reported from Australia by a number of authors. However, it now appears that specimens identified as H. monticola world-wide actually represent a mixture of several species. The identity of the Australian specimens identified as H. monticola has not been fully resolved, and this species is not included in the key to Australian species of Hydrodroma in Pešić & Smit (2011).

General References

Cook, D.R. 1986. Water mites from Australia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 40: 1-568 (as Hydrodroma monticola)

Harvey, M.S. 1998. The Australian Water Mites. A Guide to the Families and Genera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 150 pp. (as Hydrodroma monticola)

Lundblad, O. 1947. Zur Kenntnis australischer Wassermilben. Arkiv för Zoologi 40A(2): 1-82 pls I-IX (as Hydrodroma monticola)

Pešić, V. & Smit, H. 2011. A new species of the genus Hydrodroma Koch, 1837 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hydrodromidae), with a key to the hitherto known six species of the genus in Australia. ZooKeys 143: 13–22

Szalay, L. 1953. New data on Tasmanian water-mites (Hydrachnellae) with a list of recorded species. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 87: 73-80 (as Hydrodroma monticola)

Viets, K.O. 1987. Die Milben des Süsswassers (Hydrachnellae und Halacaridae (Part.), Acari). 2. Katalog. Berlin : Paul Parey 1012 pp. (as Hydrodroma monticola)

Wiles, P.R. 1986. Hydrodroma monticola (Piersig) (Hydrachnidia, Hydrodromidae Koch 1837) a redefinition of the species. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 108: 135-140 (as Hydrodroma monticola)

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