Abstract
Torrenticola trimaculata Fisher n. sp. is described from eastern North America as the first in a series of descriptions on Torrenticolidae. As such, the study includes expanded discussions of methods, early taxonomic history, and numerous images surveying external morphology using a diversity of imaging methods. Species hypotheses were supported with analysis of the “barcoding” region of COI. Torrenticola trimaculata is found to be a wide-ranging, variable species with two distinct morphs that do not coexist locally. Also, we report the first record of the diatom, Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 1838, as epiphytic on water mites.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 71-116 |
| Number of pages | 46 |
| Journal | Acarologia |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2015 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Insect Science