Freshwater halacarid mites (Acari: Halacaridae) from Madagascar - new records, keys and notes on distribution and biology

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Bartsch, Ilse (2018): Freshwater halacarid mites (Acari: Halacaridae) from Madagascar - new records, keys and notes on distribution and biology. Bonn zoological Bulletin 67 (2): 79-99, DOI: 10.20363/BZB-2018.67.2.079, URL: dx.doi.org/10.20363/bzb-2018.67.2.079 Abstract. Four freshwater halacarid species were previously recorded from Madagascar.

They had been extracted from sandy deposits at the banks of streams and creeks. Recently another two species were found, namely Porohalacarus alpinus and Soldanellonyx monardi. On the basis of individuals of these two species, as well as of additional material of the four formerly recorded species (Limnohalacarus cultellatus, Limnohalacarus novus, Lobohalacarus weberi, and Ropohalacarus pallidus), morphological characters are added to previous descriptions and the male of P. alpinus is described.