Atractides (Maderomegapus) hystricipes
Creators: name: Cantallo, Harold
name: Gomes, Nuno
name: Antunes, Carlos
name: Martins, Duarte
name: Costa, Dimítri De Araújo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Hygrobatidae
Atractides
Atractides hystricipes

description: Atractides (Maderomegapus) hystricipes (Lundblad, 1941)
Synonym: Maderomegapus hystricipes Lundblad, 1941 (original designation)
Type material: Holotype one male NHRS-GULI000089969 and one female Allotype NHRS-GULI000089970 deposited at NRM (Pers. comm., G. Lindberg).
Type locality: Portugal: Madeira Island (Lundblad 1941b)
Geographical distribution: Portugal: Madeira Island (Borges et al. 2008; Hughes et al. 1998; Lundblad 1941b).
Ecological notes: Freshwater (Borges et al. 2008; Hughes et al. 1998).
Atractides (Atractides) insulanus (Lundblad, 1941)
Synonym: Megapus insulanus Lundblad, 1941 (original designation)
Type material: Deposited in NRM: Holotype one male (Gerecke 2003; Lundblad 1941b), catalogue number NHRS-GULI000006542 (GBIF 2022); Paratype: (Gerecke 2003), catalogue number NHRS-GULI000006544 (GBIF 2022).
Type locality: Portugal: Madeira Island (Lundblad 1941b), in Ribeira da Janela waterfall (Gerecke 2003).
Geographical distribution: Portugal: Madeira Island (GBIF 2022; Gerecke 2003).
Distribution in Portugal: Madeira Island (Borges et al. 2008; Hughes et al. 1998; Lundblad 1941b), in Ribeira da Janela waterfall (Gerecke 2003).
Ecological notes: Freshwater (Borges et al. 2008; Hughes et al. 1998), springs (rhithrobiontic habit), in thin layers of flowing water (Gerecke 2003).
Atractides macaronensis (Lundblad, 1941)
Synonym: Megapus macaronensis Lundblad, 1941 (original designation)
Type material: Deposited in NRM: Holotype one male (Lundblad 1941b),catalogue number NHRS-GULI000006536 (GBIF 2022); Paratype catalogue number NHRS-GULI000006537 (GBIF 2022).
Type locality: Portugal: Madeira Island (Lundblad 1941b), in Vinte e Cinco Fontes, Levada (GBIF 2022; Gerecke 2003).
Geographical distribution: Portugal: Madeira Island (GBIF 2022; Gerecke 2003).
Distribution in Portugal: Madeira Island (Borges et al. 2008; Hughes et al. 1998), in Vinte e Cinco Fontes, Levada (GBIF 2022; Gerecke 2003).
Ecological notes: Freshwater (Borges et al. 2008; Hughes et al. 1998), rhithrobiont (river and tributary environment), in thin layers of flowing water, preference at rocky habitats (Gerecke 2003).
Atractides maderensis (Lundblad, 1941)
Synonyms: Megapus maderensis Lundblad, 1941 (original designation
Type material: Deposited in NRM: Holotype one male (Gerecke 2003; Lundblad 1941b), catalogue number NHRSGULI000006546 (GBIF 2022); Paratype: (Gerecke 2003), catalogue number NHRS-GULI000006547 (GBIF 2022).
Type locality: Portugal: Madeira Island (Lundblad 1941b), in Ribeira da Janela, Risco; Vinte e Cinco Fontes, Levada (GBIF 2022; Gerecke 2003).
Geographical distribution: Portugal: Madeira Island (GBIF 2022; Gerecke 2003).
Distribution in Portugal: Madeira Island (Borges et al. 2008; Hughes et al. 1998; Lundblad 1941b), in Ribeira da Janela, Risco; Vinte e Cinco Fontes, Levada (GBIF 2022; Gerecke 2003).
Ecological notes: Freshwater (Borges et al. 2008; Hughes et al. 1998), found in springs and river habitats (rhithrobiontic species) (Gerecke 2003).
Atractides (Polymegapus) rutae (Lundblad, 1941)
Synonyms: Megapus rutae Lundblad, 1941 (original designation); Megapus (Allomegapus) rutae Lundblad, 1941
Type material: Deposited in NRM: Holotype one male (Lundblad 1941b),catalogue number NHRS-GULI000006538 (GBIF 2022); Paratypes catalogue number NHRS-GULI000006539 (GBIF 2022); one female catalogue number NHRS-GULI000006540 (GBIF 2022).
Type locality: Portugal: Madeira Island (Lundblad 1941b), in Rabaçal (GBIF 2022; Gerecke 2003).
Geographical distribution: Portugal: Madeira Island (GBIF 2022; Gerecke 2003; Lundblad 1941b); Spain: Canary Islands, in Tenerife (Lundblad 1962; Valdecasas 1988).
Distribution in Portugal: Madeira Island (Lundblad 1941b), in Rabaçal (GBIF 2022; Gerecke 2003).
Ecological notes: Freshwater (Borges et al. 2008; Hughes et al. 1998), springs, and thin layers of flowing water (Gerecke 2003).
Atractides (Atractides) clavipes Lundblad, 1954
Type material: Holotype (Lundblad 1954), Lundblad No. Präp. 4500, deposited in NRM (Lundblad 1956).
Type locality: Portugal: Sintra-Monserrate Park and Palace(Lundblad 1954, 1956).
Geographical distribution: Germany, France, Iberian Peninsula and Italy (Gerecke et al. 2016).
Distribution in Portugal: South: Estremadura (Valdecasas 1988), in Sintra, Monserrate Park and Palace (Lundblad 1956).
Ecological notes: Crenobiont species: at springs habitats (Gerecke et al. 2016) and small streams, present in plant Alsophila spp. (Lundblad 1956).
Atractides (Atractides) nodipalpis Thor, 1899
Synonyms: Megapus nodipalpis Thor, 1899 (original designation); Megapus tenuitarsus Komárek, 1921; Megapus nodipalpis parviporus Besseling, 1933; Atractides moravicus Láska, 1952; Atractides limnicola Schwoerbel, 1959; Atractides microcavaticus Schwoerbel, 1961; Atractides schlienzi Schwoerbel, 1961
Type material: Paratypes 3 specimen deposited in SMF, catalogue numbers 42618-1516-VIE/053, 42619-1517- VIE/053, 42620-1518-VIE/053(GBIF 2022).
Type locality: Norway: Gudbrandsdalen (GBIF 2022; Gerecke 2003; Lundblad 1956).
Geographical distribution: Palaearctic (Gerecke et al. 2016).
Distribution in Portugal: Centre: Beira Alta, in Santa Comba Dão (Lundblad 1956).
Ecological notes: Warm fast-flowing streams, present in moss in a waterfall (Lundblad 1956). Organic pollutiontolerant species with rhithrobiont freshwater preferences (river and tributaries environment); Larval insect hosts: Chironomidae dipterans (Gerecke et al. 2016).
Atractides (Tympanomegapus) ibericus Lundblad, 1956
Synonym: Atractides lacustris ibericus Lundblad, 1956 (original designation)
Type material: Holotype one male Lundblad No. Präp. 4551, deposited in NRM (Lundblad 1956).
Type locality: Portugal: Santa Comba Dão, Beira Alta (Lundblad 1956).
Geographical distribution: Portugal: Santa Comba Dão, Beira Alta (Lundblad 1956).
Distribution in Portugal: Centre: Santa Comba Dão, Beira Alta (Lundblad 1956).
Ecological notes: Freshwater, in slow-moderate motion streams, on a sandy substrate; present in Carex spp. plants (Lundblad 1956).
description: Published as part of Cantallo, Harold, Gomes, Nuno, Antunes, Carlos, Martins, Duarte & Costa, Dimítri De Araújo, 2022, Checklist of water mites from mainland Portugal and its archipelagos, pp. 336-370 in Zootaxa 5213 (4) on pages 355-357, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7381432