Limnesia
C. L. Koch, 1836
Limnesia is a of freshwater mites in the Limnesiidae, with distribution. The genus includes such as Limnesia maculata, which has been studied for its glandular ultrastructure and in freshwater . These mites possess a well-developed prosomal gland complex involved in feeding and ion-.
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Habitat
Freshwater environments including lakes; specimens of L. maculata have been collected from Lake Glubokoiye in Russia and maintained in artesian water under laboratory conditions.
Distribution
distribution with records from Colombia (Caldas, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Meta, Tolima), Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Specific collection locality for L. maculata: Lake Glubokoiye, Smolensk Province, Demidovskiy district, National Park 'Smolenskoye Poozerye', Russia (55°30' N 31°46' E).
Life Cycle
develop through larval, nymphal, and stages. Larvae are unfed when newly emerged; adults collected from natural can be maintained in laboratory conditions to obtain larvae.
Similar Taxa
- UnionicolaBoth are freshwater mite in the superfamily Hygrobatoidea; distinguished by -level classification (Unionicolidae vs. Limnesiidae) and presumably by glandular anatomy and associations.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
- Ultrastructure of the prosomal gland complex in unfed larvae of the fresh-water mite Limnesia maculata (Müller, 1776) (Acariformes, Limnesiidae)
- Biological and Ecological Studies on the Life Cycle of Freshwater‐mites II. The Life Cycle of Limnesia maculata and Unionicola crassipes