Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) membranator Thor 1901

• Main Authors: Smit, Harry, Gerecke, Reinhard, Pešić, Vladimir, Gledhill, Terence
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Trombidiformes; Arrenuridae; Arrenurus; Arrenurus membranator; Greenland; Reykjanes; Geysir; glacier; Iceland; Mite
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5689259; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5689259

Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) membranator Thor, 1901 Material examined. Iceland. 3 / 1 /0, Ponds S of Reykjanes, 65 º 55 ’N 22 º 24 ’ W, 21 -vi- 1994, leg. A. Olsthoorn & A. Bouman; 3 / 2 /0, Ponds Storhol, 64 º 30 ’ N 14 º 32 ’W, 30 -vi- 1994, leg. A. Olsthoorn; 1 / 3 /0, Glacier lakes Skaftafel, 1 - vii- 1994, leg. A. Olsthoorn; 0/ 1 /0, Hot stream Geysir, 64 º 19 ’ N 20.20 ’ W, 3 -vii- 1994, leg. A. Olsthoorn & A. Bouman; 2 / 4 /0, Ditch along road NE of Reykjavik, 64 º 17 ’44,8”N 21 º 26 ’32,3” W, 21 -vi- 2012, leg. A. van Heerden; 1 / 2 /0, Small pond NE of Reykjavik, 64 º 13 ’39,8” N 21 º 21 ’ 21,2 W, 22 -vi- 2012, leg. A. van Heerden; 2 / 2 / 0, Ditch NE of Reykjavik, 63 º 53 ’11,1”N 29 º 45 ’43,5” W, 22 -vi- 2012, leg. A. van Heerden. Kyrgyzstan. 2 / 1 /0, Rheocrenes and spring-fed pond along road Korchor-Balyksy, 42 º 16.391 N 75 º 51.204 E, alt. 1761 m a.s.l., 15 - viii- 2013, leg. H. Smit & V. Pešić. Arrenurus membranator has a widespread distribution in northern Europe. Furthermore, it is known from Greenland. The records from Iceland, the first for the country, fit in this distribution pattern. The record from Kyrgyzstan extends the distribution area far eastwards. This paper is an opportunity to inform the community of our global condition in taxonomy and systematics. Many species: 1.) have inadequate descriptions and/or lost types, 2.) are new species to science, and 3.) are disclosed by new techniques, e.g., the use of mtDNA. The result is a maze of names that require re-evaluation in order to reveal previously unknown relationships and cryptic species. Thus, extensive ‘re-editions’ are essential to bring together changes under one heading. Published as part of Smit, Harry, Gerecke, Reinhard, Pešić, Vladimir & Gledhill, Terence, 2015, On the taxonomic state of water mite taxa (Acari: Hydrachnidia) described from the Palaearctic, part 3, Hygrobatoidea and Arrenuroidea with new faunistic data, pp. 542-552 in Zootaxa 3981 (4) on page 551, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3981.4.5, ...