| Author | Vidrine, M.F., Lötter Z., Van As J.G., Bogan A.E. & Bastian-Stanford M. |
| Year | 2007 |
| Title | Unionicola (Coelaturicola) gledhilli n. subgen., n. sp. (Acari: Unionicolidae) from freshwater mussels in Botswana and East Africa. |
| journal | Int. J. Acarol. 33 (2): 167-171. |
| Keywords | freshwater mussels, Iridinidae, Unionidae, biogeography |
| Abstract | ABSTRACT - Unionicola (Coelaturicola) gledhilli n. subgen., n. sp. (Hydrachnida: Unionicolidae) is described from freshwater mussels, Coelatura kunenensis Mousson, 1887 (Unionoida: Unionidae) from the Okavango River, Botswana, and Chambardia nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) (Unionoida: Iridinidae) from Lake Malawi, Malawi, East Africa. The new species has distinctive coxal plate and genital field morphologies. This new mite extends our understanding of the morphology and biogeography of the genus in Africa and the Southern Hemisphere. It further extends our knowledge of host selection and host-specificity among the Unionicola. |
| Biotop | lakes |
| Systematik | Hydrachnidia |