First detailed records of water mite larvae (Hydrachnidia: Hydrovolzidae, Hydryphantidae) parasitizing empidid flies (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae)

• Published in: International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife 2020-08, Vol.12, p.165-171
• Main Authors: Słowińska, Iwona, Zawal, Andrzej, Stryjecki, Robert, Michoński, Grzegorz
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Acari; Clinocerinae; Empididae; Hydrovolzia; Panisopsis; Parasite; Protzia
• ISSN: 2213-2244; 2213-2244
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2020.06.001

Five species of the subfamily Clinocerinae from the Tatra Mountains (S Poland) were observed to be parasitized by larval water mites. Two of them: Kowarzia plectrum Mik, 1880 and Clinocera storchi Mik, 1880 are recorded from this massif for the first time. In addition, C. storchi, is new for Polish fauna. The most infected species was Clinocera appendiculata Zetterstedt, 1838, following by Wiedemannia mikiana (Bezzi, 1899), Clinocera storchi Mik, 1880, Kowarzia plectrum Mik, 1880 and Wiedemannia jazdzewskii Niesiołowski, 1987. The highest number of hosts occurred in the case of Panisopsis curvifrons (Walter, 1907) with five host species, following by both Hydrovolzia placophora (Monti, 1905) and Protzia eximia (Protz, 1896) with one species each. In the case of Clinocera appendiculata more parasites were recorded on males than on females and in C. storchi more parasites were recorded on females. The abdomen of the hosts was the most often chosen by water mites larvae. [Display omitted] •First detailed records of water mites parasitism on five Clinocerinae species.•There are differences in infection of sexes in different host species.•Abdomen was the most often chosen parts of the body by water mites larvae.•The widest range of the body size occurred for Panisopsis curvifrons larvae.•Hydrovolzia placophora is the species develop later than Panisopsis curvifrons.