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Table 7 Counts of free-living water mite species ordered by taxonomic order and family

From: Parasite-host relationships of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) and black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in southeastern Spain

Order

Family

Species

Abundance

na

Oribatida

2

2

Trombidiformes

Aturidae

Aturus sp.

1

1

Aturus gallicus Viets, 1939

2

1

Hygrobatidae

Atractides nodipalpis Thor, 1899

1

1

Hygrobates sp.

12

5

Hygrobates calliger Piersig, 1896

5

1

Hygrobates fluviatilis (Ström, 1768)

2

1

Lebertidae

Lebertia sp.

1

1

Lebertia porosa Thor, 1900

1

1

Sperchontidae

Sperchon algeriensis Lundblad, 1942

30

7

Sperchon compactilis Koenike, 1911

15

5

Sperchon denticulatus gr

2

2

Sperchon setiger Thor, 1898

3

2

Torrenticolidae

Torrenticola sp.

1

1

Torrenticola barsica (Szalay, 1933)

2

2

  1. an denotes the number of sampling points where each species was found, and information regarding their location and physico-chemical variables can be found in Table 1