Global InformationHydrachna information
| Hydrachna | |
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| Hydrachna globosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Trombidiformes |
| Family: | Hydrachnidae |
| Genus: | Hydrachna O. F. Müller, 1776 |
Hydrachna is a genus of mites in the family Hydrachnidae, the sole genus of the family. There are more than 80 described species in Hydrachna.[1][2][3][4] Larvae of this genus are known to be parasites of water beetles such as Eretes griseus by attaching to the back of the thorax and abdomen.[4] These water mite larvae are also hosts of Callicorixa, Corixa, Cymatia and Sigara species, although Sigara falleni has been described as "immune" to these mites, and Cymatia coleoptrata and Sigara striata also gain this "immunity" after a few years of interaction.[5]
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buglinkwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Arjomandi, Elham; Zawal, Andrzej; Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza; Filip, Ewa; Szenejko, Magdalena (22 July 2019). "New record of a parasitising species of Hydrachna (Acari, Hydrachnidia) on water beetles Eretes griseus (Fabricius, 1781) (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Dytiscinae, Eretini)". ZooKeys (865): 31–38. Bibcode:2019ZooK..865...31A. doi:10.3897/zookeys.865.34532. PMC 6663934. PMID 31379442.
- ^ Davids, C. (1972). "The Water Mite Hydrachna Conjecta Koenike, 1895 (Acari, Hydrachnellae), Bionomics and Relation To Species of Corixidae (Hemiptera)". Netherlands Journal of Zoology. 23 (4): 363–429. doi:10.1163/002829673X00012. Retrieved 2 February 2024.