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The body pigmentation of the red-coloured Limnochares aquatica (L.) and Hydrodroma despiciens pilosa Bess., and the yellowish-brown Hydrodroma danuviensis Schw. were studied. Absorption spectroscopy indicated the presence of carotenoids in all three species. Using high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC), co-chromatography of reference pigments and absorption spectroscopy of collected HPLC fractions, the following main carotenoids were identified: zeaxanthin and/or lutein, cryptoxanthin, canth-axanthin, astaxanthin (in H.d. pilosa) and possibly β-carotene. In addition in H. danuviensis, a polar water-soluble pigment was detected which could not be identified further and which, in combination with the carotenoids, may be responsible for the typical colour of this species. Male and female L. aquatica and H.d. pilosa have a similar pigment composition, but with higher concentrations in male H.d. pilosa and lower concentrations in male L. aquatica compared to their female counterparts. Pigment concentration per unit dry mass is about 8–10 times greater in L. aquatica than in the Hydrodroma spp.
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Meyer, E., Kabbe, K. (1991). Pigmentation in water mites of the general Limnochares Latr. and Hydrodoma Koch (Hydrachnidia) . In: The Acari. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3102-5_35
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