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Issue: Vol. 2012 No. 1: 16 Feb. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-02-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2012.1.1
Page range: 1–27
Abstract views: 47
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Water mites of the family Torrenticolidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Thailand, Part II. The genus Monatractides K.Viets

Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro
Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Middenlaan 64, 1018 DH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Acari water mites new species running waters Thailand

Abstract

New records of water mites of the genus Monatractides K.Viets (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) from streams in Thailand are presented. One species, Monatractides gledhilli, new to science is described; a first description of the male is given for M. circuloides (Halík); first records from Thailand are given for Monatractides neoapratima (Wiles), M. circuloides (Halík), M. kyphophorus (K. Viets), M. parviventris (K. Viets), M. longiventris (K. Viets), M. oxystomus (K. Viets), M. cf. garhwaliensis Pesic et al., M. cf. tuzovskyi Pesic et al., M. macroporus K. Viets-complex and M. plumosa (Wiles). The zoogeographical characteristics of the Thailands torrenticolids are outlined. Additional work is highly desirable to clarify the taxonomy of SE Asian Monatractides species.

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