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Issue: Vol. 2119 No. 1: 27 May. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-05-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2119.1.1
Page range: 1–22
Abstract views: 39
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Studies on water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from the Himalayas, II. New records and descriptions of seven new species from India

Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro
Walter-Gropius-Str. 22, 79100 Freiburg i. Brsg. Germany
Acari water mites new species running waters India

Abstract

New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the Indian Himalayas are reported. Seven species new to science: Sperchon schwoerbeli sp. nov., S. bakeri sp. nov., Atractides lahauli sp. nov., A. himachali sp. nov., A. acetabulensis sp. nov., A. davecooki sp. nov. and Aturus indicus sp. nov., are described from the western Himalayas (Himachal Pradesh State, India).

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