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Issue: Vol. 1613 No. 1: 12 Oct. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-10-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1613.1.3
Page range: 45–56
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 1

First records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Bhutan, with description of two new species

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 Sperchontidae Torrenticolidae

Abstract

New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from streams in Bhutan are presented. Two species new to science are described: Sperchon himalayus sp. nov. and Torrenticola bhutana sp. nov. Furthermore, the first records from Bhutan are given for Monatractides tristis (Lundblad), Testudacarus tripeltatus Walter and Sperchon cf. indicus Kumar et al.

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