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Issue: Vol. 2158 No. 1: 15 Jul. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-07-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2158.1.2
Page range: 20–32
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 3

New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from interstitial freshwaters of India, with descriptions of three new species

Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro
Department of Zoology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjunanagar 522 510, India
Acari new records hyporheic habitat interstitial India

Abstract

New records of six water mite species (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from interstitial waters of India are reported; three of them, viz. Atractides panesari, Albaxona indica and Axonopsis periyar are described as new to science. Atractides gracilis Jin, 1997 is replaced with Atractides jini nom. nov. Moreover, an additional description of the female of Atractides biscutatus Cook, 1967 is given.

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