New species of subgenus Megaluracarus (Acari: Hydrachnidiae: Arrenuridae: Arrenurus) from Mexico

MARCIA M. RAMÍREZ-SÁNCHEZ; GERARDO RIVAS

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3718.4.2

Issue: Vol. 3718 No. 4: 7 Oct. 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-10-07

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3718.4.2

Page range: 317–330

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**New species of subgenus Megaluracarus (Acari: Hydrachnidiae: Arrenuridae: Arrenurus) from Mexico**

MARCIA M. RAMÍREZ-SÁNCHEZ⁺⁻
GERARDO RIVAS⁺⁻

Prostigmata water mites taxonomy diversity

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Abstract

Four new water mite species of the subgenus Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) from lakes and ponds in Mexico are described and illustrated: Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) anitahoffmannae sp. nov., A. olmeca sp. nov., A. maya sp. nov., and A. urbanus sp. nov. With these species the number of known species of this subgenus in Mexico increases to 21.