Water mites of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Hygrobatidae) from Ghana

VLADIMIR PEŠIĆ; Harry SMIT

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3911.3.2

Issue: Vol. 3911 No. 3: 20 Jan. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-01-20

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3911.3.2

Page range: 343–356

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**Water mites of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Hygrobatidae) from Ghana**

VLADIMIR PEŠIĆ⁺⁻
Harry SMIT⁺⁻

Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro.

Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.

Water mites systematics new species Ghana West Africa

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Abstract

New records of water mites of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Hygrobatidae) from streams in Ghana are presented. Six species are reported, one of these, Atractides (Atractides) ghanaensis n. sp., is described as new for science. First records for Ghana are given for A. (Atractides) damkoehleri (K. Viets, 1916), A. (A.) latisetus (K. Viets, 1916), A. (Polymegapus) kuehnei (K. Viets, 1911) and A. (Tympanomegapus) tuberipalpis (K. Viets, 1913).