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Issue: Vol. 1894 No. 1: 8 Oct. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-10-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1894.1.4
Page range: 53–58
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 1

New records of the water mite genus Arrenurus from India, with the description of one new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Arrenuridae)

Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Middenlaan 64, 1018 DH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
Acari Hydrachnidia Arrenurus new species new records India

Abstract

New records are given of the water mite genus Arrenurus from India. One new species is described, i.e. Arrenurus indicus Smit & Pesic n. sp. The synonymizations of A. mammifera Nayar, 1967 with A. laticodulus Piersig, 1898 and of A. incisifrons Nayar, 1969 with A. spinosus Walter, 1929 are confirmed. The first description of the female of A. kurtvietsi Lundblad is given. All existing data on Arrenurus from India are reported.

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