Abstract
Illustrated descriptions of seven water mite species, Aturus triangularis sp. n., Aturus similis sp. n., Aturus sikhotealinensis sp. n., Aturus primoryensis sp. n., Aturus polysetus sp. n., Aturus pulcher sp. n., Aturus insolitus sp. n., from running waters of the Far East of Russia are presented. Aturus multiclavus Kim & Chung, 1993 and Aturus multisetus Kim & Chung, 1993 are reported from Russia for the first time.
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