Abstract
The results are given of water mite collections from Hawaii, Western Samoa, Fiji and Vanuatu. Four new species are described, viz. Aspidiobates vanuaticus, A. pacificus, Unionicola pacifica and Arrenurus nausoriensis. New records are given for Limnochares australica Lundblad from Fiji, Oxus orientalis Walter from Vanuatu and Arrenurus multicornutus from Western Samoa.References
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