New species of water mites from New Guinea (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Halacaridae)
2011 - Volume: 51 Issue: 3 pages: 321-345
https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20102017
Keywords
water mites
Hydrachnidia
Halacaridae
new species
New Guinea
Abstract
The following new species are described from the Indonesia part of New Guinea: Oxus litoralis, O. reticulatus, Limnesia longiseta, L. papuensis, L. pseudopatens, Procorticacarus minutus, Australiobates hyalinus, A. setosus, A. sylvestris and Arrenurus basegensis. The following new species are reported for the fauna of New Guinea, i.e. Limnochares australica Cook, 1986, Oxus orientalis Walter, 1915, Litarachna denhami (Lohmann, 1909) and Rhombognathus scutulatus Bartsch, 1983. Piona piersigi (Daday, 1900) is redescribed.
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