TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - The first hyporheic water mites from the Afrotropical region (Acari: Hydrachnidia), with new species of the genera Kawamuracarus Uchida and Bharatohydracarus Cook VL - 54 IS - 1 SP - 39 EP - 45 PY - 2014 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Smit, H. UR - https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20142112 DO - 10.1051/acarologia/20142112 DA - 2014-03-28 ET - 2014-03-28 KW - New species KW - Ghana KW - systematics KW - hyporheic AB - Two new water mite species are described from Ghana, i.e. Kawamuracarus biscutatus n. sp. and Bharatohydracarus africanus n. sp. These two genera have not been reported previously from the Afrotropical region. Moreover, they are the first known hyporheic species of the Afrotropical region. ER -