TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - Torrenticolid water mites of Bhutan. Genera Torrenticola Piersig, 1896 and Neoatractides Lundblad, 1941 (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Torrenticolidae)
VL  - 62
IS  - 3
SP  - 821
EP  - 860
PY  - 2022
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Pešić, Vladimir
AU  - Smit, Harry
AU  - Gurung, Mer Man
UR  - https://doi.org/10.24349/xn0u-5px2
DO  - 10.24349/xn0u-5px2
DA  - 2022-09-01
ET  - 2022-09-01
KW  - Himalayas
KW  - Bhutan
KW  - taxonomy
KW  - new species
KW  - running waters
AB  - Torrenticolid mites is a distinctive and a common component in running water in the Palaearctic, and often dominate in fast flowing streams in mountainous areas. The present study is based on material collected in 2021 in Bhutan. In total 17 species of the two torrenticolid genera Torrenticola Piersig, 1896 and Neoatractides Lundblad, 1941 are reported in this study. A detailed description is given for each species, facilitating their identification in future systematic surveys of Himalayan torrenticolid mites. In addition, seven species new to science of the genus Torrenticola are described, i.e., T. longiseta sp. nov., T. brachypalpis sp. nov., T. trongsaensis sp. nov.., T. dbgurungi sp. nov.., T. himalayica sp. nov., T. ancylopalpis sp. nov. T. megapalpis sp. nov.). Furthermore, one new species of the genus Neoatractides is described in this paper, i.e., N. (Allotorenticola) tashiwangmoi sp. nov.  
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