New records of water mites from Sri Lanka (Acari: Hydrachnidia) with the description of four new species

Abstract

Nine species of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) were collected in 2017 from two rivers in Sri Lanka. One genus, i.e. Srilankurus, and four species, i.e Atractides biesiadkai, Axonopsis srilankensis, Brachypodopsis mirkae and Srilankurus biprojectus are described as new for science; Monatractides pinapalpis (Cook, 1967), a species so far known from India only, is reported as new for the fauna of Sri Lanka. The number of water mites known from Sri Lanka now tallies 60 species.

A SECOND SPECIES OF THE WATER MITE GENUS SINHALADWIPABATES GLEDHILL & WILES, 1997 FROM THAILAND (ACARI: HYDRACHNIDIA: HYGROBATIDAE)

“…However, our knowledge of the Oriental fauna is far from complete (Di Sabatino et al 2008) although recently a number of papers have been published which improved our knowledge considerably (e.g. , 2016, Pešić et al 2018a,b, Smit 2016.…”

New records of marine water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Pontarachnidae) from the southern Black Sea (Sinop Bay, Turkey)

“…Almost nothing is known of the life history of members of the family Pontarachnidae. The larva (if it exists as a free living stage) and its host (if any) are unknown and it is possible that the parasitic larval stage is bypassed (Pešić et al, 2011).…”