New records of water mite of the family Torrenticolidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from hillstreams of the Garhwal Himalayas (Northern India) are presented. Monatractides garhwaliensis is described as new to science; first records from India are given for Torrenticola semisuta (Halik) and Torrenticola cf. turkestanica (Sokolow).
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1 December 2007
A new species of Monatractides (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Torrenticolidae) and new records of other torrenticolid water mites from the Garhwal Himalayas (India)
Vladimir Pesic,
Neeraj Kumar,
Kapil Kumar
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Acari
India
new species
running waters
Water mites