New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Sri Lanka with description of four new species and some remarks of relationships

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 1589-1610
Author(s):  
Andrzej Zawal ◽  
Izabela Szućko ◽  
Magdalena Szenejko ◽  
Lidia Skuza ◽  
Aleksandra Bańkowska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
New Records ◽  
Dna Barcodes ◽  
Water Mites ◽  
Water Mite ◽  
Standing Waters ◽  
First Time

New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the standing waters of Sri Lanka are presented. Fifteen species have been registrated, among them four species, i.e. Piona srilankana (Pionidae), Neumania edytae (Unionicolidae), Krendowskia (Krendowskiella) srilankana (Krendowskiidae), and Mideopsis ewelinae (Mideopsidae) are described as new to science. DNA was extracted from 18 water mite specimens and DNA barcodes are given for the first time for nine species.

New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Brunei Darussalam, Borneo, with descriptions of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3018 (1) ◽  
pp. 50 ◽  
Author(s):  
VLADIMIR PEŠIĆ ◽  
TAPAS CHATTERJEE ◽  
DAVID J. MARSHALL ◽  
ANA PAVIĆEVIĆ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Water Mites ◽  
Water Mite ◽  
Brunei Darussalam ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Brunei Darussalam are presented. Two new species are described: Hydrodroma bruneiensis (Hydrodromidae) and Litarachna bruneiensis (Pontarachnidae); Limnesia lembangensis Piersig, 1906 and Arrenurus bihamatus K. Viets, 1935, are reported for the first time from Brunei Darussalam. The water mite fauna of Borneo now tallies 41 species.

scholarly journals New records of water mites from the Balkans revealed by DNA barcoding (Acari, Hydrachnidia)

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 20-34
Author(s):  
Vladimir Pešić ◽  
Milica Jovanović ◽  
Ana Manović ◽  
Ioannis Karaouzas ◽  
Harry Smit
Keyword(s):  
Dna Barcoding ◽  
New Records ◽  
Cryptic Diversity ◽  
Dna Barcodes ◽  
Water Mites ◽  
Water Mite ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Coi Sequences ◽  
First Time

New records of water mites from Serbia, North Macedonia and Greece revealed by DNA barcoding are presented. DNA barcodes were recovered from 63 water mite specimens morphologically assigned to 32 species. One species Lebertia algeriensis Lundblad, 1942, is reported for the first time for the Balkans; four species, i.e. Lebertia fimbriata Thor, 1899, L. rivulorum K. Viets, 1933, Atractides stankovici Pešić & Gerecke, 2010, and Wettina lacustris Pešić & Smit, 2018 are new for North Macedonia; Monatractides madritensis (K. Viets, 1930) and Mideopsis roztoczensis Biesiadka & Kowalik, 1979 are new for Serbia; and Hygrobates mediterraneus Pešić, 2020 is new for Greece. Comparing sequences of our study with the available COI sequences we recognized five possible cases of cryptic diversity involving species clusters with more than 5% divergence indicating that these species need further study.

scholarly journals New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from springs and running waters in Macedonia

2005 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-310
Author(s):  
V.M. Pesic
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
Running Waters ◽  
Water Mites ◽  
Water Mite ◽  
First Time

The present paper deals with interesting new records of water mites (Acari; Hydrachnidia) from springs and running waters of the Kozuf and Alsar Mountains (Southern Macedonia). In the paper 12 new species are added to the list of water mites known from Macedonia, and one of them is recorded for the first time for the water mite fauna of the Balkan Peninsula. The water mite fauna of Macedonia is thus represented by 154 species, belonging to 45 genera. Slide-mounted specimens and material pre?served in fluid are lodged in the collection of the author. The following abbreviations are used: I-L-6 = sixth segment of first leg; S-1/2 = setae at I-L-5; (1/2/3) = one male two females, three deutonymphs.

New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Tasmania, with descriptions of three new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2070 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
VLADIMIR PESIC ◽  
HARRY SMIT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Water Mites ◽  
Water Mite ◽  
Biological Survey ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Interstitial Waters

Three new water mite (Acari: Hydrachnidia) species are described from Tasmania, Tasmanobates separatus sp. nov., Procorticacarus karanovici sp. nov. and Guineaxonopsis tasmanica sp. nov. The material was collected in 2008 during a biological survey by Tom and Ivana Karanović (Hobart, Tasmania) from surface and interstitial waters of Tasmania. Moreover, a detailed description of Litarachna cf. amnicola Cook, 1986 is given.

Water mites of the genus Sperchon Kramer (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Sperchontidae) from Turkey, with description of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2514 (1) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
YUNUS ESEN ◽  
VLADIMIR PEŠIĆ ◽  
ORHAN ERMAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
First Record ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Water Mites ◽  
Water Mite ◽  
Two New Species

A survey is given of the distribution of the water mite species of the genus Sperchon Kramer (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Sperchontidae) in Turkey, based on all published data and numerous new records. Sperchon (Hispidosperchon) oezkani and S. (Sperchon) ayyildizi are described as new species; Sperchon fundamentalis Bader & Sepasgozarian, 1980 is synonymized with S. glandulosus Koenike, 1886; the first record from Turkey is given for Sperchon (Hispidosperchon) tarnogradskii Sokolow, 1927.

Water mites from Pacific Islands (Acari: Hydrachnidia)

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 588 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
HARRY SMIT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
New Records ◽  
Water Mites ◽  
Water Mite ◽  
Western Samoa

The results are given of water mite collections from Hawaii, Western Samoa, Fiji and Vanuatu. Four new species are described, viz. Aspidiobates vanuaticus, A. pacificus, Unionicola pacifica and Arrenurus nausoriensis. New records are given for Limnochares australica Lundblad from Fiji, Oxus orientalis Walter from Vanuatu and Arrenurus multicornutus from Western Samoa.

Studies on water mites of the family Hygrobatidae (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from Iran, I. The water mite genus Atractides Koch, with the description of five new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 495 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
VLADIMIR PESIC ◽  
ALIREZA SABOORI ◽  
MAHDIEH ASADI ◽  
REZA VAFAEI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Water Mites ◽  
Water Mite ◽  
The Family ◽  
Mite Genus

This survey of the distribution of the water mite species (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) of the genus Atractides Koch in Iran is based on all published data so far and numerous new records. Five new species are described, viz. Atractides markaziensis Pesic, A. mossahebii Pesic, A. mirkopesici Pesic, A. gereckei Pesic, and A. nikooae Pesic; a first description is given for the male of Atractides cf. lunipes Lundblad, 1956; a redescription are given for Atractides baderi Schwoerbel & Sepasgozarian, 1976, Atractides nahavandii Schwoerbel & Sepasgozarian, 1976, and Atractides fluviatilis (Szalay, 1929); first records from Iran are given for Atractides acutirostris (Motas & C.Angelier, 1927), A. robustus (Sokolow, 1940) and A. inflatus (Walter, 1925).

Nine new lichen species and 64 new records from Sri Lanka

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 280 (2) ◽  
pp. 152 ◽  
Author(s):  
GOTHAMIE WEERAKOON ◽  
ANDRÉ APTROOT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
New Records ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Lichen Species ◽  
Lichen Diversity ◽  
Forest Sites ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
First Time

The lichen diversity of ten forest sites representing different geographical regions in Sri Lanka was investigated. In total, c. 1500 specimens of c. 400 species were recorded of the evaluated groups (all except the Graphidaceae and a few foliose groups). The following new species are described: Astrothelium conjugatum, Heterodermia fragmentata, Lecanactis minutissima, Megalotremis cylindrica, Porina microtriseptata, Porina monilisidiata, Psoroglaena spinosa, Pyrenula multicolorata, and Schistophoron muriforme. A further 64 species are reported for the first time from Sri Lanka, including 30 new records for the Indian subcontinent and eight new to Asia.

scholarly journals Water mites from West Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia)

Acarologia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 700-746
Author(s):  
Harry Smit
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
West Africa ◽  
New Records ◽  
The Gambia ◽  
Water Mites ◽  
Full Species ◽  
First Time

Abstract. Ten new species of water mites are described from Ghana, i.e. Limnesia (Limnesia) stagnalis n. sp. (Limnesiidae), Hygrobatopsis (?) convexipalpis n. sp., Hygrobatopsis (Hygrobatopsis) pauciglandulosa n. sp., Hygrobates (Hygrobates) dentipalpis n. sp., Hygrobates (Hygrobates) pseudoniloticus n. sp. (Hygrobatidae), Neumania (Soarella) fusiformis n. sp., Neumania (Soarella) ghanaensis n. sp., Unionicola heversi n. sp. (Unionicolidae), Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) chutteri ankasa n. sp. and Arrenurus (Micruracarus) circulodorsalis n. sp. (Arrenuridae). Three subspecies are raised to full species, i.e. Mamersa expansa Cook, 1979 nov. stat. (Hydryphantidae), H. coriaceus (Lundblad, 1952) nov. stat. (Hygrobatidae) and Nyangalla (Ecpolopella) acuticaudata K. Viets, 1916 nov. stat. (Unionicolidae). Ecpolus dorsofenestratus Lundblad, 1949 is synonymized with Neumania (Alloneumania) marginata (K. Viets, 1916). The adults of Hygrobatopsis (Hygrobatopsella) inflatus (K. Viets, 1925), a species know thus far as deutonymph only, the females of Tubophora limnesioides Walter, 1935, Hygrobates niloticus Walter, 1922, Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) geniculatus Koenike 1898 and Momonides ghanaensis Smit, 2012, and the male of Piona damasiella Cook, 1966 are described for the first time. Many new records are presented for Ghana and the Gambia.

scholarly journals New records of water mites from New Zealand, with the description of three new genera and ten new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia)

Acarologia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 903-950
Author(s):  
Harry Smit ◽  
Vladimir Pešić
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New Records ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Water Mites ◽  
First Time

Many new records are presented of rare water mites from New Zealand. Three new genera are described, i.e. Moanabates n. gen. (Hygrobatidae), Asperaturus n. gen. and Minyaturus n. gen. (Aturidae: Notoaturinae), and ten new species, i.e. Limnesia moanaensis n. sp., L. pseudozelandica n. sp., L. quinqueglandulosa n. sp., Zelandobates tongariro n. sp., Z. occidentalis n. sp., Moanabates moanaensis n. sp., Asperaturus petiolatus n. sp., Minyaturus minutulus n. sp., Paratryssaturus montanus n. sp. and Penemideopsis novaezelandica n. sp. Australiobates lacustris Smit, 1996 is synonymized with Australiobates setipalpis Cook, 1983. The male is for the first time described for Limnesia auspexa Cook, 1983, Apeltosperchon zelandicus Cook, 1983, Australiobates solomis Cook, 1983, Kritaturus vinnulus Cook, 1983 and Taintaturus longipileatus Smit, 2017, the female is for the first time described for Schwoerbelaturus aturoides (Schwoerbel, 1984).

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