A NEW SPECIES OF WATER MITES OF THE GENUS PSEUDOHYDRYPHANTES (HYDRYPHANTOIDEA, ACARIFORMES)

About author:

Petr V. Tuzovsky,

Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia
e-mail: tuz@ibiw.yaroslavl.ru

Annotation:

The description of male, female and larva of a new water mite species Pseudohydryphantes riva-lis is given. The species is similar to P. parvulus and easily distinguishable from the latter by the large mobile stylet of the chelicera (1/2 length of a basal segment) and the large number of setae (4-8) on genu of the pedipalp.

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