WATER MITES OF THE FAMILY LIMNOCHARIDAE (ACARIFORMES, HYDRACHNIDIA) FROM MADAGASCAR

About authors:

Petr V. Tuzovsky,

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

Gerecke R., Biesingerstr. 11, D-72070 Tübingen, Germany

Annotation:

Water mites of the family Limnocharidae collected from spring and stream habitats in Madagascar were studied. Five species new to science, Limnochares fasta n. sp., L. connexa n. sp., L. simulans n. sp., Neolimnochares madagascariensis n.sp., and N. longirostris n. sp., are described and their taxonomic relationships are discussed. New records are given of L. crinita Koenike, 1898. A key is provided for the African species of the family.

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