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Issue: Vol. 3018 No. 1: 8 Sep. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-09-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3018.1.5
Page range: 50–58
Abstract views: 37
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New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Brunei Darussalam, Borneo, with descriptions of two new species

Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
Department of Biology, Indian School of Learning, I.S.M. Annexe, P.O. – I.S.M., Dhanbad-826004, Jharkhand, India
Department of Biology, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Tungku Link, Gadong BE 1410, Brunei Darussalam
Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
Acari water mites new species taxonomy Borneo

Abstract

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.

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