2020•AcarologiaOpen access

New records of the water mite genus Arrenurus Dugès, 1834 from South America (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Arrenuridae), with the description of five new species and one new subspecies

Harry Smit

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New records are presented of the water mite genus Arrenurus from Argentina, Bolivia and Surinam. Five new species are described, i.e. Arrenurus mansoensis n. sp., A. niger n. sp., A. stagnalis n. sp., A. surinamensis n. sp. and A. tempelmani n. sp., and one new subspecies, i.e. A. tenuicollis lacustris n. subsp. Arrenurus soesilae Makan, 2005 is synonymized with A. epimerosus Marshall, 1919.

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Key concepts: Subspecies, Acari, Biology, Genus, Zoology, Mite, Acariformes, Ecology