Water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from Baishih River drainage in Northern Taiwan, with description of two new species

By

Pesic, Vladimir
Yam, Rita S. W.
Chan, Benny K.K.
Chatterjee, Tapas

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

203

Pages

65-83

Subjects

Acari , Baishih River drainage , new species , running waters , Taiwan , Water mites

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.203.3356

 

Abstract

New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Baishih River drainage of north Taiwan, are presented. Twelve species are recorded, of which ten are new for Taiwan; two of them, Torrenticola projectura and Hygrobates taiwanicus are described as new for science.