Systematic & Applied Acarology
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Systematic & Applied Acarology (2008) 13, 133–136.

A new species of marine water mite (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Pontarachnidae) from the Red Sea

VLADIMIR PEŠIĆ, TAPAS CHATTERJEE2 & AHMED EL-SAYED AHMED ABADA3

1 Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro.

E-mail: pesicv@cg.yu

2Department of Biology, Indian School of Learning, I.S.M. Annexe, P.O. – I.S.M., Dhanbad-826004, Jharkhand, India.

E-mail: drtchatterjee@yahoo.co.in

3 Biology Department, Community College in Al-Namas, King Khaled Universiy, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

E-mail: aabadag@yahoo.co.uk

(Permenant Address: Biology Department, Faculty of Education, Kafr El-Sheikh University,33516 Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt)

Abstract

Litarachna smiti, a new species of the predominantly marine water mite family Pontarachnidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia) is described from the Red Sea (Saudi Arabia).

Key words: Litarachna, taxonomy, Saudi Arabia

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