Hidracáridos (Acari, Hydrachnidia) de la cuenca Andina del río Beni, Bolivia Hydracarids (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from the Andean basin of Beni river, Bolivia

Abstract

Water mites from Andean part of the Bolivian Amazonian rivers were examined. A new species is described, Limnesia aymara. New records and redescription are made for Hygrobatella multiacetabulata Cook,1980, Atractides brasiliensis (Lundblad, 1937) and Krendowskia convexa (Ribaga, 1902). A new subgenus Schwoerbelobatella for hygrobatelids poliacetabulated is proposed and characterized. Ecological characteristics of the river area sampled and ecological preferences of the analyzed species are discussed.

Keywords

• New subgenus
• tropical andean
• Hydrachnidia
• ecology