A new water mite species of the genus Arrenurus Dugès, 1834 (Acari, Hydrachnidia: Arrenuridae) from European Russia

Abstract

An illustrated description of a new species Arrenurus pogorelkaensis sp. nov. from Yaroslavsky Region of Russia is given. Color red, cauda well developed, petiole very small without ligulate process, pentagonal, not extending beyond idiosoma posterior margin, hyaline membrane absent.

Keywords

• Hydrachnidia
• Arrenuridae
• Arrenurus
• water mites
• morphology
• male