New material of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the Uttarakhand State of India is reported. One species, Sperchon dobriyali n. sp., is described as new for science. The male is for the first time described for Sperchonopsis himalayaensis Pešić, Smit, Sharma, Rana, Bahuguna & Rayal, 2022, and the female is for the first time described for Aturus uttarakhandensis Pešić, Smit, Sharma, Rana, Bahuguna & Rayal, 2022.

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doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2024.2404984
International Journal of Acarology
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Pešić, Vladimir, Smit, H., Sharma, Neha, Rana, Kumbhlesh Kamal, Bahuguna, Pankaj, Kijevcanin, Emina, & Rayal, Rajesh. (2024). Descriptions of a new species and undescribed sexes of two water mite species from Uttarakhand, India (Acari, Hydrachnidia). International Journal of Acarology, 2024. doi:10.1080/01647954.2024.2404984

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