New data are presented of water mites from a thermal spring in the high Andes of Chile. Three species have been found, i.e. Thermacarus chilensis n. sp., Hydryphantes thermalis Cook and Wandesia chechoi Cook.

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doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.74.7
Ecologica Montenegrina

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Smit, H., & Pešić, Vladimir. (2024). Water mites of a high-altitude thermal spring in the Chilean Andes (Acari: Hydrachnidia), with the description of a new Thermacarus species (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Thermacaridae). Ecologica Montenegrina, 74, 45–51. doi:10.37828/em.2024.74.7