Three water mite species of the genera Torrenticola (T. kumarisp. nov. and T. muranyiisp. nov.) and Monatractides (M. kontschanisp. nov.) are described from the Uttarakhand State of India (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Torrenticoliade). The number of torrenticolid water mites known from India now tallies 33 species. A key for water mite species of the genera Torrenticola and Monatractides from the Indian Subcontinent is given.

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Systematic and Applied Acarology
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Pešić, Vladimir, Smit, H., Negi, Shailza, Bahuguna, Pankaj& Dobriyal, Anoop K. (2020). Torrenticolid water mites of India with description of three new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae). Systematic and Applied Acarology, 25(2), 255–267.https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.25.2.7