Species of the subgenus Truncaturus are usually small, unmodified and with a yellowish or brownish colour. Here a new species of the subgenus is described from Tasmania, which is not only relatively large, but also coloured dark red, a combination not found before within the subgenus. Furthermore, some remarks are made on several other Arrenurus species from Australia.

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Acarologia

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Smit, H. (2026). A new and unusual water mite species of the subgenus Truncaturus Thor, 1901 from Tasmania, Australia, and notes on other Arrenurus species from Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Arrenuridae). Acarologia, 66(3), 800–804.https://doi.org/10.24349/gjxs-fh08