Abstract
A survey is given of our state of knowledge on the water mite fauna of Central Asia. As is documented in Table 1, documentation of this fauna is biased towards species living in standing waters. The present study is based on the analysis of all available bibliography and material collected in July 2013 during a joint collecting trip of the authors in Kyrgyzstan. Six species of water mites are described as yet new to science, representing the families Hydryphantidae (Wandesia albertii n. sp.), Torrenticolidae (Torrenticola kyrgyzica n. sp.) and Hygrobatidae (Atractides grigorievka n. sp., A. manasi n. sp., A. alaarchaensis n. sp. and A. sonkulensis n. sp.)
Highlights
The water mites of Central Asia have been insufficiently studied (Table 1)
The water mites from Central Asia have been investigated by several researchers, notably Daday (1903), Thor (1909, 1930), Ruzskij (1929), and Tjutenkow (1956)
In the twenties and thirties of the last century, Iwan Sokolow greatly contributed to knowledge of water mites of this region
Summary
The water mites of Central Asia have been insufficiently studied (Table 1) This region, extending from Afghanistan in the south to Russia in the north and from the Caspian Sea in the west to China in the east, consists today of five countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. In the twenties and thirties of the last century, Iwan Sokolow greatly contributed to knowledge of water mites of this region He described Torrenticola turkestanica from Uzbekistan (Sokolow 1926); examined the diversity of Bukhara (Sokolow 1928); described Hygrobates kirgizicus from a tributary of the Chui river in the Ortotokoy valley (Tian Shian Mountains) at altitudes of 1700-1800 m (Sokolow 1935); and he described many new species and a new genus (Tadjikothyas) from Tadjikistan (Sokolow 1948). S. plumifer Thor, 1902) Sperchon minor Tuzovskij, 2003 Sperchon setiger Thor, 1898 Sperchon tarnogradskii Sokolow, 1927
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