Limnesia (Limnesia) lembangensis Piersig, 1906

Pešić, Vladimir, Chatterjee, Tapas & Bordoloi, Sabitry, 2010, A checklist of the water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of India, with new records and description of one new species, Zootaxa 2617, pp. 1-54 : 24

Limnesia (Limnesia) lembangensis Piersig, 1906

New records: India: Uttaranchal, Khandagad, pool, viii. 2008 leg. Kumar, 0/1/0 (mounted); Assam State: Kamrup district, SW of Guwahati city, Deeper Beel wetland, between the water hyacinth Eichhornia corniculata, 26.10903N 91.68359E, 37 m asl., 8. xii. 2009, leg. Das & Bordoloi, 2/1/0 (1/0/0 mounted); stream near Hajo, 06.iii.2010, leg. Bordoloi, 0/1/0.

Records from the study area: Uttar Pradesh—“ Limnesia gentilis indica “ K. Viets (1926a, b); Kerala—Walter (1928); Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka—Cook (1967); Prasad (1974); West Bengal, Maharashtra—Lundblad (1969); Uttaranchal—Bisht (1979).

Habitat: Lakes, ponds and slowly flowing streams.

Distribution: Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, China, Indonesia, Australia, India, Sri Lanka.