New Species Of Water Mites From Oman, With Some Zoogeographical Notes (Acari: Hydrachnidia) Smit, H. Pesic, V. Acarologia 2010 2010-06-30 50 2 151 195 Cook, 1967 Cook 1967 [165,755,1158,1183] Arachnida Limnesiidae Limnesia Animalia Trombidiformes 15 165 Arthropoda species pinguipalpis Tetralimnesia  ( Figures 10A-C, E-G, 11A-C)   Materialexamined — 1/0/0, Wadi Hanna, 17°03.236 N 54°36.489 E,  4-xi-2008; 1/0/0, Wadiupstream of Al Mughsayl, 16°54.810 N 53°44.860 E,  5-xi-2008; 4/10/0, pools upstream of Khwar Al Mugsayl, 16°53.366 N 53°46.796 E,  5-xi- 2008; 13/17/3 (0/1/1 mounted), Ayn Sahalnoot, 17°08.787 N 54°10.701 E,  6-xi-2008; 0/1/0, stream Wadi Bani Auf, 23°16.699 N 57°27.690 E,  13-xi-2008; 5/11/0, pools Wadi Bani Auf, 23°13.464 N 57°25.083 E,  13-xi-2008; 0/5/0, "  Limnesia[ Tetralimnesia] sp." ( ZMAN), Halban, open well, diesel pump, UTM 0605256/2607586 ( 23°34’31” N 58°01’53”E), 28- iii.1996, leg. Stock, Vermeulen& Al Nofli. Other material — 1/0/0 (1/0/0 mounted), India, Uttaranchal, Garhwal Himalayas, Dhundeshwargadstream, a tributary of Alaknanda River,  viii- 2006leg. Kumar. Remarks — The specimens from Omanfit the description of  Limnesia pinguipalpis, described from the Oriental part of India( Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu- Cook, 1967). The only non-Oriental record from Indiacomes from Garhwal Himalayas (see above).  Limnesia pinguipalpisis similar to L. monodibut differs in the more extensive secondary sclerotization associated with the posterior end of the male genital field ( Fig.10B), and the ventral margin of P-2 more or less straight ( Fig. 10C, 10E) vs. convexly protruding in L. monodi(see Fig. 10D). Distribution — India; Oman("  Limnesia[ Tetralimnesia] sp." Gerecke, 2004). Subfamily Protolimnesiinae Viets, 1940 2008-11-04 17.053934 Material 1 54.60815 Wadi Hanna 15 165 1 2008-11-05 16.9135 Wadi 1 53.747665 Al Mughsayl 15 165 1 2008-11-05 16.889433 Khwar Al Mugsayl 1 53.779934 15 165 1 2008-11-06 17.14645 Ayn Sahalnoot 1 54.17835 15 165 1 2008-11-13 23.278316 Wadi Bani Auf 1 57.4615 15 165 1 2008-11-13 23.2244 Wadi Bani Auf 1 57.41805 15 165 1 ZMAN Stock & Vermeulen & Al Nofli. 23.57528 Halban 21 58.031387 15 165 1 2006-08 Kumar. India Alaknanda River Uttaranchal Dhundeshwargad 15 165 1