Published: September 30, 2011Received: December 07, 2010Available on J-STAGE: November 25, 2011Accepted: January 28, 2011
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A new species of water mite genus Neoacarus is described on the basis of the specimens collected at a mountain stream in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. The new species is distinguished from the congeners by its somewhat long ventral shield and ventral chaetotaxy, and ventrally swollen tarsi of the fourth legs. This is the first record of the genus Neoacarus from the Asian region.
