Water mites of the genus Lebertia Neuman, 1880 from the eastern Himalayas (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Lebertiidae)

Abstract

The only species of the water mite genus Lebertia so far recorded from the Himalayan mountains, L. orientalis Walter, 1928, known from a single deutonymph, is designated as a nomen dubium. Five species new to science are described: L. (L.) himalayaensis n. sp., L. (L.) khatrii n. sp., L. (L.) disparilis n. sp., L. (Mixolebertia) veeli n. sp. and L. (Septlebertia) altomontana n. sp. For two species recorded from China we have the following remarks: specimens recorded by Wang et al. (2016) under the name of L. (L.) fimbriata cannot be attributed to this species; L. exceedia Wang, Wang, Jin and Guo, 2020 should be transferred from the subgenus Eolebertia to the subgenus Septlebertia.