title: A new species of water mite (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from Assam, India, found in the gut contents of the fish Botia dario (Botiidae).
abstract: Water mites (Hydrachnidia) occur sporadically in the gut of freshwater fishes. In this study, nine water mite items were found in the gut contents of the fish Botia dario (Hamilton, 1822) (Botiidae) collected in a floodplain wetland (beel) in the river island Majuli, Assam, India. Torrenticola episce is described as new to science; Torrenticola haliki Pešić & Smit 2010, Monatractides oxystomus (K. Viets, 1935) and Hygrobates cf. sinensis Uchida & Imamura, 1951, are reported for the first time from India.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro.; Email: vladopesic@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pešić
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Indian School of Learning, I.S.M Annexe, P.O.-ISM, Dhanbad-826004, Jharkhand, India; Email: drtchatterjee@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Tapas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.affiliation: Biodiversity Laboratory, Life Sciences Division; Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Paschim Boragaon, P.O.Garchuk, Guwahati-781035, Assam, India; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Mrinal Kumar
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Biodiversity Laboratory, Life Sciences Division; Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Paschim Boragaon, P.O.Garchuk, Guwahati-781035, Assam, India; Email: sabitrybordoloi@rediffmail.com.
authors.forename: Sabitry
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bordoloi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003531:Cypriniformes / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D020387:Food Chain; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*