title: New species of subgenus Megaluracarus (Acari: Hydrachnidiae: Arrenuridae: Arrenurus) from Mexico.
abstract: Four new water mite species of the subgenus Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) from lakes and ponds in Mexico are described and illustrated: Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) anitahoffmannae sp. nov., A. olmeca sp. nov., A. maya sp. nov., and A. urbanus sp. nov. With these species the number of known species of this subgenus in Mexico increases to 21.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Acarologia Anita Hoffmann, Facultad de Ciencias, UniversidadNacionalAut6nona de Mexico, Coyoacan, Distrito Federal, C.P. 04510, Mexico. ramirezsanchezmarciam@gmail.com
authors.forename: Marcia M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ramirez-Sánchez
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rivas
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008925:Mites / Q000145:classification* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013045:Species Specificity