title: Third contribution to the knowledge of water mites from the Comoros, with the description of two new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia).
abstract: New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the Comoros are presented. Two species new to science, Torrenticola comorosensis (Torrenticolidae) and Sterkspruitia comorosensis (Hygrobatidae) are described; the latter species is the second known species of the genus Sterkspruitia Cook, 2003. First records are given for Limnochares crinita Koenike, 1898 and Mamersella thienemanni K. Viets, 1929. Additional measurements, figures and information on the morphology are given for specimens assigned to the Monatractides ventriosus-species complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, 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: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands; Email: harry.smit@naturalis.nl.
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Smit
authors.affiliation: BP 140 798, 98 701 Arue, Tahiti, French Polynesia.; Email: ethyco2005@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mary
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D017507:Comoros; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D009929:Organ Size