A new water mite species, Soldanellonyx biwaensis (Acari: Halacaridae), collected in Biwa Lake, Japan is described. This species is characterized by the following features: genital flaps with five setae each, genital acetabula located on genital plate and soft integument behind genital field, telofemur of leg I with two long sword-like setae and one short ventroproximal spine, claws of leg I with 12–14 teeth, dorsal margins of P-3 and its ventral peg-like seta subequal in length.
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Tuzovskij, P. V. (2011). DESCRIPTION OF A NEW WATER MITE SPECIES OF THE GENUS SOLDANELLONYX WALTER, 1917 (ACARI: HALACARIDAE) FROM JAPAN. Amurian Zoological Journal, 3(3), 205–209. https://doi.org/10.33910/1999-4079-2011-3-3-205-209
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