J Bio Life Sci 2011 2(2):14-16 A © ademy Journals 2011 Journal of Biology & Life Sciences www.academyjournals.net Original Article A new species of water mite family Hygrobatidae (Acari, Hydrachnidia), from Turkey Ferruh AŞÇI 1 ,Yunus Ömer BOYACI 2 , Muhlis ÖZKAN 3 1 Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Science and Literature, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey 2 Süleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Aquaculture, Eğirdir, Isparta, Turkey 3 Uludağ University, Faculty of Education, Bursa, Turkey Received: 10.06.2011 Accepted: 18.07.2011 Published:25.08.2011 Abstract In this study, structural properties and an original drawing of males of the water mite Atractides nodipalpoides n.sp, from Turkey are described. which is a new discovery in the world of science have been presented and This species was examined for structural features and drawn shapes and various organs was measured. Key words: Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae, New Species, Turkey * Corresponding Author: F. Aşçı, Email: f_asci@aku.edu.tr , Phone: + 90 272 228 13 11, Fax:+90 272 228 12 35 INTRODUCTION Species of Atractides Koch, 1837 are observed in all biogeographical areas except for Australia and the Antarctica (Gerecke 2003; Cook 1974). So far 21 atractides species are known from Turkey. The known species of water mites of the genus Atractides from Turkish fauna are listed below (Ozkan et.al. 1988, 1994; Pesic and Turan2003; Erman et.al. 2007; Erman et al. 2010): Atractides (s. str.) allgaier Gerecke, 2003 (Turan & Pesic 2005), Atractides (s. str.) anellatus Lundblad, 1956 (Smit 1995) Atractides (s. str.) fluviatilis (Szalay,1929) (Pesic & Erman 2006) Atractides (s. str.) gibberipalpis Piersig, 1898 (Pesic & Erman 2006) Atractides (s. str.) inflatus (Walter, 1925) (Smit 1995) Atractides (s. str.) lunipes Lundblad, 1956 (Pesic & Erman 2006) Atractides (s. str.) oezkani Pesic et Erman, 2006 (Pesic & Erman 2006), Atractides (s.tr.) rivalis Lundblad, 1956 (Pesic & Erman 2006) Atractides (s. str.) robustus (Sokolow, 1940) (Smit 1995) Atractides (s. str.) nodipalpis nodipalpis (Thor, 1889) (Ozkan 1982a, b) Atractides (s. str.) nodipalpis fonticolus (Viets, 1920), (Ozkan 1982a, b) Atractides (s. str.) ovalis Koenike, 1883 (Ozkan 1982a, b) Atractides (s. str.) panniculatus (Viets, 1925) ( Ozkan 1982a, b) Atractides (Tympanomegapus) acutirostris (Motas et Angelier, 1927), (Pesic & Erman 2006). Atractides turcicus Aşçı, 2009 Atractides distans Bursalı, Aşçı & Özkan, 2009 Atractides infatipalpis K Viets, 1950