Taxon classification Animalia Trombidiformes Torrenticolidae

Testudacarus tripeltatus Walter, 1928

Testudacarus tripeltatus: Walter 1928: 62, 64, 75-77; Walter 1929: 217, 220; Marshall 1943: 318, 320, 322; Radford 1950: 120; Baker and Wharton 1952: 295; Mitchell 1954: 40; Imamura 1955: 182, 188; Viets 1956: 256; Cook 1967: 5; Lundblad 1967: 418; Cook 1974: 146; Prasad 1974: 50-52, 186, 235; Imamura 1976: 283-284; Viets 1987: 724; Cramer 1992: 14; Wiles 1997a: 199, 201, 209; Wiles 1997b: 1245; Pešić and Smit 2007: 49-50; Pešić et al. 2010: 15.

Type series.

Holotype (1♀): Himachal Pradesh, India: (1♀) from Kangra Valley, Upper Dharamsala, Bhagsunath, June 4th 1926, by Dr Hora.

Type deposition.

Holotype (1♀) at Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland.

Diagnosis.

Testudacarus tripeltatus can be differentiated from all other Asian species by distribution (India, Java, and Bhutan) and large size (dorsal length>700 µm). More research and updated descriptions are needed for a better diagnosis.

Distribution.

India (Walter 1928), Java (Walter 1929), and Bhutan ( Pešić and Smit 2007).