Limnesiidae Thor, 1900

Smit, H., 2014, The First Hyporheic Water Mites From The Afrotropical Region (Acari: Hydrachnidia), With New Species Of The Genera Kawamuracarus Uchida And Bharatohydracarus Cook, Acarologia 54 (1), pp. 39-45 : 40

Family Limnesiidae Thor Genus Kawamuracarus Uchida, 1937

Species of the genus Kawamuracarus have been found in Japan (one species, Uchida 1937), Europe (two species, K.O. Viets 1978), India (three species, Cook 1967), North America (four species, Smith and Cook 2000), Mexico (three species, Cook 1980, Cramer 1987), Sulawesi, Indonesia (one species, Smit 1992) and Oman (one species, Smit 2003). The new species described below is the first from the Afrotropical region, and means a considerable extension of the known range of the genus.