Encentridophorus (Encentridophorus) sarasini Walter, 1915

Pešić, Vladimir, Chatterjee, Tapas & Bordoloi, Sabitry, 2010, A checklist of the water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of India, with new records and description of one new species, Zootaxa 2617, pp. 1-54 : 32-33

Encentridophorus (Encentridophorus) sarasini Walter, 1915

Records from the study area: Maharashtra, Karnataka—“ Encentridophorus indicus “ Cook (1967); “ E. indicus “ Prasad (1974).

Remarks: According to Cook (1986) the specimens from India tend to have fewer swimming hairs on III-L-5 (three dorsally, six ventrally) and its possible that, after additional study on the variability of Encentridophorus sarasini , the Indian populations (orginally described as E. indicus Cook 1967 ) may prove to be a different taxon.

Habitat: Ponds and slowly flowing streams.

Distribution: New Caledonia, India, Australia, New Guinea.