Rheophilic water mites from southern Argentina, with the description of one new genus and three new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia) Author Smit, Harry text Zootaxa 2002 103 1 23 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.156012 c7378212-e748-458e-bf75-f8eef232ecb4 1175­5326 156012 Limnesia (Limnesia) patagonica Lundblad, 1941 Limnesia (Limnesia) patagonica Lundblad, 1941 : 157 , 1944: 148 ; Cook 1980 : 93 , 1988: 64; Rosso de Ferradás et al 1987: 117.

Material examined
Neuquén Province: 5 males, 4 females,	2	nymphs,	Río	Collon	Curé,	30	km	east	of
Junín de los Andes, 12 November 1999.

Remarks Besch (1963a) synonymized Limnesia patagonica with L. minuscula minuscula Ribaga , but this was not followed by Cook (1980 , 1988 ). The specimens from this study have separated first coxal plates, and their IV­leg­6 have six swimming setae. Therefore it is assigned to L. patagonica . Subspecies of L. minuscula with swimming setae on IV­leg­6 have fused first coxal plates. The specimens collected by Cook (1980) have 2­4 swimming setae on IV­leg­6.