A checklist of the water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of India, with new records and description of one new species Author Pešić, Vladimir Author Chatterjee, Tapas Author Bordoloi, Sabitry text Zootaxa 2010 2617 1 54 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.197964 92b8222c-9e7a-4036-bbba-d741bf871912 1175-5326 197964 Monatractides oza ( Cook, 1967 ) Records from the study area: Maharashtra—“ Torrenticola ( Monatractides ) oza “ Cook (1967) ; “ T. oza “ Prasad (1974) ; Pešić & Ranga Reddy (2009b) . Remarks: Monatractides oza closely resembles M. oxystomus ( K. Viets, 1935 ), a species known from Indonesia and Thailand ( Pešić & Smit 2009b ) from which it differs in having slightly shorter and wider frontal platelets, but this character is known to be variable. A further difference is found in the absence of denticles at the distal margins of P-2 and P-3 (see Cook, 1967 : Fig. 244). The variability needs to be examined to clarify the taxonomy ( Pešić & Smit 2009b ). Habitat: Streams. Distribution: India .