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 Encentridophorus ( Encentridophorus ) similis Cook, 1967 New records: India , Assam State, Kamrup district, SW of Guwahati city, Deeper Beel wetland, between the water hyacinth Eichhornia corniculata , 26.10903N 91.68359E , 37 m asl., 8. xii. 2009 , leg. Das & Bordoloi, 0/1/0 (mounted). Records from the study area: Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu—Cook (1967); Prasad (1974) . Remarks: Encentridophorus similis resembles E. spinifer Koenike, a species known from Africa from which it differs in number of long, heavy setae at the posterior idiosoma margin (3 – 4 vs. 6 in E. spinifer ). Lundblad (1969) considered Encentridophorus similis Cook to be synonymous with E. spinifer . Habitat: Ponds Distribution: India .