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 Oxus longisetus (Berlese, 1885) Records from the study area: West Bengal—Lundblad (1969). Remark: Lundblad (1969) considered Oxus pictus (Daday, 1898) to be synonymous with O . longisetus . However, according to Cook (1967) , the long distal setae of Cx-I are not curved in O . pictus . Habitat: Ponds. Distribution: Holarctic.