North American members of the reticulata-like species group of the water mite genus Kongsbergia (Acari: Hydrachnidiae: Aturidae) Author Radwell, Andrea J. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA. E-mail: radwell 101 @ yahoo. com Systematic Acarology, Canadian National Collection of Insects and Arachnids, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K. W. Neatby Building, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario K 1 A OC 6. E-mail: smithi @ agr. gc. ca Author Smith, Ian M. text Zootaxa 2012 2012-11-06 3540 1 49 journal article 1175-5326 82E03BD5-8EFC-45B4-B077-26D953E2DE41 Subgenus Kongsbergia Lundblad, 1953 Neokongsbergia Lundblad, 1953, Arkiv för Zoologi. (Serie 2 Band 5 nr 8): 435–585. (new synonymy). Type species. Kongsbergia (Neokongsbergia) globipalpis Lundblad. Original designation. Diagnosis. (modified from Cook 1974). Idiosoma without prominent caudal development. Excretory pore borne on dorsal shield in both sexes. Tibia of first and second legs without thickened setae. Habitat. As for genus. Distribution. As for genus.