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 Limnesia ( Tetralimnesia ) pinguipalpis Cook, 1967 Records from the study area: Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu—Cook (1967); Prasad (1974) ; Uttaranchal—Smit & Pešić (2010) . Remarks: Limnesia pinguipalpis closely resemble L. bakeri , a species described from the Philippines ( Walter 1930 ), but can easily be distinguished from it in the first coxae fused medially in the male (not fused in the male of L. baker i, see Walter 1930 ). Lundblad (1969) reported Limnesia bakeri from Ambernath, 50 miles from Bombay . However, Lundblad’s figures (first coaxe fused medially, as in L . pinguipalpis ) clearly show that his specimens are not conspecific with L. bakeri . Habitat: Ponds, lakes, sluggish streams, but also in fast flowing streams. Distribution: India , Sri Lanka , Oman ( Smit & Pešić 2010 ).