Water mites of the genusLebertia Neuman, 1880 from the eastern Himalayas (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Lebertiidae) Author Gerecke, Reinhard Biesingerstrasse 11, DE 72070 Tübingen, Germany. & Arachnology, Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, D- 60325 Frankfurt, Germany. Author Smit, Harry Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands. & Biesingerstrasse 11, DE 72070 Tübingen, Germany. text Acarologia 2022 2022-03-11 62 2 302 316 https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4509 journal article 10.24349/esot-nc22 2107-7207 7160296 Lebertia ( Septlebertia ) altomontana n. sp. Zoobank: F0BDD504-3FBA-41B1-8B9B-9A43B06147AD ( Figures 5 A-D, 6E-F) Type series — (all RMNH ) – Holotype ♀ , Nepal 01 , stream S of Gokyo ( Figure 6E ), 27°56.860′ N , 86°41.853′ E , 4745 m a.s.l., 7 Apr. 2016 leg P.W. Veel, slide mounted ( RMNH ). Paratype ♀ Nepal 02 , stream Dudh Kosi Nadi, Phortse ( Figure 6F ), 27°50.817′ N , 86°44.699′ E, 3596 m a.s.l., 9 Apr. 2016 leg P.W. Veel, slide mounted ( RMNH ). Material compared – Lebertia convergella Tuzovskij, 1990 , ♂ , ♀ Russia , Magadan , snow valley stream, 15 Jun. 1982 , leg Tuzovskij. Lebertia imamurai Viets, 1956 , ♂ , ♀ , Japan , Hokkaido , Kan-noko ike spring, 12 Aug. 2002 , leg. Matsumoto; ♂ , ♀ , Hokkaido , Youtei- Hukiage spring, 14 May 2002 , slide 100-2/3, leg. Matsumoto. Diagnosis — Female (male unknown): Integument lineated; legs without swimming setae; palp with a dorsally strongly curved, ventrally weakly concave P-2 (L/H 1.5-1.6), P-3 with 6 long setae in three groups, each side by side: 2 dorsally, in proximal quarter, two dorsodistally and two ventrodistally; P-4 rather short (L/H 3.0-3.3, L ratio P-2/-4, 0.85-0.95), maximum H in proximal part, insertions of setae dividing ventral margin in sectors increasing ln L from base to tip: 21-27/29-34/43-45 %).