Five new species of water mite genus Atractides Koch, 1837 from Bhutan with new records (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Hygrobatidae) Author PešićK, Vladimir University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put bb, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro. Author SmitK, Harry Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands. Author GurungK, Mer Man Department of Forest Science, College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan, Lobesa, & University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put bb, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro. text Acarologia 2023 2023-01-30 63 1 148 168 journal article 2107-7207 Atractides ( Atractides ) cf. panesari Pešić & Ranga Reddy, 2009 Figure 3 Material examined — Bhutan , MG 9 Kartigang Chhu, 27.27896°N , 90.63088°E , 1456 m asl, 1 Nov. 2021 , 1♀ , dissected and slide mounted ( RMNH ). Morphology — Female – Integument striated, muscle insertions unsclerotized. Posterior margin of Cx-I+II broad, apodemes of Cx-II forming an acute angle with the median line. Excretory pore smooth; Vgl-1 not fused to Vgl-2. Genital field with acetabula in a curved line ( Figure 3B ). P-2 ventral margin straight, ventral margin P-3 slightly concave, P-4 sword seta between ventral setae ( Figure 3C ). I-L-5 with S-1/-2 strongly heteromorphic and separated, S-1 long, slightly bent inwards, distally truncate, S-2 shortened, enlarged, with a blunt tip; I-L-6 long and slender, distally slightly narrowed ( Figure 3D ). Measurements — Idiosoma L 540; maximum diameter Dgl-4, 23. Coxal shield L 281; Cx-III W 334; Cx-I+II mL 116, Cx-I+II lL 197. Genital field L/W 133/123, genital plates L 81, pregenital sclerite 81, gonopore L 113, L Ac-1-3: 32-34, 31, 28. Egg maximum diameter (n = 2) 100-103. Palp – dL/H, dL/H ratio: P-1, -/-, -; P-2, 61/42, 1.46; P-3, 72/36, 2.0; P-4, 84/27, 3.06; P-5, 34/11, 3.16; L ratio P-2/P-4, 0.73. Legs – I-L-5 dL 167, vL 92, dL/vL ratio 1.82, maximum H 63, dL/maximum H 2.64, S-1 L 124, L/W ratio 11.64, S-2 L 82, L/W ratio 5.26, distance S-1-2, 37, dL ratio S-1/2 1.50; I-L-6 dL 159, central H 16, dL/central H ratio 10.2; L I-L-5/6 ratio 1.05. Remarks — The examined female from Bhutan matches the description of Atractides panesari Pešić & Ranga Reddy, 2009 , a species originally described on the basis of a single female collected from hyporheic waters of a stream in Uttarakhand State of India ( Pešić and Ranga Reddy 2009 ). The specimen from India (in parentheses data taken from Pešić and Ranga Reddy 2009 ) differs in comparatively longer S-1 (138 µm) and a larger S-1-2 distance (46 µm). Distribution — India ( Uttarakhand ), Bhutan .