New species of aturid water mites from southern Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Aturidae) Author Smit, Harry text Zootaxa 2017 4273 2 287 295 journal article 32913 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.2.9 81dc4962-b7c7-4d34-a928-50009e4f465b 1175-5326 802049 6B458A53-5E77-46FD-9F1A-E8859D4E56DB Brachypodopsis (Brachypodopsis) pusilla (Viets, 1914) ( Fig 1 A) Material examined. South Africa . 0/1/0, Rondgat River at Algeria , Cederberg Wilderness Area , Western Cape Province , 32° 22.491 S 19° 0 3.742 E , alt . 490 m asl, 1-xi-2004 ; 0/1/0, Rondgat River at Bos Herberge , Cederberg Wilderness Area , Western Cape Province , 32° 24.044 S 19 0 5.264 E , alt . 665 m asl, 2-xi-2004 ; 0/3/0, Wolwekloof River at Tweede Tol , Limietberg Nature Reserve , Western Cape Province , 33° 34.115 S 19° 0 8.255 E , alt . 285 m asl, 3-xi-2004 ; 4/2/0, Grobbelaar’s River N of Oudtshoorn , Western Cape Province , 33° 25.603 S 22° 15.053 E , alt . 492 m asl, 11-xi-2004 ; 1/1/0, Injisuti River at crossing with main road 331, Drakensbergen , Kzwazulu-Natal Province , 29° 0 7.578 S 29° 26.435 E , alt . 1461 m asl, 19-xi-2004 ; 3/3/0, Delmhlwaziwe River , Injisuti , Drakensbergen , Kwazulu-Natal Province , 29° 0 7.058 S 29° 26.313 E , alt, 1453 m asl, 19-xi-2004 ; 1/0/0, Mahai River , Royal Natal NP , Kwazulu-Natal Province , 28° 41.479 S 28° 56.711 E , alt. 1423 m asl, 20-xi-2004 . Remarks . K.O. Viets (1964) reported the species from several locations in Mpumalanga and Western Cape Provinces. His male specimens were 347–373 long and 330–353 wide, the males from this study ( Fig. 1 A) measure dorsally 300–344, the width is 275–324. The females from this study are 324–356 long and 284–316 wide. The species is widespread, and known from Cameroon, Kenya and South Africa ( K. Viets 1953 , K.O. Viets 1970 ).