Description of a new water mite species of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) from Kazakhstan Author Tuzovskij, Petr V. text Amurian Zoological Journal 2023 XV 4 744 748 http://dx.doi.org/10.33910/2686-9519-2023-15-4-744-748 journal article 10.33910/2686-9519-2023-15-4-744-748 add_ISSN_here 11362267 747D3C49-3827-403F-AE33-DFB785DAC650 Atractides (Atractides) turkestanicus sp. nov. https://www.zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/ B19BAC1F-B38E-45C9-9B5E-B38ADC19C4C3 (Figs 1-5) Type material. Holotype : male, slide 9961, Asia , Kazakhstan , Turkestan Province , Tjulkubassky District , Aksu-Zhabagly Nature Reserve , Taldybulak stream, 42 ° 25΄01.9˝N, 70 ° 28΄22.3˝E, 1230 m a. s. l. , depth about 0.5 m , substrates: large stones, mosses, 10.08.2019 , leg. V . Stolbov. Diagnosis . Male (Female unknown). Integument smooth; muscle attachment unsclerotized, coxal plates I+II close to coxal plate III+IV but not forming a coxal shield; excretory pore smooth; genital plate wider long, with 23–24 fine setae on each side, anterior margin straight, narrowed posteriorly, acetabula in triangular position; capitular bay V-shaped; P-2 expanded dorsoventrally, with moderately large ventrodistal protrusion; P-3 longer than P-2, with four thick subequal setae; P-4 sword seta between ventral setae; S-1-2 separation 12 μm.