Water mites from spring- and ground-water habitats in the Sultanate of Oman Author Gerecke, Reinhard text Journal of Natural History 2004 2010-05-19 38 22 2833 2849 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930310001647451 journal article 10.1080/00222930310001647451 1464-5262 4675432 Hygrobates soari K. Viets, 1911 Material examined. OMAN 96-68. Wadi Al Fara , Rustaq, B. -Rh. pump in gravel, probe at 60 cm ; UTM 0545970/2595453 (23‡28'06̎N, 57‡27'00̎E), 28.0‡C, 1.134 mS cm 21 , 1 April 1996 , 1”. Remarks. This species was thoroughly revised by K. O. Viets (1981) . It was previously known from all parts of Africa south of the Sahara and from the Comores . This is the first record from the Arabian peninsula.