Limnohalacarus portmanni (Bartsch, 2013)

Bartsch, Ilse, 2018, Freshwater halacarid mites (Acari: Halacaridae) from Madagascar - new records, keys and notes on distribution and biology, Bonn zoological Bulletin 67 (2), pp. 79-99 : 85

Limnohalacarus portmanni .

Characters (according to Bader 1967 and Bartsch 2013a): Length of females 224–250 µm, of males 217–289 µm, gland pore included in elongate OC; length ratio PD:AD 3.1–3.3:1; ventral plates fused, L:W of gnathosoma 1.2:1. Female with up to seven pairs of gac and three pairs of pgs, each genital sclerite with (two to) four sgs. All claws with J-shaped arranged pectines. Distribution: DR Congo ( Zaire) (Lake Tanganyika, from shallow water sediment) ( Bader 1968).

Characters of Limnohalacarus cultullatus and L. novus are outlined above.