| Author | Smit, H. |
| Year | 2007 |
| Title | Litarachna brasiliensis n. sp., the first member of the water mite family Pontarachnidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from South America. |
| journal | Systematic & Applied Acarology 12: 141–146. |
| Keywords | Syst. |
| Abstract | In this paper a new species of the predominantly marine water mite family Pontarachnidae is described from Brazil. It is the first record of this family from South America. |
| Biotop | marine |
| Systematik | Hydrachnidia |