| abstract | In the study are described 5 species of watermites, collected by the Austrian-Ceylonese Hydrobiological Mission 1970 in torrents of the highlands of Southwest-Ceylon. The species are: Torrenticola (Monatractides) pusta Cook, 1967, T. (M. oxystoma hamata (Lundblad, 1941), T. (M.) ceylonensis nov.spec., Atractides schwoerbeli Lundblad, 1969 and Arrenurus (Micruracarus)madaraszi Daday, 1898. |