Abstract
In a survey conducted in various reserve forests of southern India, two rare species of diptilomiopid eriophyid mites (Diptilomiopidae) have been recorded for the first time in India-- Asetadiptacus carmonae sp. nov. (ex. Salacia sp.(?) Hippocrartaceae) and Levonga attakattiensis sp. nov. The systematic account of the new mite species with suitable line drawings is provided in the paper.