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Issue: Vol. 3221 No. 1: 5 Mar. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-03-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3221.1.5
Page range: 60–68
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 2

A contribution to the knowledge of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) in France

Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Biesingerstr. 11, Tübingen, 72070 Germany
Acari water mites new species running waters France

Abstract

A list is given of the water mite material of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) deposited inthe Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris. Atractides allgaier Gerecke, 2003 and A. remotus Szalay, 1948 are recordedfor the first time for France. From running waters in central-southern France, Atractides marsus n. sp. and A. angelieri n. sp. are described.

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