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Issue: Vol. 3393 No. 1: 19 Jul. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-07-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3393.1.3
Page range: 41–52
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

Larval morphology of Atractides ildensis Tuzovskij, 2005, A. moniezi (Motaş, 1927), and A. graecus Viets, 1950 (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Hygrobatidae)

Institute for Biology of Inland Waters of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavl Province, 152742 Russia
Acari water mites Hygrobatidae Atractides A. ildensis A. moniezi A. graecus morphology larva

Abstract

First illustrated descriptions of the larvae of three water mite species of the genus Atractides are presented: A. ildensis Tuzovskij, 2005, A. moniezi (Motaş, 1927), and A. graecus Viets, 1950.

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