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Issue: Vol. 2429 No. 1: 19 Apr. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-04-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2429.1.4
Page range: 52–60
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new water mites species (Acariformes: Hydrachnidia) from interstitial waters of the Russian Far East

Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022 Russia
Acari water mites Thyadidae Amerothyasella Chappuisididae Uchidastygacarus new species interstitial waters Far East of Russia

Abstract

Illustrated descriptions of two water mite species, Amerothyasella tiunovae sp. n. and Uchidastygacarus primoryensis sp. n., from interstitial waters of the Russian Far East are presented.

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