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Issue: Vol. 127 No. 1: 20 Dec. 2002
Type: Article
Published: 2002-12-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.127.1.1
Page range: 1–7
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 5

Two new water mite species from Iran of the water mite families Torrenticolidae and Hygrobatidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia)

Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Crna Gora, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Crna Gora, Yugoslavia
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Tehran University, Karaj, Iran
Acari water mites taxonomy new species Iran

Abstract

Two water mite species (Acari: Hydrachnidia) are reported from the Kerman area (Southeastern Iran). Atractides iranicus and Torrenticola saboorii are described as new species.

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