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Issue: Vol. 2198 No. 1: 14 Aug. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-08-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2198.1.3
Page range: 27–40
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new Palearctic mite species of the family Cunaxidae (Acari: Prostigmata)

Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-845 06 Bratislava, Slovakia
Acari Bdelloidea Cunaxinae Armascirus taxonomy identification key

Abstract

Two new mite species from SW Slovakia, viz. Armascirus cyaneus sp. nov. and A. cerris sp. nov. (Acari: Prostigmata, Cunaxidae) are described and figured. A key to females of the genus Armascirus of the world is given.

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