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Issue: Vol. 3269 No. 1: 16 Apr. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-04-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3269.1.2
Page range: 18–30
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 2

New records of Copidognathus mites (Acari: Halacaridae) from mangroves in Brunei Darussalam with descriptions of two new species

Department of Biology, Indian School of Learning, I.S.M. Annexe, P.O.- I.S.M. Dhanbad - 826004, Jharkhand, India
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong BE 1410, Brunei Darussalam
Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
Acari Taxonomy estuarine halacarids mangrove Copidognathus Brunei new records

Abstract

Three species of the genus Copidognathus were collected from the algal cover of mangrove pneumatophores in BruneiDarussalam. Two of the species are new and are described as Copidognathus mangrovorum and C. bruneiensis. C. rhombognathoideus Bartsch is reported for the first time from Brunei Darussalam.

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