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Issue: Vol. 5679 No. 3: 14 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5679.3.3
Page range: 365-387
Abstract views: 48
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New records of the genus Recifella K. Viets, 1935 from Australia, with the description of four new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Unionicolidae)

Naturalis Biodiversity Center; P.O. Box 9517; 2300 RA Leiden; the Netherlands; Museums Victoria Research Institute; Museums Victoria; GPO Box 666; Melbourne; VIC 3001; Australia
Department of Biology; University of Montenegro; Cetinjski put b.b.; 81000 Podgorica; Montenegro
Acari Systematics new species new records species key

Abstract

The following new species are described from Australia: Recifella insolitiseta sp. nov., R. integra sp. nov., R. quadriseta sp. nov. and R. rotundiseta sp. nov. A redescription is given of Recifella flagellata Cook, 1986 and R. kakadu Smit, 2007. A key is given for all known Recifella species from Australia.

 

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How to Cite

Smit, H. & Pešić, V. (2025) New records of the genus Recifella K. Viets, 1935 from Australia, with the description of four new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Unionicolidae). Zootaxa, 5679 (3), 365–387. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.3.3