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Issue: Vol. 3506 No. 1: 4 Oct. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-10-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3506.1.3
Page range: 43–53
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 2

Larval morphology of Unionicola figuralis (Koch, 1836), Neumania imitata Koenike, 1908, and N. spinipes (Müller, 1776) (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Unionicolidae)

Institute for Biology of Inland Waters of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavl Province, 152742 Russia
Acari water mites Unionicolidae Unionicola U. figuralis Neumania N. imitata N. spinipes morphology larva

Abstract

Illustrated descriptions of the larvae of the water mite species of Unionicola figuralis (Koch, 1836), Neumania imitata Koenike, 1908 and redescription of the larva of N. spinipes (Müller, 1776) are presented.

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