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Issue: Vol. 2241 No. 1: 28 Sep. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-09-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2241.1.1
Page range: 1–21
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New water mites species (Acariformes: Hydrachnidia) from the Far East of Russia

Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavl Prov., 152742 Russia
Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022 Russia
Acari water mites Sperchonidae Sperchon Teutoniidae Teutonia Lebertiidae Lebertia Hygrobatidae Mixobates Feltriidae Feltria new species Far East of Russia

Abstract

Illustrated descriptions of five water mite species, Sperchon (Hispidosperchon) nevelskoii sp. n., Teutonia (Subteutonia) minor sp. n., Lebertia (Mixolebertia) sokolowi sp. n., Mixobates amurensis sp. n. and Feltria (Feltria) orientalis sp. n., from running and standing waters of the Far East of Russia are presented.

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