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Issue: Vol. 4121 No. 2: 8 Jun. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-06-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.2.5
Page range: 159–166
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 1

The water mite genus Gretacarus K.O. Viets, 1978 from Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Mideopsidae: Gretacarinae), with the description of three new species

Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
Acari Systematics taxonomy new species new records

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Gretacarus K.O. Viets, 1984 are described from Australia, G. gereckei n. sp., G. occidentalis n. sp. and G. yorkensis n. sp.. Moreover, many new records are given for other members of the genus.

 

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