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Issue: Vol. 4154 No. 1: 18 Aug. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-08-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.1.3
Page range: 51–65
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 1

A review of Gonothrombium Feider, 1950 (Actinotrichida: Microtrombidiidae) with description of a new species from Turkey

Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
Acari experimental rearing Parasitengona new species key

Abstract

The genus Gonothrombium is reassessed, Gonothrombium oudemansianum (Feider, 1948) redescribed and Gonothrombium ozkani sp. nov. described. All larvae were obtained by experimental rearing from field-collected females. A key to species, for adults and larvae, is provided. The distribution of the genus, hitherto known from Africa and Romania, is extended to the territory of Turkey.

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