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Issue: Vol. 4374 No. 2: 18 Jan. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-01-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.5
Page range: 249–262
Abstract views: 72
PDF downloaded: 1

Larval morphology of Hygrobates foreli (Lebert, 1874), H. longiporus Thor, 1898 and H. trigonicus Koenike, 1895 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae)

Institute for Biology of Inland waters of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Borok, Yaroslavl Province, 152742 Russia.
Acari water mites Hygrobatidae Hygrobates morphology larva female

Abstract

This study presents a detailed taxonomic review of water mite larvae and females of three species of the genus Hygrobates Koch, 1837 found in the Fauna of Russia: Hygrobates foreli (Lebert, 1874), H. longiporus Thor, 1898 and H. trigonicus Koenike, 1895. The larvae described by Wainstein (1980) under the name H. longiporus and H. foreli were probably misidentified and belong to other species.

 

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