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Issue: Vol. 2738 No. 1: 12 Jan. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-01-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2738.1.3
Page range: 41–59
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 2

Four new water mite species of the genus Atractides Koch (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Hygrobatidae) from Russia

Institute for Biology of Inland Waters of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavl Province, 152742 Russia
Acari water mites Hygrobatidae new species running waters Russia

Abstract

Four new water mite species in the genus Atractides are described: A. yaroslavlensis sp. n. (male, female and larva) and A. ildicus sp. n. (female) from streams in the Yaroslavl Province, and A. komarovkaensis (female) and A. primoryensis (female) from the Primory Territory of Russia are presented.

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