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Issue: Vol. 2817 No. 1: 13 Apr. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-04-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2817.1.3
Page range: 59–62
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

The genus Coleobonzia declared synonymous with Neobonzia Smiley, 1992 (Bdelloidea: Cunaxidae: Coleoscirinae)

Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, South Africa (Web site:www.uovs.ac.za). Home address: P.O. Box 736, Harrismith, 9880, South Africa
Acari Bdelloidea Cunaxidae Coleoscirinae

Abstract

Recent investigations into the status of Smiley’s (1992) subfamily Neobonzinae, as well as the genus Neobonzia Smiley, 1992, has led to a re-evalution of this taxon.

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