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Issue: Vol. 3518 No. 1: 16 Oct. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-10-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3518.1.2
Page range: 25–44
Abstract views: 45
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New Uropodina mites from India (Acari: Mesostigmata)

Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1525 Budapest, P.O. Box 102, Hungary
Acari Mesostigmata Uropodina new species India

Abstract

Six new species of Uropodina are described and illustrated on the basis of specimens collected in India. The new speciesare Uroseius (Apionseius) durjadhanai sp. nov., Trichouropoda arjunai sp. nov., Uropoda bengalica sp. nov., Uropoda lawrencei sp. nov., Uropoda karnai sp. nov. and Discourella pandui sp. nov.

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