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Issue: Vol. 135 No. 1: 17 Jan. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-01-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.135.1.1
Page range: 1–4
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A new species of the water mite genus Kawamuracarus Uchida from Oman (Acari: Hydrachnidia)

Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Middenlaan 64, 1018 DH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Acari Hydrachnidia Kawamuracarus hyporheic species Oman

Abstract

A new hyporheic water mite, Kawamuracarus stocki n. sp. (Limnesiidae), is described from Oman. It is the first record of a water mite from this country.

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