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Issue: Vol. 4392 No. 1: 8 Mar. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-03-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4392.1.10
Page range: 179–195
Abstract views: 76
PDF downloaded: 1

New water mite species of the genus Albaxona Szalay, 1944 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Aturidae) from Russia

Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavl Province,152742 Russia.
Acari water mites Hydrachnidia Aturidae Axonopsinae Albaxona new species identification key Russia

Abstract

Illustrated descriptions of four water mite species: Albaxona (Albaxona) primoryensis sp. n., A.(Albaxona) sidorovi sp. n., A. (Vietsaxona) similis sp. n., A. (Vietsaxona) steklyanukhaensis sp. n. from running waters of the Far East of Russia are given.

 

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