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Issue: Vol. 4559 No. 3: 21 Feb. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-02-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4559.3.5
Page range: 550–558
Abstract views: 81
PDF downloaded: 2

New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the Khuzestan Province (South Iran) with description of three new species 

Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro.
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
Acari new species new records running waters

Abstract

New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the Khuzestan Province of Iran are presented. Three species, i.e. Torrenticola khuzestanica, T. neoungeri (Torrenticolidae), and Atractides khuzestanicus (Hygrobatidae) are described as new to science.

 

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