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Issue: Vol. 3619 No. 5: 4 Mar. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-03-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3619.5.6
Page range: 569–580
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 2

Larval morphology of Lebertia longiseta Bader, 1955, L. dubia Thor, 1899 and Oxus nodigerus Koenike, 1898 (Acari, Hydrachnidia: Lebertiidae, Oxidae)

Institute for Biology of Inland Waters of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavl Province, 152742 Russia
Acari water mites Lebertiidae Oxidae Lebertia L. longiseta L. dubia Oxus O. nodigerus morphology larva

Abstract

Illustrated descriptions of the larvae of the water mite species of Lebertia longiseta Bader, 1955, Oxus nodigerus Koenike, 1898 and redescription of the larva L. dubia (Thor, 1899) are presented.

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