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Issue: Vol. 1152 No. 1: 17 Mar. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-03-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1152.1.3
Page range: 59–68
Abstract views: 61
PDF downloaded: 3

New records of the water mite genus Arrenurus from Iran, with the description of two new species from Iran and Cyprus  (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Arrenuridae)

Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Middenlaan 64, 1018 DH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro, Serbia and Montenegro
Acari Water mites Arrenurus Iran Cyprus new species new records

Abstract

Two new species are described, viz. Arrenurus minutus spec. nov. from Iran and A. cyprioticus spec. nov. from Cyprus and Iran. In addition, 13 species new for the fauna of Iran are reported.

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