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Issue: Vol. 1509 No. 1: 18 Jun. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-06-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1509.1.4
Page range: 41–50
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 1

Water mite species of the genus Hydrodroma Koch (Acari: Hydrachnidia,  Hydrodromidae) from Australia. Part II

Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro, Serbia and Montenegro
Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam, Plantage Middenlaan 64, 1018 DH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Acari aquatic mites new species taxonomy

Abstract

Two new water mite species of the genus Hydrodroma Koch (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Hydrodromidae), characterized by single or absence of swimming setae on II-L-5, are reported from Australia: Hydrodroma wilesi sp. nov. and H. cooki sp. nov. New information is provided for H. tonapii Cook from India.

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