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Issue: Vol. 1501 No. 1: 7 Jun. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-06-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1501.1.4
Page range: 57–63
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Hexabdella (Acari: Bdellidae) from Brazil

PPG Biologia Animal, UNESP - São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
PPG Biologia Animal, UNESP - São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
UNESP - São Paulo State University -Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas; Rua Cristóvno Colombo, 2265, Jardim Nazareth, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. 15054-000; Depto. Zoologia e Botanica
Acari Prostigmata Bdellidae Systematics

Abstract

A new species of the genus Hexabdella Van der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann, Hexabdella cinquaginta sp.n. is herein described, representing the second species of the family Bdellidae from the neotropical region. It can be distinguished from H. singula by its lobed striae on lateral margins of hysterosoma and by the leg chaetotaxy. A key to species of the genus is presented.

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