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Issue: Vol. 726 No. 1: 15 Nov. 2004
Type: Articles
Published: 2004-11-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.726.1.1
Page range: 1–8
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New records of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from Iran, with the description of a new species

Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Montenegro, 81000 Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro
Acari water mites taxonomy new species Iran

Abstract

New records of Iranian water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the collection of J rgen Schwoerbel are reported. Axonopsis gereckei is described as new to science. The first description is given of the female of Hygrobates bucharicus Sokolow, 1928. New records from Iran are given of: Torrenticola anomala (Koch, 1837), T. ungeri (Szalay, 1927), Monatractides lusitanicus (Lundblad, 1941), Albia stationis Thon, 1899, and Aturus barbatulus K. Viets, 1936.

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