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Issue: Vol. 2106 No. 1: 13 May. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-05-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2106.1.5
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 1

Neotype designation for Cunaxa setirostris (Hermann, 1804) (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae)

Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa Home address: P.O. Box 736, Harrismith 9880, RSA
Nikita Botanical Gardens–National Scientific Center, Yalta, 98648, Crimea, Ukraine
Acari Bdelloidea Cunaxinae neotype designation

Abstract

A neotype is designated for Cunaxa setirostris (Hermann, 1804). A full motivation, description and drawings of both sexes are provided.

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