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Issue: Vol. 2173 No. 1: 31 Jul. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-07-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2173.1.6
Page range: 55–65
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 2

Three new water mite species (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Golestan Province (NE Iran)

Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agricultural Science, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agricultural Science, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Kerman University, Kerman, Iran
Acari new species taxonomy Iran Golestan

Abstract

Three new water mite species (Acari: Hydrachnidia) are described from rivers in the Golestan Province (NE Iran), Atractides gorgani sp. nov., A. hyrcaniensis sp. nov. and Axonopsis iranica sp. nov.

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