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Issue: Vol. 2533 No. 1: 12 Jul. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-07-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2533.1.2
Page range: 36–42
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 1

Cryptofavognathus, a new genus of the family Cryptognathidae Oudemans (Acari: Raphignathoidea), with the description of a new species from Turkey

Atatürk University, Kazım Karabekir Education Faculty, Department of Biology Education, Erzurum, Turkey
Bayburt University, Education Faculty, Department of Science Education, Bayburt, Turkey
Acari Cryptognathidae Cryptofavognathus new genus new species Turkey

Abstract

A new genus, Cryptofavognathus is proposed for two species, Cryptofavognathus afyonensis (Koç & Akyol, 2004) comb. nov. and C. anatolicus sp. nov. The adult female and male of C. anatolicus sp. nov. collected from moss and a bird’s nest are herein described and figured.

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