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Issue: Vol. 2554 No. 1: 30 Jul. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-07-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2554.1.2
Page range: 23–36
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new chigger mites of the genus Aboriginesia (Acari: Trombiculidae)

Ninmica 172, 020 01 Slovak Republic
Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 06 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Acari chigger larvae mites mountains new species

Abstract

Two new chigger mites Aboriginesia ludmilae sp. n. and Aboriginesia obuchi sp. n. (Acari: Trombiculidae) are described from mountain areas of Switzerland and Caucasus.

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