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Issue: Vol. 2606 No. 1: 9 Sep. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-09-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2606.1.3
Page range: 50–54
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of the genus Arrenurus from Pohnpei, Federal States of Micronesia (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Arrenuridae)

Harry Smit, Zoological Museum of the University of Amsterdam, Plantage Middenlaan 64, 1018 DH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Acari New species head water streams Pacific Islands Micronesia Pohnpei

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Arrenurus, A. cornuatus and A. kostkai are described from high elevation, head water streams on the island of Pohnpei, Micronesia.

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