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Issue: Vol. 1175 No. 1: 19 Apr. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-04-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1175.1.4
Page range: 43–54
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 2

New species of palaearctic Euphthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida)

Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznañ
Acari new species oribatid mites Euphthiracaridae Palaearctic

Abstract

Description are provided for seven new palaearctic species of two genera belonging to the family Euphthiracaridae: Euphthiracarus novosibiricus sp. nov., E. razdolnicus sp. nov., E. sikhotealinicus sp. nov., E. subcedrus sp. nov. and E. suputincus sp. nov. from the Far East of Russia; Acrotritia pirovaci sp. nov. from Croatia and Acrotritia closteros sp. nov. from Algeria.

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