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Issue: Vol. 2672 No. 1: 10 Nov. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-11-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2672.1.2
Page range: 29–49
Abstract views: 59
PDF downloaded: 22

A morphological study of the genus Penthalodes (Acari, Prostigmata, Eupodoidea, Penthalodidae) with description of a new species

Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Limnology, University of Szczecin, Wąska 13, 71-415 Szczecin, Poland
Acari taxonomy identification key morphological review morphological description

Abstract

The morphology of representative species of the genus Penthalodes is reviewed. A new generic diagnosis and an identification key for adults of Penthalodes species is provided. Previous descriptions of Penthalodes ovalis from Alaska and Hawaii are considered as different species and named as P. alaskaensis (Strandtmann) sp. n. and P. hawaiiensis (Strandtman & Goff) sp. n., respectively. Penthalodes polonicus sp. n. is described and illustrated based on material collected in Poland.

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