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Issue: Vol. 4790 No. 1: 10 Jun. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-06-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4790.1.6
Page range: 108–120
Abstract views: 64
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Review of Tarsonemus heterosetiger Mahunka, 1974 (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Tarsonemidae)—an unusual species from Central Africa warranting supraspecific recognition

Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, A. Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Acari systematics faunistics Ghana Suctarsonemus species group mites

Abstract

Tarsonemus heterosetiger Mahunka, 1974 is redescribed and illustrated. The type and non-type material are annotated; its morphology is discussed. The collection data of the type series is also corrected. In order to accommodate its systematic distinctiveness, a new supraspecific taxon is proposed.

 

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