A REVIEW OF THE MITE FAMILY CANESTRINIIDAE (ACARINA: ASTIGMATA) OF THE EASTERN PALEARCTIC

About authors:

Alexander A. Khaustov,  e-mail

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia

M.M. Eidelberg, Crimean Institute of Ecology and Projecting, Yalta, Crimea, 98612 Ukraine

Annotation:

The fauna of the mite family Canestriniidae of the Eastern Palearctic (the former USSR) is re-viewed. Four new genera and 8 new species are described. A key to the species related to Photia polymorpha is provided.

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