DESCRIPTION OF LARVA OF THE WATER MITE OXUS (GNAPHISCUS) EKMANI (ACARIFORMES, OXIDAE)

About author:

Petr V. Tuzovsky,

Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia
e-mail: tuz@ibiw.yaroslavl.ru

Annotation:

The first description of larva of the water mite Oxus (Gnaphiscus) ekmani. The comparative anal-ysis of some morphological structures of O. (Gna-phiscus) ekmani and other representatives of the genus Oxus was made.

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