MORPHOLOGY OF LARVA AND SYSTEMATIC STATUS OF THE WATER MITE LEBERTIA SAXONICA THOR (ACARIFORMES, LEBERTIIDAE)

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

Acknowledgments:

The author expresses the deep gratitude to the German firm Leika Microsystem GmbH that sup-ported this research.

Annotation:

The first description of larva of the water mite Lebertia saxonica, which was earlier considered as a form, subspecies or synonym of L. insignis. The comparison of larval morphology of these species showed that larvae have significant differences in the structure of various organs. It is necessary to restore the initial status of L. saxonica and consider it as a separate species.

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