A NEW SPECIES OF MITES OF THE GENUS TROCHOMETRIDIUM (ACARINA: HETEROSTIGMATA: TROCHOMETRIDIIDAE) FROM KAZAKHSTAN
Journal:
2002. 10 (1)
A NEW SPECIES OF MITES OF THE GENUS TROCHOMETRIDIUM (ACARINA:
HETEROSTIGMATA: TROCHOMETRIDIIDAE) FROM KAZAKHSTAN
Authors:
Alexander A. Khaustov, M.M. EidelbergAbout authors:
Alexander A. Khaustov,
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X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia
M.M. Eidelberg, Crimean Institute of Ecology and Projecting, Yalta, Crimea, 98612 Ukraine
Annotation:
A new species Trochometridium kazachstani-cum sp. n. is described. The adult female of this species is found to be foretic on adult carabid beetle Machozetus sp. from Kazachstan.
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