DESCRIPTION OF A MALE AND A FEMALE OF THE WATER MITE FELTRIA MONTANA TUZOVSKIJ (ACARIFORMES, FELTRIIDAE)

About author:

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

Annotation:

The first illustrated description of a male and a female of the water mite Feltria montana from mountain streams of the Magadan Province of Russia is given.

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