A NEW SPECIES OF WATER MITES OF THE GENUS MIDEOPSIS NEUMAN (ACARIFORMES, MIDEOPSIDAE) FROM RUSSIA

About author:

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

Annotation:

An illustrated description of female, male and larva of the water mite Mideopsis rossicus sp.n. collected in the rivers of the Kemerovo and the Yaroslavl provinces of Russia is given.

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