A REVIEW OF STUDIES ON ORIBATID MITES (ACARI, ORIBATIDA) IN THE CAUCASUS

About author:

Umukusum Ya. Shtanchaeva,

Complutense University, Madrid, Spain 

Acknowledgments:

The present research is supported by the Russian Fund for Basic Research, grants no 03-04- 49255 and 04-04-63047.

Annotation:

A review of systematic, faunistic, biological and ecological research on oribatid mites (Acari-formes, Oribatida) in the Caucasus is provided.

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