LARVAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE WATER MITE LEBERTIA DENSA (ACARIFORMES, LEBERTIIDAE) AND REDESCRIPTION OF ADULTS

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

Abstract:

The first illustrated description of the water mite larva Lebertia densa is given.

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