A NEW WATER MITE SPECIES OF THE GENUS ATRACTIDES (ACARIFORMES, HYGROBATIDAE) FROM NORTH CAUCASUS

Journal:

2006. 14 (2)

Publicatione: 
A NEW WATER MITE SPECIES OF THE GENUS ATRACTIDES (ACARIFORMES, HYGROBATIDAE) FROM NORTH CAUCASUS



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


Annotation:

A description of a new water mite species, Atractides samsonellus (female, male and deutonymph) from North Caucasus is given

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