TWO NEW SPECIES OF THE WATER MITE GENUS ATURUS (ACARIFORMES: ATURIDAE) FROM RUSSIA

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:

Illustrated descriptions of two new water mite species, A. simulans (male, female and deutonymph) from the Asian part of Russia and Aturus polyporus (male and female) from the European part of Russia, are given.

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