A NEW WATER MITE SPECIES OF THE GENUS LEBERTIA NEUMANN (ACARIFORMES, HYDRACHNIDIA) FROM NORTHEASTERN 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:

A new water mite species, Lebertia magadanensis, inhabiting streams of Northeastern Russia is described based on the female, male, deutonymph and larva.

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